12-letter words containing c, a, t, h, o, d
- mitochondria — an organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production.
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- octahedrally — in an octahedral manner
- old catholic — a member of any of several European churches professing to be truly Catholic but rejecting certain modern Roman Catholic doctrines, dogmas, and practices, especially the dogma of papal infallibility.
- on the cadge — engaged in cadging
- on the cards — likely
- orchestrated — Simple past tense and past participle of orchestrate.
- orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
- orthovanadic — relating to orthovanadates
- phosphatidic — of or relating to a phosphatide
- photocathode — a cathode, typically of a cesium or sodium compound, having the property of emitting electrons when activated by light or other radiation.
- photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
- procathedral — a church used temporarily as a cathedral.
- ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
- scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
- scratchboard — a cardboard coated with impermeable white clay and covered by a layer of ink that is scratched or scraped in patterns revealing the white surface below.
- section hand — a person who works on a section gang.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- smooth-faced — beardless; smooth-shaven.
- technobandit — a person who steals technological secrets, as from the government or a place of employment, and sells them to agents of foreign governments or to competing firms.
- the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
- the ordnance — a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies
- thionic acid — any of the five acids of sulfur of the type H 2 S n O 6 , where n is from two to six.
- thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
- touch and go — precarious situation
- touch-and-go — risky; precarious: a touch-and-go descent down the mountain.
- trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
- turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
- unmethodical — characterized by lack of method or disorderliness
- watchdogging — a dog kept to guard property.
- xanthochroid — of, relating to, or designating races having light-coloured hair and a pale complexion