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12-letter words containing c, a, t, r, h

  • archiblastic — of, relating to, or derived from an archiblast.
  • architecting — a person who engages in the profession of architecture.
  • architecture — Architecture is the art of planning, designing, and constructing buildings.
  • archive site — (networking)   (Or "FTP site", "FTP archive") An Internet host where program source, documents, e-mail or news messages are stored for public access via anonymous FTP, Gopher, web or other document distribution system. There may be several archive sites (mirrors) for, e.g., a Usenet newsgroup though one may be recognised as the main one. FTP servers were common on the Internet for about ten years but have been largely replaced by web servers since the invention of the World-Wide Web and its HTTP protocol. Some well-known archive sites included Imperial College, UK, UUNET, USA, GNU archive site. The archie service attempted to index the contents of FTP archives, foreshadowing the indexing of the web by Google and others.
  • arctophilist — a collector of teddy bears
  • aristolochia — any of various plants of the genus Aristolochia of the family Aristolochiaceae
  • aristophanic — 448?–385? b.c, Athenian comic dramatist.
  • arithmetical — Arithmetical calculations, processes, or skills involve the addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division of numbers.
  • armada chest — an iron or iron-bound strongbox of the 17th or 18th century.
  • arming chest — a chest for holding armor and weapons.
  • arthrobacter — a genus of rod-shaped or spherical bacteria found in the soil.
  • arthropathic — disease of the joints.
  • arthroscopes — Plural form of arthroscope.
  • arthroscopic — the use of an arthroscope to diagnose an injury to or disease of a joint or to perform minor surgery on a joint.
  • asphalt rock — a rock formation, usually of limestone or sandstone, containing large amounts of bitumens.
  • astrochemist — (chemistry, astronomy) A chemist or astronomer whose speciality is astrochemistry.
  • astrophysics — Astrophysics is the study of the physical and chemical structure of the stars, planets, and other natural objects in space.
  • at a stretch — with some difficulty; by making a special effort
  • atheoretical — having no connection with and not founded on theory
  • athrocytosis — the capability of a cell to receive and store matter
  • atmospherics — Atmospherics are elements in something such as a piece of music or a book which create a certain atmosphere.
  • autochangers — Plural form of autochanger.
  • autorhythmic — That generates its own rhythm.
  • autorickshaw — (in India) a light three-wheeled vehicle driven by a motorcycle engine
  • azithromycin — A macrolide antibiotic derived from erythromycin.
  • bach trumpet — a modern small three-valved trumpet for playing clarino passages in Bach's music
  • bachelorette — A bachelorette is a woman who has never married.
  • back stretch — the straight part of a race track opposite the part leading to the finish line.
  • bag snatcher — a thief whose main tactic is to grab women's handbags and run off with them
  • baluchithere — a hornless rhinoceros of the extinct genus Baluchitherium that inhabited central Asia during the Oligocene and early Miocene epochs: the largest land mammal known.
  • bandersnatch — a fictional creature created by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, and appearing also in The Hunting of the Snark and Through the Looking-Glass
  • basket chair — a chair made of wickerwork; a wicker chair
  • bathochromic — denoting or relating to a shift to a longer wavelength in the absorption spectrum of a compound
  • bathtub race — a sailing race between bathtubs fitted with outboard motors
  • bathygraphic — of or relating to the depths of the ocean
  • baton charge — A baton charge is an attacking forward movement made by a large group of policemen carrying batons.
  • beaver cloth — beaver1 (def 8).
  • beech marten — stone marten.
  • bird watcher — a person who identifies and observes birds in their natural habitat as a recreation.
  • bird-watcher — A bird-watcher is a person whose hobby is watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
  • blackhearted — wicked; evil
  • block heater — an electrically operated immersion heater fitted either to enter the water hose or the water jacket surrounding the cylinder block of a motor to warm the coolant in cold weather.
  • branch depot — one of a several depots receiving stock from the same central supplier
  • branch plant — a plant or factory in Canada belonging to a company whose headquarters are in another country
  • branch point — Electricity. a point in an electric network at which three or more conductors meet.
  • branch water — water from a stream, as opposed to mineral or soda water
  • brigham city — a city in N Utah.
  • cachinnatory — Pertaining to loud or immoderate laughter.
  • cadet branch — the family or family branch of a younger son
  • camphor tree — a lauraceous evergreen E Asian tree, Cinnamomum camphora, whose aromatic wood yields camphor
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