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12-letter words containing c, e, t, s, h

  • echolocators — Plural form of echolocator.
  • electroclash — a type of electronic music, originating in the first decade of the 21st century, that combines modern techno with synthesizer music characteristic of the 1980s
  • electroshock — Of or relating to medical treatment by means of electric shocks.
  • encephalitis — Inflammation of the brain, caused by infection or an allergic reaction.
  • enchantments — Plural form of enchantment.
  • encompasseth — Archaic third-person singular form of encompass.
  • enhancements — An increase or improvement in quality, value, or extent.
  • enhypostatic — relating to enhypostasia
  • enthusiastic — Having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
  • erythrocytes — Plural form of erythrocyte.
  • escape chute — a fabric tube or chute hinged to the wall of a stairwell and used as an emergency exit, eg from a burning tall building
  • escape hatch — door to an emergency exit
  • escape shaft — a shaft in a mine through which miners can escape if the regular shaft is blocked
  • esthetically — Alternative spelling of aesthetically.
  • estheticians — Plural form of esthetician.
  • ethnopoetics — A poetical, linguistic and anthropological movement dealing with poetry written by, or in the style of, indigenous peoples.
  • executorship — The office or position of an executor.
  • featherbacks — Plural form of featherback.
  • festschrifts — Plural form of festschrift.
  • fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
  • flame stitch — an ornamental stitch, used on bedspreads, upholstery fabrics, and the like, producing rows of ogees in various colors.
  • flat-chested — If you describe a woman as flat-chested, you mean that she has small breasts.
  • foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
  • french sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and an augmented fourth between the root and the augmented sixth
  • french stick — a long straight notched stick loaf
  • french toast — bread dipped in a batter of egg and milk and sautéed until brown, usually served with syrup or sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon.
  • french twist — French roll.
  • french-style — French-cut.
  • future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
  • gate-crasher — a person who attends or enters a social function without an invitation, a theater without a ticket, etc.
  • gatecrashers — Plural form of gatecrasher.
  • gatecrashing — Present participle of gatecrash.
  • gemeinschaft — an association of individuals having sentiments, tastes, and attitudes in common; fellowship.
  • geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
  • geophysicist — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
  • gesellschaft — an association of individuals for common goals, as for entertainment, intellectual, or cultural purposes or for business reasons.
  • get the sack — be dismissed from job
  • gnatcatchers — Plural form of gnatcatcher.
  • great schism — a period of division in the Roman Catholic Church, 1378–1417, over papal succession, during which there were two, or sometimes three, claimants to the papal office.
  • hadley chest — a style of chest made c1700 in Massachusetts or Connecticut, having front rails and panels carved in low relief with elaborate tulip and leaf patterns.
  • half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
  • half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
  • hallucinates — to have hallucinations.
  • hamantaschen — a small triangular cake often made with yeast and filled with a mixture of poppy seeds and honey or with prune paste, prepared especially for the festival of Purim.
  • handstitched — Stitched by hand.
  • happenstance — a chance happening or event.
  • harvest tick — chigger (def 1).
  • health scare — a state of alarm caused by a revelation concerning public heath
  • hectocotylus — a modified arm of the male of certain cephalopods that is used to transfer sperm to the female.
  • hegemonistic — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
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