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12-letter words containing c, h, a, d

  • carbohydrate — Carbohydrates are substances, found in certain kinds of food, that provide you with energy. Foods such as sugar and bread that contain these substances can also be referred to as carbohydrates.
  • cardan shaft — A cardan shaft or cardan drive is a propeller shaft fitted with universal joints at each end.
  • cardinalfish — any of the perchlike fishes of the family Apogonidae, many species of which are bright red with black markings.
  • cardinalship — The office (or term of office) of a cardinal.
  • cardiographs — Plural form of cardiograph.
  • cardiography — electrocardiograph.
  • cardiophobia — An inordinate fear of heart disease.
  • casehardened — Simple past tense and past participle of caseharden.
  • cash advance — an amount of money borrowed as a short-term loan against a salary, credit card, etc
  • cash deficit — the excess of cash disbursements over cash receipts in any given fiscal period
  • cash in hand — a payment made directly in cash, rather than through a bank
  • cash-starved — A cash-starved company or organization does not have enough money to operate properly, usually because another organization, such as the government, is not giving them the money that they need.
  • cataphracted — covered with an armor of horny or bony plates or scales.
  • catch a cold — to make a loss; lose one's investment
  • catheterized — Simple past tense and past participle of catheterize.
  • cathiodermie — a beauty treatment for the skin, which involves using electrotherapy
  • cathode glow — a luminous region between the Aston dark space and the Crookes dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
  • cathode rays — a stream of electrons emitted from the surface of a cathode in a valve
  • cathodically — in a cathodic manner, by using a cathode
  • cathodograph — a picture taken using cathode rays
  • cephalopodic — relating to or resembling a cephalopod
  • chafing dish — a vessel with a heating apparatus beneath it, for cooking or keeping food warm at the table
  • chained lady — the constellation Andromeda.
  • chalcogenide — a binary compound consisting of a chalcogen and at least one other electropositive element
  • chambermaids — Plural form of chambermaid.
  • chandannagar — port in NE India, near Kolkata: formerly a French dependency, it became part of the republic of India in 1950: pop. 120,000
  • chandeliered — having a chandelier
  • chandragupta — Greek name Sandracottos. died ?297 bc, ruler of N India, who founded the Maurya dynasty (325) and defeated Seleucus (?305)
  • change hands — to pass from one owner to another
  • change round — to place in or adopt a different or opposite position
  • changearound — the act of changing to a different position
  • chapter head — printed material appearing before and usually above the text of a chapter, as a title, number, quotation, etc.
  • char-grilled — Char-grilled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
  • charles drew — Charles Richard, 1904–50, U.S. physician: developer of blood-bank technique.
  • checkerboard — A checkerboard is a square board with 64 black and white squares that is used for playing checkers or chess.
  • cheddar pink — a low, mat-forming European plant, Dianthus gratianopolitanus, of the pink family, having solitary, fragrant, rose-colored flowers with fringed petals.
  • cheerleaders — Plural form of cheerleader.
  • cheerleading — the action or skill of a cheerleader.
  • cheese board — A cheese board is a board from which cheese is served at a meal.
  • cheeseboards — Plural form of cheeseboard.
  • chef's salad — A chef's salad is a green salad with hard-boiled egg and strips of meat and cheese on top.
  • chequerboard — Alternative spelling of checkerboard.
  • chicken head — (graphics, abuse)   The Commodore Business Machines logo, which strongly resembles a poultry part. Rendered in ASCII as "C=". With the arguable exception of the Amiga, Commodore's computers are notoriously crocky little bitty boxes (see also PETSCII). Thus, this usage may owe something to Philip K. Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (the basis for the movie "Blade Runner"; the novel is now sold under that title), in which a "chickenhead" is a mutant with below-average intelligence.
  • chickenheads — Plural form of chickenhead.
  • child abuser — someone who abuses a child, esp someone convicted of this
  • child labour — the full-time employment of children below a minimum age laid down by statute
  • child's play — something that is easy to do
  • childbearing — Childbearing is the process of giving birth to babies.
  • childrearing — the raising and parenting of children: Childrearing extends beyond simple guardianship to nurturing and guidance.
  • chiliahedron — a thousand-sided polyhedron
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