12-letter words containing c, h, e, d
- needle match — a bitterly fought contest between two competitors or teams who bear each other a grudge
- netherlandic — Dutch (def 7).
- night dancer — (in Uganda) a person believed to employ the help of the dead in destroying other people
- nonadherence — the quality of adhering; steady devotion, support, allegiance, or attachment: adherence to a party; rigid adherence to rules.
- nonscheduled — not scheduled; not entered on or having a schedule; unscheduled: nonscheduled activities.
- octahedrally — in an octahedral manner
- officeholder — a person filling a governmental position; public official.
- old chestnut — old saying, cliché
- on the cadge — engaged in cadging
- on the cards — likely
- orchestrated — Simple past tense and past participle of orchestrate.
- orchidaceous — belonging to the plant family Orchidaceae.
- orchidectomy — orchiectomy.
- ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.
- 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.
- outstretched — to stretch forth; extend: to outstretch one's hand in welcome.
- overachieved — Simple past tense and past participle of overachieve.
- overscutched — overworked; worn out
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- packed lunch — A packed lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch.
- paedomorphic — showing signs of paedomorphism
- paedophiliac — an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.
- peach brandy — brandy distilled from the fermented juice of peaches.
- photocathode — a cathode, typically of a cesium or sodium compound, having the property of emitting electrons when activated by light or other radiation.
- photoexcited — increased in energy due to photoexcitation
- photoinduced — induced by light.
- pitched-roof — a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
- place-holder — Mathematics, Logic. a symbol in an expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of the set.
- plattdeutsch — the Low German vernacular dialects spoken in northern Germany.
- pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
- policyholder — the individual or firm in whose name an insurance policy is written; an insured.
- poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
- powder chest — a small wooden box containing a charge of powder, old nails, scrap iron, etc., formerly secured over the side of a ship and exploded on the attempt of an enemy to board.
- predischarge — of or pertaining to the period prior to discharge, esp prior to discharge from hospital or from employment
- prescheduled — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- procathedral — a church used temporarily as a cathedral.
- pseudoscheme — A translator from Scheme to Common Lisp by Jonathan Rees <[email protected]>. Version 2.8. It conforms to all of R3RS except call/cc and requires Common Lisp. Runs on Lucid, Symbolics CL, VAX Lisp, Explorer CL. Mailing list: [email protected]
- punched card — a card having holes punched in specific positions and patterns so as to represent data to be stored or processed mechanically, electrically, or photoelectrically.
- punched tape — Computers. paper tape.
- radiesthetic — of or relating to radiesthesia
- raised beach — a wave-cut platform raised above the shoreline by a relative fall in the water level
- ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
- rechristened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- recordholder — a person or thing recognized for the accomplishment of a feat to a better or greater degree than any other.
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- rhytidectomy — face-lift.
- rosh chodesh — the beginning of a new month in the Jewish calendar, celebrated in a specified manner during the morning service in the synagogue.
- rough-voiced — having a harsh or grating voice: a rough-voiced barker.
- sacred heart — the physical heart of Jesus, to which special devotion is offered as a symbol of His love and redemptive sacrifice.