12-letter words containing c, h, e, m, o
- copy machine — A copy machine is the same as a copier.
- cosmochemist — a student of cosmochemistry
- cosmographer — (astrophysics) A scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe.
- countercharm — an object or action that is capable of destroying a magical charm
- countermarch — to march or cause to march back along the same route
- crymotherapy — cryotherapy.
- custom house — a government office, esp at a port, where customs are collected and ships cleared for entry
- customhouses — Plural form of customhouse.
- customs shed — a large building in which customs officers carry out customs inspections
- cymbocephaly — scaphocephaly.
- cytochemical — the branch of cell biology dealing with the detection of cell constituents by means of biochemical analysis and visualization techniques.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- dermographic — dermatographia.
- dichotomised — Simple past tense and past participle of dichotomise.
- dichotomized — Simple past tense and past participle of dichotomize Having been divided into dichotomous parts.
- echinodermal — (zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
- echo chamber — a room or studio with resonant walls for broadcasting or recording echoes or hollow sound effects.
- elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
- encompasseth — Archaic third-person singular form of encompass.
- encroachment — Intrusion on a person's territory, rights, etc.
- enharmonical — relating to the enharmonic scale
- epoch-making — An epoch-making change or declaration is considered to be extremely important because it is likely to have a significant effect on a particular period of time.
- erythromycin — An antibiotic used in the treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria. It is similar in its effects to penicillin.
- etheromaniac — a person who is addicted to ether
- eunuchoidism — A syndrome in males with a lack of sex characteristics due to lack of proper male sex hormones.
- exophthalmic — Having or characterized by protruding eyes.
- fluorochrome — any of a group of fluorescent dyes used to label biological material.
- forced march — any march that is longer than troops are accustomed to and maintained at a faster pace than usual, generally undertaken for a particular objective under emergency conditions.
- fort mchenry — a town in NE Illinois.
- gametophytic — (botany) Of or pertaining to a gametophyte plant.
- geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- geomechanics — the study and application of rock and soil mechanics
- haemodynamic — Alternative spelling of hemodynamic.
- haemophiliac — A person with haemophilia.
- haemorrhagic — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of hemorrhagic.
- hamming code — (algorithm) Extra, redundant bits added to stored or transmitted data for the purposes of error detection and correction. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming, Hamming codes greatly improve the reliability of data, e.g. from distant space probes, where it is impractical, because of the long transmission delay, to correct errors by requesting retransmission.
- have company — If you have company, you have a visitor or friend with you.
- hegemonistic — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- hematochezia — the passage of bloody stools.
- hematocolpos — (medicine) A medical condition in which the vagina fills with menstrual blood, often caused by the combination of menstruation with an imperforate hymen.
- hemerocallis — the genus comprising the day lilies.
- hemichordate — belonging or pertaining to the chordates of the phylum Hemichordata, comprising small, widely distributed, marine animals, as the acorn worms.
- hemiscotosis — hemianopsia.
- hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- hemophiliacs — Plural form of hemophiliac.
- hemotoxicity — Toxicity that affects the blood (especially that affects red blood cells).
- heroic drama — Restoration tragedy, especially that popular in England c1660–1700, using highly rhetorical language and written in heroic couplets.
- heroicomical — blending heroic and comic elements: a heroicomic poem.
- herstmonceux — a village in S England, in E Sussex north of Eastbourne: 15th-century castle, site of the Royal Observatory, which was transferred from Greenwich between 1948 and 1958, until 1990
- heterochrome — heterochromatic.