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12-letter words containing c, h, e, n

  • scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
  • schaffhausen — a canton in N Switzerland. 100 sq. mi. (259 sq. km).
  • scheme-linda — A Scheme interface to Linda written by Ulf Dahlen of University of Edinburgh in 1990. It runs on the Computing Surface and the Symmetry.
  • scheveningen — a town in the W Netherlands, near The Hague: seaside resort.
  • schindylesis — an articulation or fibrous joint in which one bone is received into the cleft or slit of another bone
  • schindyletic — relating to the joint in which one bone is received into the cleft or slit of another bone
  • schizogenous — schizogenetic.
  • schizophrene — a person with schizophrenia or one who tends toward schizophrenia
  • schmalkalden — a town in central Germany: a league to defend Protestantism formed here 1531.
  • schneiderman — Rose, 1884–1972, U.S. labor leader, born in Poland.
  • schoenheimer — Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈru dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1898–1941, U.S. biochemist, born in Germany.
  • schooner rig — a rig in which the mainmast is taller than the foremast
  • schopenhauer — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
  • schreinering — to produce a lustrous finish on (a fabric) by subjecting it to pressure exerted by rollers engraved with many fine lines.
  • schreinerize — to produce a lustrous finish on (a fabric) by subjecting it to pressure exerted by rollers engraved with many fine lines.
  • schwann cell — a cell of the peripheral nervous system that wraps around a nerve fiber, jelly-roll fashion, forming the myelin sheath.
  • sclerenchyma — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
  • scratch line — a line that marks the start of a race.
  • scrimshander — a person who makes scrimshaw objects.
  • scrimshanker — a shirker
  • secd machine — Stack Environment Control Dump machine
  • second birth — spiritual rebirth.
  • second reich — the German Empire 1871–1919.
  • second sheet — a sheet of blank stationery, used in a letter as the second and following pages to a sheet having a letterhead.
  • second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
  • second teeth — the teeth which replace the milk teeth
  • second-homer — a person who owns another house in addition to their main home, often in an area where they are not native and used as a holiday home
  • section hand — a person who works on a section gang.
  • shadow dance — a dance in which shadows of the dancers are cast on a screen.
  • shatter cone — a cone-shaped fragment of rock, probably formed by violent shock waves, as from meteoritic impact or atomic explosions
  • sheet anchor — Nautical. a large anchor used only in cases of emergency.
  • shen congwen — 1902–1988, Chinese author.
  • shiner perch — a small, silvery perch, Cymatogaster aggregata, inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America and bearing live young.
  • short notice — little warning
  • short-change — to give less than the correct change to.
  • shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
  • sight screen — a white screen set in line with the wicket as an aid to the batsman in seeing the ball when it is bowled.
  • sign a check — When you sign a check , you write your name on it in a special space in order to validate it.
  • slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
  • small change — coins of small denomination.
  • snowshoe cat — a breed of cat with soft short hair, blue eyes, an inverted V-shaped marking on the face, and white feet
  • soft chancre — chancroid.
  • sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
  • soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
  • spanish rice — rice prepared with chopped onions, tomatoes, green peppers, and sometimes diced ham, seasoned with cayenne pepper and mixed with butter.
  • speech organ — any part of the body, as the tongue, velum, diaphragm, or lungs, that participates, actively or passively, voluntarily or involuntarily, in the production of the sounds of speech.
  • speech sound — any of the set of distinctive sounds of a given language. Compare phoneme.
  • speechifying — Speechifying is the making of speeches, especially because you want to appear important.
  • sphacelation — the process of mortification
  • sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
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