12-letter words containing c, h, e, n
- spin machine — an organization or group of people acting together to present news or information in a way that creates a particular desired impression
- spinach beet — chard, a plant cultivated for its edible leaves
- splotchiness — the state or condition of being splotchy
- sponge cloth — any cloth loosely woven of coarse yarn to produce a spongy look or texture, especially one constructed in honeycomb weave.
- sprechgesang — a vocal style intermediate between speech and singing but without exact pitch intonation.
- spring vetch — any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
- starchedness — the condition or quality of being starched
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stereophonic — pertaining to a system of sound recording or reproduction using two or more separate channels to produce a more realistic effect by capturing the spatial dimensions of a performance (the location of performers as well as their acoustic surroundings), used especially with high-fidelity recordings and reproduction systems (opposed to monophonic).
- stern chaser — a cannon mounted at or near the stern of a sailing ship, facing aft.
- stern-chaser — a cannon mounted at or near the stern of a sailing ship, facing aft.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- sucker punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
- sucker-punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
- sun-drenched — Sun-drenched places have a lot of hot sunshine.
- swiss-french — of or relating to a person from French-speaking Switzerland
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- synaesthetic — synesthesia.
- synchroneity — the state of being synchronous; synchronism.
- synchroscope — an instrument for determining the difference in phase between two related motions, as those of two aircraft engines or two electric generators.
- synecdochism — the use of synecdoche
- syntheticism — a synthetic nature or approach
- take chances — to behave in a risky manner
- tao te ching — the philosophical book in verse supposedly written by Lao-tzu.
- tape machine — a tape recorder.
- teaching aid — material used by a teacher to supplement classroom instruction or to stimulate the interest of students.
- teaching job — a position as a teacher
- technetronic — pertaining to or characterized by cultural changes brought about by advances in technology, electronics, and communications: a technetronic era.
- technicality — technical character.
- technicalize — to make technical
- technicolour — brightly, showily, or garishly coloured; vividly noticeable
- technobabble — incomprehensible technical language or jargon.
- technobandit — a person who steals technological secrets, as from the government or a place of employment, and sells them to agents of foreign governments or to competing firms.
- technocratic — of, relating to, or designating a technocrat or technocracy.
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
- technojunkie — a person addicted to or obsessed by new technology
- technologies — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
- technologist — a person who specializes in technology.
- technologize — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
- technomaniac — a person with an obsessional enthusiasm for technology
- technophilia — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
- technophobia — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.
- technostress — any mental stress caused by (too much) interaction with technology
- tenochtitlan — the capital of the Aztec empire: founded in 1325; destroyed by the Spaniards in 1521; now the site of Mexico City.
- tenths-place — next after ninth; being the ordinal number for ten.
- the alliance — the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Party acting or regarded as a political entity from 1981 to 1988
- the analects — a collection of Confucius' teachings
- the ancients — the people who lived in ancient times
- the barbican — a building complex in the City of London: includes residential developments and the Barbican Arts Centre (completed 1982) housing concert and exhibition halls, theatres, cinemas, etc