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

  • the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
  • the cenotaph — the monument in Whitehall, London, honouring the dead of both World Wars: designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens: erected in 1920
  • the cenozoic — the Cenozoic era
  • the conquest — the conquest by the United Kingdom of French North America, ending in 1763
  • the creation — God's act of bringing the universe into being
  • the crescent — the emblem of Islam or Turkey
  • the distance — the most distant or a faraway part of the visible scene or landscape
  • the holocene — the Holocene epoch or rock series
  • the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
  • the munchies — a craving for food, esp when induced by alcohol or drugs
  • the occident — the Occident. the West; the countries of Europe and America. Western Hemisphere.
  • the ordnance — a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies
  • the pandects — a digest of Roman civil law in fifty books, compiled for the emperor Justinian in the 6th cent. a.d.; the Digest
  • the pliocene — the Pliocene epoch or rock series
  • the scorpion — the constellation Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac
  • the-american — a novel (1877) by Henry James.
  • theanthropic — of or relating to both God or a god and human beings; both divine and human.
  • theocentrism — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
  • theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
  • theoretician — a person who deals with or is expert in the theoretical side of a subject: a military theoretician.
  • thessalonica — official name of Salonika.
  • thick client — a computer having its own hard drive, as opposed to one on a network where most functions are carried out on a central server
  • thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
  • thundercloud — cumulonimbus.
  • thunderstick — bull-roarer.
  • time machine — a theoretical apparatus that would convey one to the past or future.
  • torch singer — a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.
  • torchon lace — a bobbin-made linen or cotton lace with loosely twisted threads in simple, open patterns.
  • touch screen — a touch-sensitive display screen on a computer or other electronic device: touching different portions of the screen with a finger or stylus will cause the device to take actions determined by a computer program.
  • touch-me-not — any of several plants belonging to the genus Impatiens, of the balsam family, especially I. noli-tangere, bearing pods that, when ripe, burst on being touched, scattering the seeds.
  • touch-screen — using touch-sensitive screen
  • transhumance — the seasonal migration of livestock, and the people who tend them, between lowlands and adjacent mountains.
  • trench fever — a recurrent fever, often suffered by soldiers in trenches in World War I, caused by a rickettsia transmitted by the body louse.
  • trench knife — a short knife for stabbing, sometimes equipped with brass knuckles as a guard, used in modern warfare in hand-to-hand combat.
  • trench mouth — Vincent's angina.
  • trichopteran — trichopterous.
  • trichopteron — trichopteran.
  • trickishness — the quality of being crafty
  • trochanteric — belonging or relating to a trochanter
  • trochelminth — any invertebrate of the phylum Trochelminthes (now usually broken up into several phyla), comprising the rotifers, gastrotrichs, and several other forms.
  • ubermenschen — superman (def 2).
  • unachievable — to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.
  • unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
  • unapproached — not approached; not able to be approached or neared
  • unbesmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
  • unbreachable — not able to be breached
  • unchallenged — a euphemism for disabled (usually preceded by an adverb): physically challenged.
  • unchangeable — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
  • unchannelled — not conveyed or routed along a channel
  • unchaperoned — not chaperoned; not accompanied by a chaperone
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