12-letter words containing c, h, e, p, i
- chat-up line — A chat-up line is a remark that someone makes in order to start a conversation with someone they do not know but find sexually attractive.
- cheddar pink — a low, mat-forming European plant, Dianthus gratianopolitanus, of the pink family, having solitary, fragrant, rose-colored flowers with fringed petals.
- cheeseparing — penny-pinching; stingy
- cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
- chemotrophic — any organism that oxidizes inorganic or organic compounds as its principal energy source.
- chemotropism — the growth response of an organism, esp a plant, to a chemical stimulus
- chi particle — a meson with a mass 6687 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.5 X 10 -20 seconds.
- chicken coop — a coop for chickens.
- chief priest — the highest ranking among a number of priests
- childproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of childproof.
- chili pepper — chili (sense 1) chili (sense 3)
- chili powder — Chili powder is a very hot-tasting powder made mainly from dried chilies. It is used in cooking.
- chimneypiece — A chimneypiece is the same as a mantlepiece.
- chimneysweep — Alternative form of chimney sweep.
- chinese copy — an exact copy of an original
- chip jewelry — (jargon) A euphamism for old computers destined to be scrapped or turned into decorative ornaments. "I paid three grand for that Mac SE, and now it's nothing but chip jewelry."
- chipped beef — dried or smoked beef sliced into shavings, often served in a cream sauce
- chirographer — Alternative form of chirographist.
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- chisel point — a nail or spike with the point formed by two flat inclined sides meeting at a sharp angle.
- chlorapatite — (mineral) A variety of apatite containing chloride instead of fluoride.
- chlorospinel — a variety of spinel used as a gem, colored grass-green by the presence of copper.
- christophene — chayote.
- cigar-shaped — resembling a cigar in shape
- cinder patch — a defect on steel caused by the accidental picking up of matter, as from the bottom of a soaking pit.
- circle graph — pie chart.
- clamjamphrie — rubbish
- clipper ship — clipper (def 4).
- clipper-ship — a person or thing that clips or cuts.
- co-ownership — the fact or state of being one of the joint owners of something
- come up with — If you come up with a plan or idea, you think of it and suggest it.
- conidiophore — a simple or branched hypha that bears spores (conidia) in such fungi as Penicillium
- consumership — the state of being a consumer
- coppersmiths — Plural form of coppersmith.
- copy machine — A copy machine is the same as a copier.
- copyrighters — Plural form of copyrighter.
- costophrenic — Synonym of phrenicocostal.
- crapehanging — the practice of hanging crape, esp as a sign of mourning
- criosphinxes — Plural form of criosphinx.
- curietherapy — a form of radiation therapy using radium
- decipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- decipherment — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- dermographic — dermatographia.
- diencephalic — Of or pertaining to the diencephalon.
- diencephalon — the posterior section of the forebrain.
- diphtheritic — pertaining to diphtheria.
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.
- discipleship — (initial capital letter) a member of the Disciples of Christ.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.