12-letter words containing c, h, i, n, g
- ion exchange — the process of reciprocal transfer of ions between a solution and a resin or other suitable solid.
- itching palm — a grasping nature; avarice
- kinchinjunga — Kanchenjunga.
- king's bench — a court, originally the principal court for criminal cases, gradually acquiring a civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the Court of Common Pleas, and also possessing appellate jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas: now a division of the High Court of Justice.
- latchstrings — Plural form of latchstring.
- light cannon — a particularly powerful torch, spotlight, or searchlight
- light client — thin client
- locksmithing — The science and art of making and defeating locks.
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- magnus hitch — a knot similar to a clove hitch but taking one more turn around the object to which the line is being bent; rolling hitch.
- marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
- match-fixing — the act of arranging the outcome of a sports match prior to its being played
- michelangelo — (Michelangelo Buonarroti) 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.
- microphoning — Present participle of microphone.
- mischallenge — an improper challenge
- night dancer — (in Uganda) a person believed to employ the help of the dead in destroying other people
- night office — the office for matins.
- night school — a school held in the evening, especially for working adults and others who are unable to attend school during the day.
- nightclothes — Clothes worn to bed.
- nightclubber — One who visits a nightclub.
- nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
- non-matching — not matching: a nonmatching set of furniture.
- nonbreaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- north-facing — facing towards the north
- nothing much — not a lot
- oligophrenic — less than normal mental development.
- onychophagia — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
- orthogenetic — pertaining to or exhibiting orthogenesis.
- orthognathic — straight-jawed; having the profile of the face vertical or nearly so; having a gnathic index below 98.
- outpouchings — Plural form of outpouching.
- overcharging — Present participle of overcharge.
- overreaching — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- phonographic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a phonograph.
- phonological — relating to study of speech sounds
- phrygian cap — a soft, conical cap represented in ancient Greek art as part of Phrygian dress and associated, since the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with the liberty cap.
- phylogenetic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- physiognomic — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- pigeon-chest — chicken breast.
- planographic — the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset.
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- pornographic — sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, whose purpose is to elicit sexual arousal.
- posing pouch — a thong that emphasizes the genitals
- pre-teaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- psychognosis — the use of hypnosis to study mental phenomena