12-letter words containing c, h, i, n, g
- punching bag — an inflated or stuffed bag, usually suspended, punched with the fists as an exercise.
- racing homer — a kind of homing pigeon used for racing
- racing yacht — a yacht used in sailing races
- rat-catching — the job of destroying or driving away vermin, esp rats
- reaching jib — genoa.
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- ring changes — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
- ring machine — a Linotype used primarily for making corrections.
- rockhounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks
- scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- scheveningen — a town in the W Netherlands, near The Hague: seaside resort.
- schizogenous — schizogenetic.
- schizogonous — pertaining to or reproducing by schizogony.
- school night — any night of the week that precedes a day of school
- schooner rig — a rig in which the mainmast is taller than the foremast
- schreinering — to produce a lustrous finish on (a fabric) by subjecting it to pressure exerted by rollers engraved with many fine lines.
- scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
- scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes
- scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
- second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
- short-acting — (of a drug) quickly effective, but requiring regularly repeated doses for long-term treatment, being rapidly absorbed, distributed in the body, and excreted
- shortcomings — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- shortcutting — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- 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.
- south-facing — facing towards the south
- speechifying — Speechifying is the making of speeches, especially because you want to appear important.
- spring catch — a catch for an interior or cabinet door that has a bolt operated by a spring.
- 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.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- tao te ching — the philosophical book in verse supposedly written by Lao-tzu.
- 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
- 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.
- thinking cap — a state of mind marked by reflection or concentration: If we put on our thinking caps, we may come up with the answer.
- timing chain — a chain for driving the camshaft of an internal-combustion engine from the crankshaft.
- topstitching — decorative stitching, usually near and parallel to a seam, sewn so as to be visible on the right side of a garment, shoe, belt, etc.
- torch singer — a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.
- touch-typing — the act of typing without having to look at the keys of the typewriter or computer keyboard
- unchangingly — without changing; in an unchanging manner
- undischarged — gun: not let off
- vereshchagin — Vasili Vasilievich [vuh-syee-lyee vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /vʌˈsyi lyi vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1904, Russian painter.
- watchdogging — a dog kept to guard property.
- weigh anchor — to raise a vessel's anchor or (of a vessel) to have its anchor raised in preparation for departure
- whelping ice — the ice on which a seal lies while giving birth in the spring.
- yachting cap — a cap with a round flat top and a visor