12-letter words containing c, h, i, n, o
- bounce light — Also, bounce lighting. light that is bounced off a reflective surface onto the subject in order to achieve a softer lighting effect.
- boxing match — a competition between two boxers
- branch point — Electricity. a point in an electric network at which three or more conductors meet.
- bronchogenic — bronchial in origin
- cachinnation — raucous laughter
- cachinnatory — Pertaining to loud or immoderate laughter.
- cacophonical — cacophonous
- cacophonious — cacophonous
- camphorating — Present participle of camphorate.
- cancerphobia — an excessive fear of getting cancer
- canine tooth — canine (def 2).
- carbocholine — carbachol.
- cartoonishly — in a cartoonish manner
- catch points — railway points designed to derail a train running back in the wrong direction to prevent collision with a following train
- centillionth — (in Britain and Germany) a number equal to 10–600
- chain locker — a compartment where the chain or cable of an anchor is stowed when the anchor is raised.
- chain smoker — person: smokes heavily
- chain-smoker — A chain-smoker is a person who chain-smokes.
- chairpersons — Plural form of chairperson.
- chalcogenide — a binary compound consisting of a chalcogen and at least one other electropositive element
- championship — A championship is a competition to find the best player or team in a particular sport.
- changchiakou — Zhangjiakou
- change point — a point to which a foresight and backsight are taken in levelling; turning point
- channel iron — a rolled-steel bar with a U-shaped cross section
- charbroiling — Present participle of charbroil.
- cheluviation — the leaching of chelates through soil
- chemokinesis — the random movement of cells, such as leucocytes, stimulated by substances in their environment
- chicharrones — A Hispanic dish; made of fried pork rinds.
- chickahominy — a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Powhatan confederacy that inhabited eastern Virginia.
- chicken coop — a coop for chickens.
- chiffonniere — a worktable of the 18th century, having several tiers of shallow drawers.
- childcrowing — a disease which causes spasms of the vocal cords
- chiliahedron — a thousand-sided polyhedron
- chilpancingo — a town in S Mexico, capital of Guerrero state, in the Sierra Madre del Sur. Pop: 166 000 (2005 est)
- chimney rock — a column of rock rising above the level of the surrounding area or isolated on the face of a steep slope.
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- china closet — a cabinet or cupboard for storing or exhibiting chinaware.
- chincoteague — a town on a small island in a lagoon (Chincoteague Bay) in E Virginia: annual wild pony roundup.
- chinese copy — an exact copy of an original
- chinese tour — a tour in which visitors are shown only what those in charge want them to see.
- chinhuangtao — a seaport in NE Hebei province, in NE China, on the Bohai.
- chirognomist — someone who studies chirognomy
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- chirurgeonly — in the manner of a surgeon
- chisel point — a nail or spike with the point formed by two flat inclined sides meeting at a sharp angle.
- chlorinating — Present participle of chlorinate.
- chlorination — Chemistry. to combine or treat with chlorine. to introduce chlorine atoms into an organic compound by an addition or substitution reaction.
- chlorohydrin — any of a class of organic compounds containing a hydroxyl group and a chlorine atom
- chloropicrin — a colourless insoluble toxic lachrymatory liquid used as a pesticide and a tear gas; nitrotrichloromethane. Formula: CCl3NO2
- chlorospinel — a variety of spinel used as a gem, colored grass-green by the presence of copper.