12-letter words containing c, h, i, n
- conchologist — One who collects shells, especially for the purpose of scientific study.
- conidiophore — a simple or branched hypha that bears spores (conidia) in such fungi as Penicillium
- constraineth — Archaic third-person singular form of constrain.
- consumership — the state of being a consumer
- contact high — a state of altered consciousness caused by inhaling the drugs other people are smoking
- copy machine — A copy machine is the same as a copier.
- copyrighting — Present participle of copyright.
- corn whiskey — a whisky made from maize
- corner chair — a chair having an approximately square seat with a leg at each corner and a back extending around two adjacent sides.
- cornhuskings — Plural form of cornhusking.
- cornishwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- costophrenic — Synonym of phrenicocostal.
- couchsurfing — Couchsurfing is the practice of sleeping at the houses of several different people for a period of time without paying.
- counterlight — a light opposite something, such as a painting, that negatively affects the appearance of that object
- counterweigh — counterbalance
- craftmanship — Alternative form of craftsmanship.
- craniography — examination of the skull as depicted by craniographs, photographs, and charts.
- crapehanging — the practice of hanging crape, esp as a sign of mourning
- cringeworthy — Causing feelings of embarrassment or awkwardness.
- criosphinxes — Plural form of criosphinx.
- curtain hook — a hook used to attach a curtain to a curtain rail
- cushion pink — a low-growing mountain plant, Silene acaulis, of Europe and North America, having deep pink to purplish, solitary flowers and forming mosslike patches on rocky or barren ground.
- cyanohydrins — Plural form of cyanohydrin.
- cytochalasin — any of a group of metabolites derived from fungus that interfere with cell processes
- death notice — a public announcement, e.g. in a newspaper, that someone has died
- dechlorinate — to remove chlorine from (a substance)
- decipherment — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- diathermancy — the property of transmitting infrared radiation
- dibranchiate — of, relating to, or belonging to the Dibranchiata, a group or former order of cephalopod molluscs, including the octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish, having two gills
- diencephalic — Of or pertaining to the diencephalon.
- diencephalon — the posterior section of the forebrain.
- diet kitchen — a kitchen, as in a hospital, where special food is prepared for those requiring it.
- ding an sich — thing-in-itself.
- dining chair — high-backed chair used at dinner table
- disenchanted — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- disenchanter — One who disenchants.
- disfranchise — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
- dodecaphonic — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
- dolphin kick — (in the butterfly stroke) a kick in which the legs move up and down together, with the knees bent on the upswing.
- doomwatching — the act of watching the environment to warn of and prevent harm
- drift anchor — a sea anchor or drag.
- drum machine — a device that simulates percussion sounds in various combinations and rhythms, and can alter digitally stored drum sounds or make digital recordings of drum sounds.
- duck-shoving — the evasion of responsibility by someone
- duncan smith — (George) Iain. born 1954, British politician; leader of the Conservative Party (2001–03); secretary of state for work and pensions (2010–2016)
- duplex chain — a roller chain having two sets of rollers linked together, used for heavy-duty applications
- dutch guiana — former name of Suriname.
- dynamic html — (language, web) (DHTML) The addition of JavaScript to HTML to allow web pages to change and interact with the user without having to communicate with the server. JavaScript allows the behaviour of the page to be controlled by code that is downloaded with the HTML. It does this by manipulating the Document Object Model (DOM). The term DHTML is often also taken to include the use of "style" information to give finer control of HTML layout. The style information can be supplied as Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) or as "style" attributes (which can be manipulated by JavaScript). Layers are often also used with DHTML. Both the JavaScript and style data can be included in the HTML file or in a separate file referred to from the HTML. Some web browsers allow other languages (e.g. VBScript or Perl) to be used instead of JavaScript but this is less common. DHTML can be viewed in Internet Explorer 4+, Firefox and Netscape Communicator 4+ but, as usual, Microsoft disagree on how DHTML should be implemented. The Document Object Model Group of the World Wide Web Consortium is developing standards for DHTML.
- echinococcus — any of a number of tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals.
- echinodermal — (zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
- echogenicity — (medical) The ability to create an echo that can be detected in an ultrasound examination.