12-letter words containing c, h, i, t, s
- iconophilist — a person with a taste for pictures and symbols
- impeachments — Plural form of impeachment.
- in that case — then
- in the cards — a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder: a 3″ × 5″ file card; a membership card.
- in the chips — a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking.
- inchoateness — The quality of being inchoate.
- inescutcheon — A small shield placed within a larger one.
- inheritances — Plural form of inheritance.
- interchanges — Plural form of interchange.
- interpsychic — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- intrapsychic — Within the psyche or mind.
- ischiorectal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the region between the rectum and the ischial tuberosity.
- isochromatic — Optics. having the same color or tint.
- jesus christ — Jesus (def 1).
- johnson city — a city in NE Tennessee.
- kinaesthetic — Alternative form of kinesthetic.
- kinesipathic — of or relating to kinesipathy
- kinesthetics — The ability to feel movements of the limbs and body. Referred by some people as the sixth sense.
- kitchen salt — coarse salt that is used in cooking but not at the table
- kitchen sink — basin in kitchen
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- kitchen-sink — marked by an indiscriminate and omnivorous use of elements: a kitchen-sink approach to moviemaking.
- kitchenettes — Plural form of kitchenette.
- kitchenwares — Plural form of kitchenware.
- knife switch — a form of air switch in which a moving element, usually a hinged blade, is placed between two contact clips.
- lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- latchstrings — Plural form of latchstring.
- latin school — a secondary school emphasizing instruction in Latin and Greek.
- lecithinases — Plural form of lecithinase.
- lectureships — Plural form of lectureship.
- leiotrichous — Having smooth hair.
- lichtenstein — Roy, 1923–97, U.S. painter and sculptor.
- light switch — lever or knob for controlling a light
- light-struck — (of a film or the like) damaged by accidental exposure to light.
- limit switch — a switch that automatically cuts off current to an electric motor when an object moved by it, as an elevator, has passed a given point.
- lithospheric — Of or pertaining to the lithosphere.
- locksmithing — The science and art of making and defeating locks.
- lysolecithin — any compound of lecithin produced by the removal of one of the fatty acid groups by hydrolysis
- machinations — an act or instance of machinating.
- macintosh ii — (computer) (Mac II) A version of Apple's Macintosh personal computer, released in March 1987, using the Motorola 68020 CPU, which runs at a higher clock rate than the Motorola 68000 used in the original Mac. The Mac II has a full 32-bit data bus instead of a 16-bit bus. Mac II models have built-in 40 to 160 megabyte hard disks and can take up to eight megabytes of RAM (and more as denser memory chips arive). The Mac II was the first Macintosh to provide a colour graphics option, with up to 256 colours on screen at a 640x480 resolution. Mac II models are designed for expandability with three (Macintosh IIcx) or six (II & IIx) built-in NuBus expansion slots for additional peripheral and coprocessor boards.
- mackintoshes — Plural form of mackintosh.
- 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.
- matriarchies — Plural form of matriarchy.
- mechatronics — The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.
- mesolecithal — centrolecithal.
- metachronism — An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
- metaphrastic — a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.
- metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- metapsychics — the study of psychic phenomena beyond the limits of ordinary or orthodox psychology
- misanthropic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.