12-letter words containing c, h, o, n, g
- code-sharing — a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows passengers to use a ticket from one airline to travel on another
- coding sheet — a form on which a program is written
- codling moth — a tortricid moth, Carpocapsa pomonella, the larvae of which are a pest of apples
- cohabitating — cohabit.
- coin changer — a machine that gives change rapidly, as to a customer, typically operated by a manual keyboard and often used in association with a cash register.
- conchologist — One who collects shells, especially for the purpose of scientific study.
- contact high — a state of altered consciousness caused by inhaling the drugs other people are smoking
- copyrighting — Present participle of copyright.
- cornhuskings — Plural form of cornhusking.
- coronagraphs — Plural form of coronagraph.
- 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
- craniography — examination of the skull as depicted by craniographs, photographs, and charts.
- cringeworthy — Causing feelings of embarrassment or awkwardness.
- dog's chance — little likelihood; small chance (usually used in the negative): That project didn't have a dog's chance of succeeding.
- doomwatching — the act of watching the environment to warn of and prevent harm
- duck-shoving — the evasion of responsibility by someone
- echogenicity — (medical) The ability to create an echo that can be detected in an ultrasound examination.
- epoch-making — An epoch-making change or declaration is considered to be extremely important because it is likely to have a significant effect on a particular period of time.
- ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
- ethnological — Of or pertaining to ethnology.
- flowcharting — (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts.
- focal length — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
- for a change — contrary to the norm
- french congo — former name of the People's Republic of the Congo.
- genethliacon — A birthday ode.
- geomechanics — the study and application of rock and soil mechanics
- geotechnical — of or relating to practical applications of geological science in civil engineering, mining, etc.
- get in touch — make contact
- gigantomachy — (in Greek mythology) the struggle between the gods and the giants.
- golden perch — a freshwater food fish, Plectroplites ambiguus, that inhabits inland waters of Australia.
- graphophonic — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.
- ground cloth — groundsheet.
- haircoloring — dye or tint for the hair.
- hallucinogen — a substance that produces hallucinations.
- hamming code — (algorithm) Extra, redundant bits added to stored or transmitted data for the purposes of error detection and correction. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming, Hamming codes greatly improve the reliability of data, e.g. from distant space probes, where it is impractical, because of the long transmission delay, to correct errors by requesting retransmission.
- hangchow bay — a bay of the East China Sea.
- hegemonistic — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- hendecagonal — (geometry) Having eleven sides an angles; similar to a hendecagon.
- high command — the leadership or highest authority of a military command or other organization.
- high concept — a simple and often striking idea or premise, as of a story or film, that lends itself to easy promotion and marketing.
- high country — a mountainous area below the timberline; a forested mountain area.
- high-context — preferring to communicate in person, rather than by electronic methods such as email
- high-scoring — (of a football etc match) in which a lot of goals are scored
- home cooking — home-made food
- honeycombing — Present participle of honeycomb.
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- hydrocooling — the process or technique of arresting the ripening of fruits and vegetables after harvesting by immersion in ice water.