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12-letter words containing c, h, o, p, a

  • championship — A championship is a competition to find the best player or team in a particular sport.
  • change point — a point to which a foresight and backsight are taken in levelling; turning point
  • changepocket — a small pocket or compartment for holding coins.
  • channel port — one of the English or French ports on the English Channel
  • chapter book — a children's book, typically a work of fiction, of moderate length and complexity, divided into chapters and intended for readers approximately seven to ten years old
  • chapter room — a room for the use of the chapter of a religious institution
  • chapter stop — any of several markers placed at intervals on a DVD film, enabling the viewer to find and select particular scenes
  • chapterhouse — the building attached to a cathedral, collegiate church, or religious house in which the chapter meets
  • charity shop — A charity shop is a shop that sells used goods cheaply and gives its profits to a charity.
  • chart topper — a singer, band or video that comes top in the charts
  • chartophylax — an official who serves chiefly as the chancellor and archivist of a diocese.
  • cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
  • chemotherapy — Chemotherapy is the treatment of disease using chemicals. It is often used in treating cancer.
  • chilpancingo — a town in S Mexico, capital of Guerrero state, in the Sierra Madre del Sur. Pop: 166 000 (2005 est)
  • chirographer — Alternative form of chirographist.
  • chirographic — Of or relating to chirography.
  • chiropractic — Chiropractic is the treatment of injuries by pressing and moving people's joints, especially the spine.
  • chiropractor — A chiropractor is a person who treats injuries by chiropractic.
  • chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
  • chlorapatite — (mineral) A variety of apatite containing chloride instead of fluoride.
  • chloroplasts — Plural form of chloroplast.
  • choregrapher — Alt form choreographer.
  • choreographs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of choreograph.
  • choreography — Choreography is the inventing of steps and movements for ballets and other dances.
  • chorographer — Someone who desscribes a particular region or country.
  • chorographic — Relating to chorography.
  • chorus pedal — an electronic device that creates the effect of more than one sound from a single source by combining a short delay with slight deviations in pitch
  • chota nagpur — a plateau in E India, mainly in Jharkhand state since 2000: forested, with rich mineral resources and much heavy industry; produces chiefly lac (world's leading supplier), coal (half India's total output), and mica
  • choux pastry — a very light pastry made with eggs, used for eclairs, etc
  • christophany — an appearance or emergence of Christ following his crucifixion
  • chromatophil — Also, chromatophilic, chromatophilous [kroh-muh-tof-uh-luh s] /ˌkroʊ məˈtɒf ə ləs/ (Show IPA). chromophil (def 1).
  • chromatopsia — an irregularity in the ability to see colours properly
  • chromography — (obsolete) chromolithography.
  • chromophilia — the property of staining readily.
  • chromophobia — Lb biology The quality of being resistant to staining.
  • chromoplasts — Plural form of chromoplast.
  • chronographs — Plural form of chronograph.
  • chronography — an arrangement of past events
  • chronophobia — Fear of the passing of time, or more generally of time itself.
  • chrysography — the art of writing in ink made of powdered gold suspended in a small amount of glair or gum.
  • chrysophanol — (organic compound) A chemical compound found in rhubarb.
  • chthonophagy — (disease) Alternative form of chthonophagia.
  • clap hold of — to grasp suddenly or forcibly
  • colour phase — a seasonal change in the coloration of some animals
  • colporrhaphy — (surgery) suturing of a defect in the wall of the vagina.
  • cometography — the scientific description and recording of comets
  • compost heap — an outdoor pile of compostabale material that degrades into compost
  • coprophagist — a person who eats excrement
  • coprophagous — (esp of certain beetles) feeding on dung
  • coprophiliac — of or relating to coprophilia
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