12-letter words containing c, h, o, r, d, t
- octahedrally — in an octahedral manner
- on the cards — likely
- orchestrated — Simple past tense and past participle of orchestrate.
- orchidectomy — orchiectomy.
- orthodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention and correction of irregular teeth, as by means of braces.
- orthodromics — the act or art of sailing on a great circle
- orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
- orthovanadic — relating to orthovanadates
- outstretched — to stretch forth; extend: to outstretch one's hand in welcome.
- overscutched — overworked; worn out
- photoproduct — any product which is produced by a chemical reaction that uses light or other electromagnetic radiation to increase energy of particles
- pitched-roof — a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
- pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
- poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
- powder chest — a small wooden box containing a charge of powder, old nails, scrap iron, etc., formerly secured over the side of a ship and exploded on the attempt of an enemy to board.
- procathedral — a church used temporarily as a cathedral.
- ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
- rhytidectomy — face-lift.
- scratchboard — a cardboard coated with impermeable white clay and covered by a layer of ink that is scratched or scraped in patterns revealing the white surface below.
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- stockholders — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
- the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
- the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
- the ordnance — a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies
- third sector — the segment of a nation's economy that is made up of neither public nor business concerns, as nonprofit health or educational institutions.
- thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
- thundercloud — cumulonimbus.
- touch ground — (of a ship) to strike the sea bed
- trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
- trophy child — anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
- turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
- underclothes — clothes worn under outer clothes.
- witch doctor — a person in some societies who attempts to cure sickness and to exorcise evil spirits by the use of magic.
- xanthochroid — of, relating to, or designating races having light-coloured hair and a pale complexion