12-letter words containing c, h, o, u, e, t
- future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
- get in touch — make contact
- gift voucher — gift certificate.
- growth curve — a curve on a graph in which a variable is plotted against time to illustrate the growth of the variable
- hectocotylus — a modified arm of the male of certain cephalopods that is used to transfer sperm to the female.
- herstmonceux — a village in S England, in E Sussex north of Eastbourne: 15th-century castle, site of the Royal Observatory, which was transferred from Greenwich between 1948 and 1958, until 1990
- heteroecious — the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- holy picture — a picture of a person or thing that is of religious importance
- home country — the country a person comes from
- homo erectus — an extinct species of the human lineage, formerly known as Pithecanthropus erectus, having upright stature and a well-evolved postcranial skeleton, but with a smallish brain, low forehead, and protruding face.
- honey bucket — a container for excrement, as in an outdoor toilet.
- honey locust — a thorny North American tree, Gleditsia triacanthos, of the legume family, having small, compound leaves and pods with a sweet pulp.
- horticulture — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
- house doctor — a resident physician in a hospital, hotel, or other public institution.
- hydroculture — A type of hydroponics in which plants are grown in a medium that allows the distribution of water and nutrients through capillary action.
- hypoeutectic — (of steel) having less carbon than the 0.8 percent of eutectoid steel.
- inescutcheon — A small shield placed within a larger one.
- leiotrichous — Having smooth hair.
- luncheonette — a small restaurant or lunchroom where light meals are served.
- luteotrophic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- motherfucker — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- neurotrophic — of or relating to the effect of nerves on the nutritive processes.
- neutrophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained only by neutral dyes.
- neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
- off the cuff — with little or no preparation; extemporaneous; impromptu: a speaker with a good off-the-cuff delivery.
- off-the-cuff — with little or no preparation; extemporaneous; impromptu: a speaker with a good off-the-cuff delivery.
- old chestnut — old saying, cliché
- on the couch — undergoing psychoanalysis
- oreopithecus — a genus of fossil primate from the Miocene coal deposits of Italy, formerly considered to be a possible hominid.
- out of reach — beyond arm's length
- outstretched — to stretch forth; extend: to outstretch one's hand in welcome.
- overscutched — overworked; worn out
- peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
- photocurrent — an electric current produced by a photoelectric effect.
- photoinduced — induced by light.
- photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
- picture show — motion picture.
- picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
- polychaetous — of or relating to the genus Polychaeta
- pork butcher — a butcher who specializes in pork
- router patch — a plywood panel patch with parallel sides and rounded ends.
- safety touch — a two-point play
- soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
- south euclid — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- tech support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.