12-letter words containing c, h, r, i
- chromophobia — Lb biology The quality of being resistant to staining.
- chromophoric — any chemical group that produces color in a compound, as the azo group −N=N−.
- chronologies — Plural form of chronology.
- chronologise — Alternative spelling of chronologize.
- chronologist — a person versed in chronology.
- chronologize — to arrange in an order determined by when events took place
- chronometric — of a chronometer or chronometry
- chronophobia — Fear of the passing of time, or more generally of time itself.
- chronotropic — affecting the rate or timing of a physiologic process, as the heart rate.
- chrysomelids — Plural form of chrysomelid.
- churchianity — loyalty to the church rather than Christianity
- churchillian — relating to, typical of or reminiscent of Winston Churchill
- churlishness — The state of being churlish.
- chylomicrons — Plural form of chylomicron.
- chymotrypsin — a powerful proteolytic enzyme secreted from the pancreas in the form of chymotrypsinogen, being converted to the active form by trypsin
- chymotryptic — relating to chymotrypsin
- cichoraceous — relating to plants of the sub-order Cichoraceae
- cigar holder — a mouthpiece of wood, ivory, etc, used for holding a cigar while it is smoked
- cigar-shaped — resembling a cigar in shape
- cinder patch — a defect on steel caused by the accidental picking up of matter, as from the bottom of a soaking pit.
- circle graph — pie chart.
- circus catch — a spectacular or difficult catch, esp. one made by a fielder in baseball or a receiver in football
- city fathers — You can refer to the members of a city council or city's government as the city fathers.
- civil rights — Civil rights are the rights that people have in a society to equal treatment and equal opportunities, whatever their race, sex, or religion.
- clamjamphrie — rubbish
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- clickthrough — the act of clicking on an advertisement or other link to go to another website, especially a retail site: The store gets lots of clickthroughs from social media.
- cliff-hanger — a melodramatic or adventure serial in which each installment ends in suspense in order to interest the reader or viewer in the next installment.
- cliffhangers — Plural form of cliffhanger.
- clipper ship — clipper (def 4).
- clipper-ship — a person or thing that clips or cuts.
- club fighter — a mediocre boxer who fights mostly on programs at small sporting clubs
- co-ownership — the fact or state of being one of the joint owners of something
- coach driver — a person who drives a coach
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
- cochairwoman — a woman who cochairs an organization
- cockthrowing — the sport of knocking down, or killing, a cock that is tied to a post
- code-sharing — a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows passengers to use a ticket from one airline to travel on another
- 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.
- coleorrhizae — protective sheath enclosing grass seedlings
- conchiferous — (esp of molluscs) having or producing a shell
- conidiophore — a simple or branched hypha that bears spores (conidia) in such fungi as Penicillium
- constraineth — Archaic third-person singular form of constrain.
- consumership — the state of being a consumer
- coppersmiths — Plural form of coppersmith.
- coprophagist — a person who eats excrement
- coprophiliac — of or relating to coprophilia
- coprophilous — growing in or on dung
- copyrighters — Plural form of copyrighter.
- copyrighting — Present participle of copyright.