12-letter words containing c, h, r, o, n, s
- mechatronics — The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.
- metachronism — An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- microphonics — (electronics) The phenomenon where certain components in electronic devices transform mechanical vibrations into an unwanted electrical signal.
- microphonism — a usually undesirable property of some electronic circuits or components in which mechanical vibrations of a component affect the signal being transmitted through the circuit.
- misanthropic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
- monochromats — Plural form of monochromat.
- monochromist — An artist working in the monochromatic style.
- monorchidism — a prenatal or postnatal condition in which one testis is absent or has not descended into the scrotum.
- monostrophic — consisting of stanzas or strophes all having the same metrical structure.
- monotrichous — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
- nasotracheal — (anatomy) Of or relating to the nose and trachea.
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- necrophilism — necrophilia.
- necrophilous — displaying a preference for dead tissue, esp of certain bacteria and insects
- necrophorous — denoting animals, such as certain beetles, that carry away the bodies of dead animals
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
- non-strophic — Also, strophical. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- nonspherical — not spherical
- on the cards — likely
- on the cross — diagonally
- on the rocks — a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
- orchestrions — Plural form of orchestrion.
- ornithoscopy — divination from the observation of birds
- ortho-cousin — parallel cousin.
- orthocenters — Plural form of orthocenter.
- orthocousins — the children of two brothers or two sisters
- orthodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention and correction of irregular teeth, as by means of braces.
- ostrich fern — a tall North American fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, with large mature leaves that resemble ostrich plumes, a popular landscaping plant whose curled new leaves, called fiddleheads, are eaten as a vegetable.
- parachronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one.
- phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- psychotronic — of or relating to a genre of usually low-budget movies that includes horror, fantasy, science-fiction, and underground films.
- pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
- pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
- rock cornish — a small hybrid chicken produced by mating Cornish and White Rock chickens and marketed especially as a roaster.
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- schizophrene — a person with schizophrenia or one who tends toward schizophrenia
- schoenheimer — Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈru dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1898–1941, U.S. biochemist, born in Germany.
- school prawn — a common olive-green prawn, Metapenaeus macleayi
- schooner rig — a rig in which the mainmast is taller than the foremast
- schopenhauer — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
- scorpionfish — any of several tropical and temperate marine scorpaenid fishes, especially members of the genus Scorpaena, many having venomous dorsal spines.
- scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- second reich — the German Empire 1871–1919.
- second-homer — a person who owns another house in addition to their main home, often in an area where they are not native and used as a holiday home
- shatter cone — a cone-shaped fragment of rock, probably formed by violent shock waves, as from meteoritic impact or atomic explosions