12-letter words containing c, h, r, y, s
- decahydrates — Plural form of decahydrate.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- erythrocytes — Plural form of erythrocyte.
- factory ship — a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products.
- fish factory — a factory where fish is processed
- french-style — French-cut.
- geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- grass hockey — field hockey.
- helichrysums — Plural form of helichrysum.
- hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
- historically — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- host country — nation staging an international event
- hurry-scurry — headlong, disorderly haste; hurry and confusion.
- hydrocarbons — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hydrostatics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the statics of fluids, usually confined to the equilibrium and pressure of liquids.
- hygrochastic — of or relating to the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- hyper-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
- hypercoaster — Megacoaster.
- hypercritics — a person who is excessively or captiously critical.
- hyperplastic — Of, or relating to hyperplasia.
- hypersarcoma — a growth of proud or fungous flesh
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypersurface — a mathematical object that generalizes the concept of surface from three-dimensional Euclidean space to hyperspace.
- hypochlorous — of or derived from hypochlorous acid.
- hypocoristic — endearing, as a pet name, diminutive, or euphemism.
- hypsochromic — (physics) Of a change in the position of a spectral band, to a higher frequency.
- hypsographic — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
- hysterectomy — excision of the uterus.
- hysterically — of, relating to, or characterized by hysteria.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- hysteroscopy — (medicine) The examination of the uterus using a hysteroscope.
- ichthyosaurs — Plural form of ichthyosaur.
- interpsychic — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- intrapsychic — Within the psyche or mind.
- lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- larch sawfly — a red and black sawfly, Pristiphora erichsonii, the larvae of which infest and feed on the leaves of larch.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- macrophysics — the branch of physics that deals with physical objects large enough to be observed and treated directly.
- microphysics — the branch of physics dealing with physical objects that are not large enough to be observed and treated directly, as elementary particles, atoms, and molecules.
- orchestrally — In an orchestral manner.
- ornithoscopy — divination from the observation of birds
- pachycarpous — having a thick pericarp
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- parapsychism — the experience of mental phenomena that are beyond the scope of normal physical explanation
- petrophysics — the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
- phylacteries — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.