12-letter words containing c, h, u, t, i
- dutch guiana — former name of Suriname.
- duty chemist — a dispensing chemist's that is open to the public for a specific period when other chemists are closed
- enthusiastic — Having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- eutrophicate — (ecology, intransitive) To become eutrophic.
- executorship — The office or position of an executor.
- fifth column — a group of people who act traitorously and subversively out of a secret sympathy with an enemy of their country.
- filthy lucre — money: to lose one's health for the sake of filthy lucre.
- fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
- get in touch — make contact
- gift voucher — gift certificate.
- gut-churning — nerve-wracking
- gutwrenching — Alternative spelling of gut-wrenching.
- hallucinated — Simple past tense and past participle of hallucinate.
- hallucinates — to have hallucinations.
- hallucinator — One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations.
- heart urchin — an echinoderm of the order Spatangoida, having an elongate, somewhat heart-shaped outer covering.
- hermeneutics — the science of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures.
- heteroecious — the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants.
- high country — a mountainous area below the timberline; a forested mountain area.
- hill country — hilly area
- 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
- horticulture — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- humification — the formation of humus.
- hunting case — a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hypoeutectic — (of steel) having less carbon than the 0.8 percent of eutectoid steel.
- hypofunction — abnormally diminished function, especially of glands or other organs.
- ichthyofauna — the indigenous fish of a region.
- ichthyosaurs — Plural form of ichthyosaur.
- inescutcheon — A small shield placed within a larger one.
- ixtaccihuatl — an extinct volcano in S central Mexico, SE of Mexico City. 17,342 feet (5286 meters).
- iztaccihuatl — an extinct volcano in S central Mexico, SE of Mexico City. 17,342 feet (5286 meters).
- jesus christ — Jesus (def 1).
- khachaturian — Aram Ilich [ar-uh m il-yich;; Russian uh-rahm ee-lyeech] /ˈær əm ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian ʌˈrɑm iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–78, Armenian composer.
- kitchen unit — a piece of a fitted kitchen, such as a cupboard or sink unit
- kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- latin church — the Roman Catholic Church.
- lectureships — Plural form of lectureship.
- leiotrichous — Having smooth hair.
- light-struck — (of a film or the like) damaged by accidental exposure to light.
- lithium lick — NeXT employees who have had too much attention from their esteemed founder, Steve Jobs, are said to have "lithium lick" when they begin to show signs of Jobsian fervour and repeat the most recent catch phrases in normal conversation, e.g. "It just works, right out of the box!"
- luteotrophic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- magnus hitch — a knot similar to a clove hitch but taking one more turn around the object to which the line is being bent; rolling hitch.
- middle dutch — the Dutch language of the period c1100–c1500. Abbreviation: MD.
- miss the cut — to achieve a greater score after the first two rounds of a strokeplay tournament than that required to play in the remaining two rounds
- monostichous — (of parts) forming one row