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12-letter words containing c, h

  • archaic homo — collectively, the very robust, regionally differentiated human populations that lived in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa from 35,000 to 200,000 years ago.
  • archaization — Process of becoming or turning something more archaic.
  • archdeaconry — the office, rank, or duties of an archdeacon
  • archdiocesan — Relating to an archdiocese.
  • archdioceses — Plural form of archdiocese.
  • arched truss — a truss having an archlike form but unlike a true arch in that it is free to move horizontally at its base, as in expanding or contracting because of temperature changes.
  • archegoniate — having archegonia
  • archenterons — Plural form of archenteron.
  • archeologist — archaeology.
  • archeopteryx — A specimen of the species Archaeopteryx lithographica, being the earliest and most primitive known bird, representing a transition in the evolution of dinosaurs to birds.
  • archerfishes — Plural form of archerfish.
  • archesporial — the primitive cell, or group of cells, that give rise to the cells from which spores are derived.
  • archesporium — archespore.
  • archetypally — the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.
  • archetypical — Archetypical means the same as archetypal.
  • archiannelid — (zoology) Any member of the Archiannelida.
  • archibenthos — the ocean bottom between the littoral and abyssal zones: from depths of approximately 200 feet (60 meters) to 3300 feet (1000 meters).
  • archiblastic — of, relating to, or derived from an archiblast.
  • archilochian — denoting or relating to the 7th century bc Greek poet Archilochus or his verse, esp the iambic trimeters or trochaic tetrameters used by him
  • archipallium — (anatomy) The oldest region of the brain's pallium, often considered contiguous with the olfactory cortex, but varying among species. In humans, the archipallium makes up the hippocampus.
  • archipelagic — a large group or chain of islands: the Malay Archipelago.
  • archipelagos — Plural form of archipelago.
  • archiphoneme — an abstract linguistic unit representing two or more phonemes when the distinction between these has been neutralized: conventionally shown by a capital letter within slashes, as /T/ for /t/ and /d/ in German Rat and Rad
  • architecting — a person who engages in the profession of architecture.
  • architecture — Architecture is the art of planning, designing, and constructing buildings.
  • archive file — a single computer file that contains one or more files that have been compressed
  • archive site — (networking)   (Or "FTP site", "FTP archive") An Internet host where program source, documents, e-mail or news messages are stored for public access via anonymous FTP, Gopher, web or other document distribution system. There may be several archive sites (mirrors) for, e.g., a Usenet newsgroup though one may be recognised as the main one. FTP servers were common on the Internet for about ten years but have been largely replaced by web servers since the invention of the World-Wide Web and its HTTP protocol. Some well-known archive sites included Imperial College, UK, UUNET, USA, GNU archive site. The archie service attempted to index the contents of FTP archives, foreshadowing the indexing of the web by Google and others.
  • archosaurian — belonging to or characteristic of the archosaurs
  • arctophilist — a collector of teddy bears
  • arena chapel — a private chapel in Padua containing a fresco cycle painted (1305–06) by Giotto.
  • aristolochia — any of various plants of the genus Aristolochia of the family Aristolochiaceae
  • aristophanic — 448?–385? b.c, Athenian comic dramatist.
  • arithmetical — Arithmetical calculations, processes, or skills involve the addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division of numbers.
  • armada chest — an iron or iron-bound strongbox of the 17th or 18th century.
  • arming chest — a chest for holding armor and weapons.
  • arthrobacter — a genus of rod-shaped or spherical bacteria found in the soil.
  • arthropathic — disease of the joints.
  • arthroscopes — Plural form of arthroscope.
  • arthroscopic — the use of an arthroscope to diagnose an injury to or disease of a joint or to perform minor surgery on a joint.
  • aschoff body — any of the spindleshaped nodules found in heart tissue and associated with the myocarditis of rheumatic fever.
  • ash-coloured — silver-grey in colour
  • asphalt rock — a rock formation, usually of limestone or sandstone, containing large amounts of bitumens.
  • astrochemist — (chemistry, astronomy) A chemist or astronomer whose speciality is astrochemistry.
  • astrophysics — Astrophysics is the study of the physical and chemical structure of the stars, planets, and other natural objects in space.
  • asynchronies — a lack of synchronism or coincidence in time.
  • asynchronism — a lack of synchronism; occurrence at different times
  • asynchronous — An asynchronous electric machine is one in which the magnetic field and the rotation are not exactly the same.
  • at a stretch — with some difficulty; by making a special effort
  • atheological — having an aversion or resistance to theology
  • atheoretical — having no connection with and not founded on theory
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