12-letter words containing c, i, r, h
- rachmaninoff — Sergei Wassilievitch [sur-gey vuh-seel-yuh-vich;; Russian syir-gyey vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /sɜrˈgeɪ vəˈsil yə vɪtʃ;; Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1943, Russian pianist and composer.
- racing homer — a kind of homing pigeon used for racing
- racing yacht — a yacht used in sailing races
- radical chic — the patronage of extremists or left-wing radicals by rich or famous people, as through invitations to social functions or public expressions of support.
- radiesthetic — of or relating to radiesthesia
- raised beach — a wave-cut platform raised above the shoreline by a relative fall in the water level
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- rat-catching — the job of destroying or driving away vermin, esp rats
- reachability — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- reaching jib — genoa.
- receivership — the condition of being in the hands of a receiver.
- rechristened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- reichsfuhrer — the title of the chief of the Schutzstaffel.
- reichsthaler — a silver thaler of Germany, originally issued in 1566; rix-dollar.
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- retrophiliac — someone who has a strong liking for things from the past
- rhetorically — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
- rhinocerical — of or relating to the rhinoceros
- rhizocarpous — having the root perennial but the stem annual, as perennial herbs.
- rhythm stick — a small wooden stick used, especially by a child, as a simple percussive instrument in learning the rudiments of musical rhythm.
- rhythmically — periodic, as motion, or a drumbeat.
- rhytidectomy — face-lift.
- rich mixture — A rich mixture is a fuel/air mixture containing an excessive proportion of fuel.
- richard korf — (person) A Professor of computer science at the University of California, Los Angeles. Richard Korf received his B.S. from MIT in 1977, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1980 and 1983. From 1983 to 1985 he served as Herbert M. Singer Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University. Dr. Korf studies problem-solving, heuristic search and planning in artificial intelligence. He wrote "Learning to Solve Problems by Searching for Macro-Operators" (Pitman, 1985). He serves on the editorial boards of Artificial Intelligence, and the Journal of Applied Intelligence. Dr. Korf is the recipient of several awards and is a Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence.
- ring changes — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
- ring machine — a Linotype used primarily for making corrections.
- rock cornish — a small hybrid chicken produced by mating Cornish and White Rock chickens and marketed especially as a roaster.
- rockhounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks
- roller chain — a power chain consisting of parallel pairs of flat links joined by pins covered with rollers, and engaging with the teeth of sprockets.
- rostropovich — Mstislav (Leopoldovich) [mis-tuh-slahv lee-uh-pohl-duh-vich;; Russian mstyi-slahf lyi-uh-pawl-duh-vyich] /ˈmɪs təˌslɑv ˌli əˈpoʊl də vɪtʃ;; Russian mstyɪˈslɑf lyɪ əˈpɔl də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1927–2007, Soviet cellist and conductor (husband of Galina Vishnevskaya).
- rough collie — a breed of long-haired collie with a coarse black-and-white or black, tan, and white coat, thicker around its neck and shoulders.
- rough-voiced — having a harsh or grating voice: a rough-voiced barker.
- saccharinely — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
- saccharinity — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
- saccharoidal — having a crystalline or granular texture: said esp. of some sandstones and marbles
- sandwich bar — a place where sandwiches are sold
- scabbardfish — any of several marine fishes having a long, compressed, silvery body, especially a cutlassfish, Trichiurus lepturus, of the western Atlantic.
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- schererville — a town in NW Indiana.
- schiaparelli — Elsa [el-sah] /ˈɛl sɑ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1973, French fashion designer, born in Italy.
- schizocarpic — a dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
- schizophrene — a person with schizophrenia or one who tends toward schizophrenia
- schneiderman — Rose, 1884–1972, U.S. labor leader, born in Poland.
- schoenheimer — Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈru dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1898–1941, U.S. biochemist, born in Germany.
- schooner rig — a rig in which the mainmast is taller than the foremast
- schreinering — to produce a lustrous finish on (a fabric) by subjecting it to pressure exerted by rollers engraved with many fine lines.
- schreinerize — to produce a lustrous finish on (a fabric) by subjecting it to pressure exerted by rollers engraved with many fine lines.
- schrieffer's — John Robert, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1972.
- scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
- scorpionfish — any of several tropical and temperate marine scorpaenid fishes, especially members of the genus Scorpaena, many having venomous dorsal spines.