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12-letter words containing c, l, e, n, h

  • on the block — for sale at auction
  • on the latch — fastened by the latch (sense 1) but not locked or bolted
  • open channel — An open channel is a type of flow in which one surface is free (= not restricted by anything).
  • packed lunch — A packed lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch.
  • panchen lama — Tashi Lama.
  • pelican hook — a hooklike device for holding the link of a chain or the like, consisting of a long shackle with a hinged rod held closed with a sliding ring.
  • pentateuchal — the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
  • phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • phonemically — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
  • phonetic law — a statement of some regular pattern of sound change in a specific language, as Grimm's law or Verner's law.
  • phonetically — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
  • photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
  • phylogenetic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
  • physicalness — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
  • pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
  • pinch roller — a flexible device that presses magnetic tape against the capstan in a tape recorder.
  • plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • play chicken — to engage in a test of courage in which, typically, two vehicles are driven directly toward one another in order to see which driver will swerve away first
  • polyphenolic — relating to a polyphenol
  • pre-hellenic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Greeks or their language, culture, thought, etc., especially before the time of Alexander the Great. Compare Hellenistic (def 3).
  • preneolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
  • preschooling — the education of preschool children.
  • press launch — the launch of a product, exhibition, event, etc, to which journalists are invited, in order to publicize it
  • purple finch — a North American finch, Carpodacus purpureus, having a raspberry-red head, breast, and rump.
  • quenchlessly — without quenching
  • re-challenge — to challenge (someone or something) again
  • rear echelon — (in a military operation) the troops, officers, etc., removed from the combat zone and responsible for administration, matériel, etc.
  • rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
  • rhinocerical — of or relating to the rhinoceros
  • 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.
  • saccharinely — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
  • scheme-linda — A Scheme interface to Linda written by Ulf Dahlen of University of Edinburgh in 1990. It runs on the Computing Surface and the Symmetry.
  • schindylesis — an articulation or fibrous joint in which one bone is received into the cleft or slit of another bone
  • schindyletic — relating to the joint in which one bone is received into the cleft or slit of another bone
  • schmalkalden — a town in central Germany: a league to defend Protestantism formed here 1531.
  • schwann cell — a cell of the peripheral nervous system that wraps around a nerve fiber, jelly-roll fashion, forming the myelin sheath.
  • sclerenchyma — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
  • scratch line — a line that marks the start of a race.
  • slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
  • small change — coins of small denomination.
  • sphacelation — the process of mortification
  • sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
  • splotchiness — the state or condition of being splotchy
  • sponge cloth — any cloth loosely woven of coarse yarn to produce a spongy look or texture, especially one constructed in honeycomb weave.
  • stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
  • technicality — technical character.
  • technicalize — to make technical
  • technicolour — brightly, showily, or garishly coloured; vividly noticeable
  • technobabble — incomprehensible technical language or jargon.
  • technologies — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
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