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12-letter words containing c, l, o, d, h

  • colour depth — bits per pixel
  • conchoidally — In a conchoidal manner.
  • dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
  • dealcoholize — to remove some or all of the alcohol from (a drink).
  • dechlorinate — to remove chlorine from (a substance)
  • dichotically — in a dichotic manner
  • diencephalon — the posterior section of the forebrain.
  • disco lights — coloured lights that flash on and off in time to the music at a disco etc
  • dodecahedral — Having twelve plane surfaces.
  • dolphin kick — (in the butterfly stroke) a kick in which the legs move up and down together, with the knees bent on the upswing.
  • double cloth — a cloth used in overcoating, blankets, brocade, etc., made by interweaving two physically discrete fabrics at various points in the pattern by bringing warp and fill yarns from each through the other to be worked on the opposite face of the compound fabric.
  • double dutch — a form of the game of jump rope in which two persons, holding the respective ends of two long jump ropes, swing them in a synchronized fashion, usually directed inward so the ropes are going in opposite directions, for one or two others to jump over.
  • double hitch — a Blackwall hitch with an extra upper loop passed around the hook.
  • double-check — a simultaneous check by two pieces in which the moving of one piece to give check also results in discovering a check by another piece.
  • drama school — a college which trains students (who are generally 18+) to act
  • drove chisel — a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stone
  • dutch clover — white clover.
  • echinodermal — (zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
  • endochondral — occurring, or present, in cartilage
  • endotracheal — Situated or occurring within or performed by way of the trachea.
  • ethical code — an ethical code is a set of moral principles used to govern the conduct of a profession
  • field hockey — a game played on a rectangular field having a netted goal at each end, in which two teams of 11 players each compete in driving a small leather-covered ball into the other's goal, each player being equipped with a stick having a curved end or blade that is flat on one side and rounded on the other.
  • flower child — (especially in the 1960s) a young person, especially a hippie, rejecting conventional society and advocating love, peace, and simple, idealistic values.
  • foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
  • golden perch — a freshwater food fish, Plectroplites ambiguus, that inhabits inland waters of Australia.
  • grade school — an elementary school that has its pupils grouped or classified into grades.
  • ground cloth — groundsheet.
  • halcyon days — period regarded with nostalgia
  • half-covered — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
  • hedge-school — a school held out of doors in favourable weather, indoors in winter
  • helicoptered — Simple past tense and past participle of helicopter.
  • hendecagonal — (geometry) Having eleven sides an angles; similar to a hendecagon.
  • heterodactyl — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
  • hexachloride — a chloride containing six atoms of chlorine.
  • hexadecapole — (physics) Anything having sixteen poles or electrodes, or a combination of four quadrupoles.
  • high-colored — deep in color; vivid.
  • holiday camp — In Britain, a holiday camp is a place which provides holiday accommodation and entertainment for large numbers of people.
  • homeschooled — Simple past tense and past participle of homeschool.
  • hydrocephaly — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
  • hydrochloric — of or derived from hydrochloric acid.
  • hydrocolloid — a substance that forms a colloid when combined with water.
  • hydrocooling — the process or technique of arresting the ripening of fruits and vegetables after harvesting by immersion in ice water.
  • hydroculture — A type of hydroponics in which plants are grown in a medium that allows the distribution of water and nutrients through capillary action.
  • hydrocyclone — A hydrocyclone is a vessel used for separating two liquids with different densities, by the circular movement of fluid.
  • hydroecology — The study of support systems in wetlands such as the interactions between water and wildlife habitats.
  • hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
  • hydrofluoric — of or derived from hydrofluoric acid.
  • hydrological — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
  • hydronically — in a hydronic manner; in a manner relating to a heating system that uses water
  • hypochloride — Misspelling of hypochlorite.
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