12-letter words containing c, o, n, e, h, a
- chain smoker — person: smokes heavily
- chain-smoker — A chain-smoker is a person who chain-smokes.
- chairpersons — Plural form of chairperson.
- chalcogenide — a binary compound consisting of a chalcogen and at least one other electropositive element
- change color — to become pale
- change front — to redeploy (a force in the field) so that its main weight of weapons points in another direction
- change point — a point to which a foresight and backsight are taken in levelling; turning point
- change round — to place in or adopt a different or opposite position
- changearound — the act of changing to a different position
- changepocket — a small pocket or compartment for holding coins.
- channel iron — a rolled-steel bar with a U-shaped cross section
- channel port — one of the English or French ports on the English Channel
- charnelhouse — Alternative form of charnel house.
- cheluviation — the leaching of chelates through soil
- chestnut oak — any of several North American oaks, as Quercus prinus, having serrate or dentate leaves resembling those of the chestnut.
- chicharrones — A Hispanic dish; made of fried pork rinds.
- chiliahedron — a thousand-sided polyhedron
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- china closet — a cabinet or cupboard for storing or exhibiting chinaware.
- chincoteague — a town on a small island in a lagoon (Chincoteague Bay) in E Virginia: annual wild pony roundup.
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- chlorenchyma — plant tissue consisting of parenchyma cells that contain chlorophyll
- chloroethane — ethyl chloride.
- chord change — a movement from one chord to another
- chromonemata — a chromosome thread that is relatively uncoiled at early prophase but assumes a spiral form at metaphase.
- chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
- close-shaven — (of hair) cut very short
- closed chain — any structural arrangement, used in the models and formulas of molecules, consisting of a chain of atoms that forms a closed geometric figure; ring
- code-sharing — a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows passengers to use a ticket from one airline to travel on another
- coelacanthic — of or relating to the coelacanth
- coenesthesia — general awareness of one's own body
- coin changer — a machine that gives change rapidly, as to a customer, typically operated by a manual keyboard and often used in association with a cash register.
- coin machine — slot machine (def 2).
- come to hand — to become available; be received
- commonwealth — The Commonwealth is an organization consisting of the United Kingdom and most of the countries that were previously under its rule.
- concert hall — a hall where concerts are performed
- constraineth — Archaic third-person singular form of constrain.
- copy machine — A copy machine is the same as a copier.
- corner chair — a chair having an approximately square seat with a leg at each corner and a back extending around two adjacent sides.
- coronal hole — a part of the solar corona that appears dark on optical and x-ray images and is characterized by low temperature and low density.
- counter hand — a person who works behind a counter; assistant
- countercharm — an object or action that is capable of destroying a magical charm
- counterearth — (in Pythagorean astronomy) a planet, out of sight from our part of the earth, whose shadow upon the sun and moon, cast by a central fire that is also out of sight, causes the eclipses.
- countermarch — to march or cause to march back along the same route
- countershaft — an intermediate shaft that is driven by, but rotates in the opposite direction to, a main shaft, esp in a gear train
- crowned head — a monarch
- cycloheptane — (organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C7H14; a volatile inflammable liquid.
- cyclohexanol — (organic compound) The alicyclic alcohol derived from cyclohexane by replacement of a hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group.
- death notice — a public announcement, e.g. in a newspaper, that someone has died
- dechlorinate — to remove chlorine from (a substance)