12-letter words containing c, o, n, h, e, s
- churchperson — A person involved with the church; a churchgoer or cleric.
- cloddishness — The quality of being cloddish.
- 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
- clothes-line — a strong, narrow rope, cord, wire, etc., usually stretched between two poles, posts, or buildings, on which clean laundry is hung to dry.
- clotheslined — Simple past tense and past participle of clothesline.
- clotheslines — Plural form of clothesline.
- clownishness — The state of being clownish.
- co-ownership — the fact or state of being one of the joint owners of something
- code-sharing — a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows passengers to use a ticket from one airline to travel on another
- coding sheet — a form on which a program is written
- coenesthesia — general awareness of one's own body
- cohesionless — lacking cohesion
- cohesiveness — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- common shrew — a small mouse-like long-snouted mammal, Sorex araneus, of the family Soricidae: order Insectivora (insectivores)
- conchiferous — (esp of molluscs) having or producing a shell
- constraineth — Archaic third-person singular form of constrain.
- consumership — the state of being a consumer
- corn whiskey — a whisky made from maize
- corner house — a house situated on the corner of two streets
- costophrenic — Synonym of phrenicocostal.
- countershaft — an intermediate shaft that is driven by, but rotates in the opposite direction to, a main shaft, esp in a gear train
- criosphinxes — Plural form of criosphinx.
- crossbencher — A member of the British parliament, or a similar assembly, who does not vote regularly with either the government or the main opposition party.
- dog's chance — little likelihood; small chance (usually used in the negative): That project didn't have a dog's chance of succeeding.
- echinococcus — any of a number of tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals.
- echo sounder — a sonar instrument that uses echolocation to measure depths under water.
- elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
- enchiridions — Plural form of enchiridion.
- encompasseth — Archaic third-person singular form of encompass.
- enhypostatic — relating to enhypostasia
- eosinophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained by eosin.
- ethnopoetics — A poetical, linguistic and anthropological movement dealing with poetry written by, or in the style of, indigenous peoples.
- eunuchoidism — A syndrome in males with a lack of sex characteristics due to lack of proper male sex hormones.
- francophones — Plural form of francophone.
- french doors — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
- french shore — either of two stretches of coastline inhabited mainly by Francophone Canadians: the W coast of Newfoundland and the SW coast of Nova Scotia between Yarmouth and Digby.
- french toast — bread dipped in a batter of egg and milk and sautéed until brown, usually served with syrup or sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon.
- geomechanics — the study and application of rock and soil mechanics
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- heckelphones — Plural form of heckelphone.
- hegemonistic — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- hells canyon — a canyon on the Snake River in S Idaho and along the Oregon border: 125 miles (210 km) long with a maximum depth of about 7900 feet (2408 meters).
- hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- henotheistic — Relating to henotheism.
- herstmonceux — a village in S England, in E Sussex north of Eastbourne: 15th-century castle, site of the Royal Observatory, which was transferred from Greenwich between 1948 and 1958, until 1990
- hexacosanoic — as in hexacosanoic acid
- hoisin sauce — a thick, sweet, spicy condiment containing soybeans, sugar, garlic, and chili peppers, used in cooking or as an accompaniment to meat, fish, or poultry, especially Peking duck.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.