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12-letter words containing c, o, n, h, i, d

  • kachina doll — a Hopi Indian doll carved from cottonwood root in representation of a kachina and given as a gift to a child or used as a household decoration.
  • machairodont — having sabre-like teeth; sabre-toothed
  • machine code — (language)   The representation of a computer program that is read and interpreted by the computer hardware (rather than by some other machine code program). A program in machine code consists of a sequence of "instructions" (possibly interspersed with data). An instruction is a binary string, (often written as one or more octal, decimal or hexadecimal numbers). Instructions may be all the same size (e.g. one 32-bit word for many modern RISC microprocessors) or of different sizes, in which case the size of the instruction is determined from the first word (e.g. Motorola 68000) or byte (e.g. Inmos transputer). The collection of all possible instructions for a particular computer is known as its "instruction set". Each instruction typically causes the Central Processing Unit to perform some fairly simple operation like loading a value from memory into a register or adding the numbers in two registers. An instruction consists of an op code and zero or more operands. Different processors have different instruction sets - the collection of possible operations they can perform. Execution of machine code may either be hard-wired into the central processing unit or it may be controlled by microcode. The basic execution cycle consists of fetching the next instruction from main memory, decoding it (determining which action the operation code specifies and the location of any arguments) and executing it by opening various gates (e.g. to allow data to flow from main memory into a CPU register) and enabling functional units (e.g. signalling to the ALU to perform an addition). Humans almost never write programs directly in machine code. Instead, they use programming languages. The simplest kind of programming language is assembly language which usually has a one-to-one correspondence with the resulting machine code instructions but allows the use of mnemonics (ASCII strings) for the "op codes" (the part of the instruction which encodes the basic type of operation to perform) and names for locations in the program (branch labels) and for variables and constants. Other languages are either translated by a compiler into machine code or executed by an interpreter
  • machine word — word (def 10).
  • machine-word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
  • mitochondria — an organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production.
  • monochloride — a chloride containing one atom of chlorine with one atom of another element or a group.
  • monorchidism — a prenatal or postnatal condition in which one testis is absent or has not descended into the scrotum.
  • orchidomania — an obsession with or passion for orchids
  • orthodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention and correction of irregular teeth, as by means of braces.
  • orthovanadic — relating to orthovanadates
  • photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
  • photoinduced — induced by light.
  • pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
  • poland china — one of an American breed of black hogs having white markings.
  • quadraphonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
  • quadriphonic — quadraphonic.
  • quadrophonic — Alternative spelling of quadraphonic.
  • rockhounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks
  • scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
  • second birth — spiritual rebirth.
  • second reich — the German Empire 1871–1919.
  • second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
  • section hand — a person who works on a section gang.
  • subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
  • synecdochism — the use of synecdoche
  • technobandit — a person who steals technological secrets, as from the government or a place of employment, and sells them to agents of foreign governments or to competing firms.
  • the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
  • the occident — the Occident. the West; the countries of Europe and America. Western Hemisphere.
  • thionic acid — any of the five acids of sulfur of the type H 2 S n O 6 , where n is from two to six.
  • unchronicled — not chronicled or recorded
  • unmethodical — characterized by lack of method or disorderliness
  • watchdogging — a dog kept to guard property.
  • wonder child — an unusually intelligent or talented child; prodigy; wunderkind.
  • xanthochroid — of, relating to, or designating races having light-coloured hair and a pale complexion
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