12-letter words containing c, o, n, h
- on the watch — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- on-the-scene — being at the very place of occurrence: an on-the-scene newscast.
- onward march — the continuing, advancing or improving movement (of situation, etc)
- onychophagia — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
- onychophoran — any small, predatory, caterpillarlike animal of the phylum Onychophora, common in tropical forests, having stubby legs ending in pincers.
- open channel — An open channel is a type of flow in which one surface is free (= not restricted by anything).
- opisthotonic — of or relating to opisthotonos
- orange march — a parade on Orangemen's day
- orchestrions — Plural form of orchestrion.
- orchidomania — an obsession with or passion for orchids
- ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.
- ornithomancy — Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.
- ornithoscopy — divination from the observation of birds
- ortho-cousin — parallel cousin.
- orthocenters — Plural form of orthocenter.
- orthocousins — the children of two brothers or two sisters
- orthodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention and correction of irregular teeth, as by means of braces.
- orthogenetic — pertaining to or exhibiting orthogenesis.
- orthognathic — straight-jawed; having the profile of the face vertical or nearly so; having a gnathic index below 98.
- orthovanadic — relating to orthovanadates
- ostrich fern — a tall North American fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, with large mature leaves that resemble ostrich plumes, a popular landscaping plant whose curled new leaves, called fiddleheads, are eaten as a vegetable.
- other income — Other income is income that does not come from a company's main business, such as interest.
- out to lunch — a light midday meal between breakfast and dinner; luncheon.
- outpouchings — Plural form of outpouching.
- overcharging — Present participle of overcharge.
- overreaching — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- ozonic ether — a solution of hydrogen peroxide in ethyl ether.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- pancho-villa — Francisco [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), (Doroteo Arango"Pancho Villa") 1877–1923, Mexican general and revolutionist.
- panchromatic — sensitive to all visible colors, as a photographic film.
- panpharmacon — a remedy or panacea
- pantechnicon — a furniture van; moving van.
- parachronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one.
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- 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.
- pericynthion — the point at which a spacecraft launched from earth into a lunar orbit is nearest the moon
- perionychium — the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
- phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
- phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phi-function — Euler's phi-function.
- philharmonic — fond of or devoted to music; music-loving: used especially in the name of certain musical societies that sponsor symphony orchestras (Philharmonic Societies) and hence applied to their concerts (philharmonic concerts)
- phonemically — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
- phonesthemic — (of a speech sound) shared by a set of echoic or symbolic words, as the sn- of sneer, snarl, snatch, snide, snitch, snoop, etc.
- 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.
- phonocamptic — possessing the property of reflecting sound or producing an echo
- phonographic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a phonograph.
- phonological — relating to study of speech sounds
- phonotactics — the patterns in which the phonemes of a language may combine to form sequences.