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

  • sycophantish — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • sycophantize — to act the sycophant
  • synchro unit — a type of alternating-current motor designed to maintain continuously, at some remote location, the same rotational angle that may be imposed by force upon the electrically connected rotating element of a similar motor.
  • synchroflash — of or relating to photography employing a device that synchronizes the photoflash with the shutter.
  • synchroneity — the state of being synchronous; synchronism.
  • synchronical — happening at the same time
  • synchroscope — an instrument for determining the difference in phase between two related motions, as those of two aircraft engines or two electric generators.
  • synecdochism — the use of synecdoche
  • tao te ching — the philosophical book in verse supposedly written by Lao-tzu.
  • teaching job — a position as a teacher
  • technetronic — pertaining to or characterized by cultural changes brought about by advances in technology, electronics, and communications: a technetronic era.
  • technicolour — brightly, showily, or garishly coloured; vividly noticeable
  • technobabble — incomprehensible technical language or jargon.
  • 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.
  • technocratic — of, relating to, or designating a technocrat or technocracy.
  • technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
  • technojunkie — a person addicted to or obsessed by new technology
  • technologies — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
  • technologist — a person who specializes in technology.
  • technologize — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • technomaniac — a person with an obsessional enthusiasm for technology
  • technophilia — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
  • technophobia — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.
  • technostress — any mental stress caused by (too much) interaction with technology
  • tenochtitlan — the capital of the Aztec empire: founded in 1325; destroyed by the Spaniards in 1521; now the site of Mexico City.
  • the cenotaph — the monument in Whitehall, London, honouring the dead of both World Wars: designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens: erected in 1920
  • the cenozoic — the Cenozoic era
  • the conquest — the conquest by the United Kingdom of French North America, ending in 1763
  • the creation — God's act of bringing the universe into being
  • the holocene — the Holocene epoch or rock series
  • the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
  • the occident — the Occident. the West; the countries of Europe and America. Western Hemisphere.
  • the ordnance — a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies
  • the pliocene — the Pliocene epoch or rock series
  • the scorpion — the constellation Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac
  • theanthropic — of or relating to both God or a god and human beings; both divine and human.
  • theocentrism — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
  • theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
  • theoretician — a person who deals with or is expert in the theoretical side of a subject: a military theoretician.
  • thessalonica — official name of Salonika.
  • 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.
  • thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
  • throckmorton — Francis. 1554–84, English conspirator, who with French and Spanish support plotted (1583) to depose Elizabeth I in favour of Mary, Queen of Scots: executed
  • thundercloud — cumulonimbus.
  • topstitching — decorative stitching, usually near and parallel to a seam, sewn so as to be visible on the right side of a garment, shoe, belt, etc.
  • torch singer — a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.
  • torchon lace — a bobbin-made linen or cotton lace with loosely twisted threads in simple, open patterns.
  • touch and go — precarious situation
  • touch ground — (of a ship) to strike the sea bed
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