12-letter words containing c, u, t, h, e
- colour depth — bits per pixel
- come through — To come through a dangerous or difficult situation means to survive it and recover from it.
- come up with — If you come up with a plan or idea, you think of it and suggest it.
- coquettishly — (of a woman) characteristically flirtatious, especially in a teasing, lighthearted manner.
- counter hand — a person who works behind a counter; assistant
- countercharm — an object or action that is capable of destroying a magical charm
- countercheck — a check or restraint, esp one that acts in opposition to another
- 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.
- counterlight — a light opposite something, such as a painting, that negatively affects the appearance of that object
- countermarch — to march or cause to march back along the same route
- counterpunch — to punch an attacking opponent; return an attack
- countershaft — an intermediate shaft that is driven by, but rotates in the opposite direction to, a main shaft, esp in a gear train
- counterweigh — counterbalance
- craw-thumper — an ostentatiously pious person
- creaturehood — the state of being a creature
- croquet hoop — a hoop stuck into a croquet lawn
- cruelhearted — having a cruel heart; lacking kindness, compassion, etc.
- culture hero — a mythical or mythicized historical figure who embodies the aspirations or ideals of a society.
- curietherapy — a form of radiation therapy using radium
- custom house — a government office, esp at a port, where customs are collected and ships cleared for entry
- customhouses — Plural form of customhouse.
- customs shed — a large building in which customs officers carry out customs inspections
- daughtercard — daughterboard
- disc shutter — a shutter in a movie camera or projector that covers the gap between separate frames
- discotheques — Plural form of discotheque.
- double cloth — a cloth used in overcoating, blankets, brocade, etc., made by interweaving two physically discrete fabrics at various points in the pattern by bringing warp and fill yarns from each through the other to be worked on the opposite face of the compound fabric.
- double dutch — a form of the game of jump rope in which two persons, holding the respective ends of two long jump ropes, swing them in a synchronized fashion, usually directed inward so the ropes are going in opposite directions, for one or two others to jump over.
- double hitch — a Blackwall hitch with an extra upper loop passed around the hook.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- dust catcher — Informal. a knickknack or other household object that is little used.
- dutch belted — one of a breed of black dairy cattle, raised originally in the Netherlands, having a broad white band encircling the body.
- dutch borneo — the former name of the southern and larger part of the island of Borneo: now part of Indonesia.
- dutch cheese — Inland North. cottage cheese.
- dutch clover — white clover.
- dutch master — one of a number of renowned and influential Dutch painters
- dutch settle — a settle having a back so hinged that it can be lowered onto the arms to form a table.
- duty chemist — a dispensing chemist's that is open to the public for a specific period when other chemists are closed
- earth colour — any of various brown pigments composed chiefly of iron oxides
- eleutherarch — the chief of the eleutheri
- enthusiastic — Having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
- escape chute — a fabric tube or chute hinged to the wall of a stairwell and used as an emergency exit, eg from a burning tall building
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- ethylmercury — (chemistry) The organometallic cation CH3CH2Hg+; it is a toxicant that does not seem to accumulate in the environment.
- eutrophicate — (ecology, intransitive) To become eutrophic.
- executorship — The office or position of an executor.
- feuchtwanger — Lion [lee-awn] /ˈli ɔn/ (Show IPA), 1884–1958, German novelist and dramatist.
- filthy lucre — money: to lose one's health for the sake of filthy lucre.
- fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
- future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
- get in touch — make contact