12-letter words containing d, e, n, h
- changearound — the act of changing to a different position
- cheddar pink — a low, mat-forming European plant, Dianthus gratianopolitanus, of the pink family, having solitary, fragrant, rose-colored flowers with fringed petals.
- cheerleading — the action or skill of a cheerleader.
- chicken feed — If you think that an amount of money is so small it is hardly worth having or considering, you can say that it is chicken feed.
- chicken head — (graphics, abuse) The Commodore Business Machines logo, which strongly resembles a poultry part. Rendered in ASCII as "C=". With the arguable exception of the Amiga, Commodore's computers are notoriously crocky little bitty boxes (see also PETSCII). Thus, this usage may owe something to Philip K. Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (the basis for the movie "Blade Runner"; the novel is now sold under that title), in which a "chickenhead" is a mutant with below-average intelligence.
- chickenheads — Plural form of chickenhead.
- child minder — a person who looks after children, esp those whose parents are working
- child-minder — a baby-sitter.
- childbearing — Childbearing is the process of giving birth to babies.
- childishness — of, like, or befitting a child: childish games.
- childrearing — the raising and parenting of children: Childrearing extends beyond simple guardianship to nurturing and guidance.
- chiliahedron — a thousand-sided polyhedron
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- chinese date — an Old World tree, Ziziphus jujuba, thriving in hot, dry regions.
- chondriosome — mitochondrion
- chondrophore — a medusoid hydrozoan that resembles a jellyfish
- chord change — a movement from one chord to another
- chordophones — Plural form of chordophone.
- churchwarden — In the Anglican Church, a churchwarden is the person who has been chosen by a congregation to help the vicar of a parish with administration and other duties.
- cinchonidine — an alkaloid that is a stereoisomer of cinchonine, with similar properties and uses
- cinder patch — a defect on steel caused by the accidental picking up of matter, as from the bottom of a soaking pit.
- clean-handed — free from wrongdoing; guiltless.
- cloddishness — The quality of being cloddish.
- 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
- clotheslined — Simple past tense and past participle of clothesline.
- 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
- come to hand — to become available; be received
- comprehended — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- comprehender — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- conidiophore — a simple or branched hypha that bears spores (conidia) in such fungi as Penicillium
- counter hand — a person who works behind a counter; assistant
- crowned head — a monarch
- daniel shays — Daniel, 1747–1825, American Revolutionary War soldier: leader of a popular insurrection (Shays' Rebellion) in Massachusetts 1786–87.
- daphnephoria — an ancient Greek festival in honor of Apollo.
- data channel — (communications) A channel (on a BRI or PRI line) used to carry control information, to set up connections on the associated bearer channels. The name wasn't too bad back when users were sending voice (not data) over the bearer channels, but in 1997 it's quite a misnomer.
- daughterling — a small daughter
- de havilland — Sir Geoffrey. 1882–1965, British aircraft designer. He produced many military aircraft and the first jet airliners
- death notice — a public announcement, e.g. in a newspaper, that someone has died
- dechlorinate — to remove chlorine from (a substance)
- decipherment — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- dehumanising — Present participle of dehumanise.
- dehumanizing — denying or depriving of dignity
- dehypnotized — Simple past tense and past participle of dehypnotize.
- deinotherium — any member of the genus Deinotherium, consisting of mammals resembling elephants that existed during the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene epochs
- demolishment — to destroy or ruin (a building or other structure), especially on purpose; tear down; raze.
- demonography — a treatise on demons.
- demythifying — to create a myth about (a person, place, tradition, etc.); cause to become a myth.
- denbighshire — a county of N Wales: split between Clwyd and Gwynedd in 1974; reinstated with different boundaries in 1996: borders the Irish Sea, with the Cambrian Mountains in the south: chiefly agricultural. Administrative centre: Ruthin. Pop: 94 900 (2003 est). Area: 844 sq km (327 sq miles)
- detachedness — the quality of being detached or separated