12-letter words containing e, c, a, s, h
- cigar-shaped — resembling a cigar in shape
- city fathers — You can refer to the members of a city council or city's government as the city fathers.
- clannishness — of, relating to, or characteristic of a clan.
- clapham sect — a group of early 19th-century Church of England evangelicals advocating personal piety, the abolition of slavery, etc
- class method — (programming) 1. A method that operates on a class object (an object of class "class"). A class method is really just an ordinary object method that happens to operate on class objects. A class method might, for example, return a list of objects representing the methods and attributes of the given class. 2. A static method.
- clausthalite — a rare mineral, lead selenide, PbSe, occurring in grayish, granular crystals that have a metallic luster.
- clean-shaven — If a man is clean-shaven, he does not have a beard or a moustache.
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- cliffhangers — Plural form of cliffhanger.
- close-hauled — with the sails flat, so as to sail as close to the wind as possible
- close-shaven — (of hair) cut very short
- 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
- clothes rack — a framework for holding or displaying clothes in a shop
- code-sharing — a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows passengers to use a ticket from one airline to travel on another
- coenesthesia — general awareness of one's own body
- colour phase — a seasonal change in the coloration of some animals
- compost heap — an outdoor pile of compostabale material that degrades into compost
- constraineth — Archaic third-person singular form of constrain.
- coresearcher — a joint researcher
- cosmographer — (astrophysics) A scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe.
- countershaft — an intermediate shaft that is driven by, but rotates in the opposite direction to, a main shaft, esp in a gear train
- crash course — A crash course in a particular subject is a short course in which you are taught basic facts or skills, for example before you start a new job.
- crash helmet — A crash helmet is a helmet that motorcyclists wear in order to protect their heads if they have an accident.
- crazy eights — a card game played by two or more persons with a 52-card deck, the object of which is to be the first to get rid of one's hand by successively playing a card of the same suit or denomination as that played by the preceding player, with an eight counting for any desired suit.
- cream cheese — Cream cheese is a very rich, soft white cheese.
- cream sherry — a full-bodied sweet sherry
- crosspatches — Plural form of crosspatch.
- crystal meth — crystal methamphetamine, a concentrated and highly potent form of methamphetamine with dangerous side effects
- czechoslovak — Czechoslovak means belonging or relating to the former state of Czechoslovakia.
- dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
- death camass — any liliaceous plant of the genus Zygadenus (or Zigadenus), of the western US, that is poisonous to livestock, esp sheep
- deathmatches — Plural form of deathmatch.
- deathwatches — Plural form of deathwatch.
- debaucheries — Plural form of debauchery.
- debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
- decahydrates — Plural form of decahydrate.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- detachedness — the quality of being detached or separated
- disaccharide — any of a group of carbohydrates, as sucrose or lactose, that yield monosaccharides on hydrolysis.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- disenchanted — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- disenchanter — One who disenchants.
- disfranchise — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
- dispatchable — Capable of being dispatched.
- ditheistical — of or relating to ditheism, ditheistic
- dog's chance — little likelihood; small chance (usually used in the negative): That project didn't have a dog's chance of succeeding.
- dust catcher — Informal. a knickknack or other household object that is little used.
- dutch master — one of a number of renowned and influential Dutch painters
- dysaesthetic — relating to or suffering from dysaesthesia
- earth closet — a type of lavatory in which earth is used to cover excreta