12-letter words containing e, c, a, s, h
- east chicago — a port in NW Indiana, on Lake Michigan, near Chicago.
- echolocators — Plural form of echolocator.
- egg sandwich — two slices of bread filled with chopped egg
- elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
- electroclash — a type of electronic music, originating in the first decade of the 21st century, that combines modern techno with synthesizer music characteristic of the 1980s
- encephalitis — Inflammation of the brain, caused by infection or an allergic reaction.
- enchantments — Plural form of enchantment.
- encompasseth — Archaic third-person singular form of encompass.
- enfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of enfranchise.
- enfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enfranchise.
- enhancements — An increase or improvement in quality, value, or extent.
- enhypostatic — relating to enhypostasia
- 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
- escape hatch — door to an emergency exit
- escape shaft — a shaft in a mine through which miners can escape if the regular shaft is blocked
- escape wheel — moving part of a timepiece
- eschscholzia — Any of the flowers in the Eschscholzia genus, especially the California poppy (Eschscholzia californica).
- esthetically — Alternative spelling of aesthetically.
- estheticians — Plural form of esthetician.
- featherbacks — Plural form of featherback.
- flame stitch — an ornamental stitch, used on bedspreads, upholstery fabrics, and the like, producing rows of ogees in various colors.
- flat-chested — If you describe a woman as flat-chested, you mean that she has small breasts.
- franchisable — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- francophones — Plural form of francophone.
- french sudan — former name of Mali.
- french toast — bread dipped in a batter of egg and milk and sautéed until brown, usually served with syrup or sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon.
- gate-crasher — a person who attends or enters a social function without an invitation, a theater without a ticket, etc.
- gatecrashers — Plural form of gatecrasher.
- gatecrashing — Present participle of gatecrash.
- gemeinschaft — an association of individuals having sentiments, tastes, and attitudes in common; fellowship.
- geomechanics — the study and application of rock and soil mechanics
- gesellschaft — an association of individuals for common goals, as for entertainment, intellectual, or cultural purposes or for business reasons.
- get the sack — be dismissed from job
- gnatcatchers — Plural form of gnatcatcher.
- grade school — an elementary school that has its pupils grouped or classified into grades.
- grass hockey — field hockey.
- great schism — a period of division in the Roman Catholic Church, 1378–1417, over papal succession, during which there were two, or sometimes three, claimants to the papal office.
- hadley chest — a style of chest made c1700 in Massachusetts or Connecticut, having front rails and panels carved in low relief with elaborate tulip and leaf patterns.
- hagiocracies — Plural form of hagiocracy.
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- hall process — a process in which aluminum is refined by electrolytic reduction of alumina fused with cryolite.
- hallucinates — to have hallucinations.
- hamantaschen — a small triangular cake often made with yeast and filled with a mixture of poppy seeds and honey or with prune paste, prepared especially for the festival of Purim.
- handicappeds — Plural form of handicapped.
- handicappers — Plural form of handicapper.
- handstitched — Stitched by hand.
- happenstance — a chance happening or event.
- hard science — any of the natural or physical sciences, as chemistry, biology, physics, or astronomy, in which aspects of the universe are investigated by means of hypotheses and experiments.