12-letter words containing e, r, c, h, t, u
- earth colour — any of various brown pigments composed chiefly of iron oxides
- eleutherarch — the chief of the eleutheri
- 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.
- gift voucher — gift certificate.
- growth curve — a curve on a graph in which a variable is plotted against time to illustrate the growth of the variable
- grudge match — You can call a contest between two people or groups a grudge match when they dislike each other.
- gutta-percha — the milky juice, nearly white when pure, of various Malaysian trees of the sapodilla family, especially Palaquium gutta.
- gutwrenching — Alternative spelling of gut-wrenching.
- half-century — a period of 100 years.
- heart urchin — an echinoderm of the order Spatangoida, having an elongate, somewhat heart-shaped outer covering.
- hermeneutics — the science of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures.
- herstmonceux — a village in S England, in E Sussex north of Eastbourne: 15th-century castle, site of the Royal Observatory, which was transferred from Greenwich between 1948 and 1958, until 1990
- heteroecious — the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- holy picture — a picture of a person or thing that is of religious importance
- home country — the country a person comes from
- homo erectus — an extinct species of the human lineage, formerly known as Pithecanthropus erectus, having upright stature and a well-evolved postcranial skeleton, but with a smallish brain, low forehead, and protruding face.
- horticulture — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
- house doctor — a resident physician in a hospital, hotel, or other public institution.
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- hydroculture — A type of hydroponics in which plants are grown in a medium that allows the distribution of water and nutrients through capillary action.
- jesus christ — Jesus (def 1).
- kletterschuh — a lightweight climbing boot with a canvas or suede upper and Vibram (originally felt or cord) sole
- lecture hall — conference room
- lectureships — Plural form of lectureship.
- leiotrichous — Having smooth hair.
- luteotrophic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- motherfucker — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- muscle shirt — Slang. a T-shirt having short sleeves or no sleeves.
- neurasthenic — pertaining to or suffering from neurasthenia.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- neurotrophic — of or relating to the effect of nerves on the nutritive processes.
- neutrophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained only by neutral dyes.
- neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
- nightclubber — One who visits a nightclub.
- oreopithecus — a genus of fossil primate from the Miocene coal deposits of Italy, formerly considered to be a possible hominid.
- out of reach — beyond arm's length
- outstretched — to stretch forth; extend: to outstretch one's hand in welcome.
- overscutched — overworked; worn out
- perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
- peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
- pharmaceutic — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.