12-letter words containing g, a, t, e, h
- cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
- catching pen — a pen adjacent to a shearer's stand containing the sheep ready for shearing
- cathode glow — a luminous region between the Aston dark space and the Crookes dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- chaetognaths — Plural form of chaetognath.
- change front — to redeploy (a force in the field) so that its main weight of weapons points in another direction
- change point — a point to which a foresight and backsight are taken in levelling; turning point
- changepocket — a small pocket or compartment for holding coins.
- chapter ring — a ringlike band on the dial of a clock that bears the numerals or other symbols of the hours.
- charge plate — an identification plate, especially one from which an impression can be taken, issued to a customer and used to make purchases on a credit basis.
- charge sheet — a document on which a police officer enters details of the charge against a prisoner and the court in which he will appear
- chew the rag — to converse idly; chat
- chincoteague — a town on a small island in a lagoon (Chincoteague Bay) in E Virginia: annual wild pony roundup.
- chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- cometography — the scientific description and recording of comets
- 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.
- daughtercard — daughterboard
- daughterless — Without a daughter.
- daughterlike — Resembling a daughter.
- daughterling — a small daughter
- dead freight — an amount owed by a contractor who charters space in a ship but fails to occupy it fully.
- dephlegmator — an apparatus used for dephlegmation
- depth charge — A depth charge is a type of bomb which explodes under water and which is used especially to destroy enemy submarines.
- dip the flag — to salute by lowering a flag briefly
- draught beer — beer which is stored in bulk, esp in a cask, as opposed to being bottled
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- early blight — a disease of plants characterized by leaf spotting, defoliation, and stunted growth, caused by any of several fungi, as Alternaria solani or Cercospora apii.
- earth tongue — any of a group of fungi of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by a tongue-shaped fruiting body, found on decaying logs and damp soil.
- earth-grazer — an asteroid in an orbit that takes it close to the earth
- earth-moving — Earth-moving equipment is machinery that is used for digging and moving large amounts of soil.
- earthshaking — imperiling, challenging, or affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc.
- east chicago — a port in NW Indiana, on Lake Michigan, near Chicago.
- eating house — a restaurant or other place where one can eat
- ectypography — a form of etching or engraving in which the design is produced in relief
- eighth grade — the eighth year of school, when students are 12 to 14 years old
- electrograph — A machine used in gravure printing.
- elephant gun — hunting rifle
- enchantingly — In an enchanting manner.
- esophagotomy — (surgery) The operation of making an incision into the esophagus for the purpose of removing an obstruction.
- establishing — Present participle of establish.
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- ethnographer — One who practices ethnography.
- ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
- ethnological — Of or pertaining to ethnology.
- exhaustingly — In an exhausting manner.
- exhilarating — Making one feel very happy, animated, or elated; thrilling.
- eye-catching — Something that is eye-catching is very noticeable.
- farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
- farthingales — Plural form of farthingale.
- farthingdale — (British, dated, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.