12-letter words containing h, c, i
- chylomicrons — Plural form of chylomicron.
- chymotrypsin — a powerful proteolytic enzyme secreted from the pancreas in the form of chymotrypsinogen, being converted to the active form by trypsin
- chymotryptic — relating to chymotrypsin
- cichoraceous — relating to plants of the sub-order Cichoraceae
- cigar holder — a mouthpiece of wood, ivory, etc, used for holding a cigar while it is smoked
- cigar-shaped — resembling a cigar in shape
- 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.
- cinematheque — a small intimate cinema
- circle graph — pie chart.
- circus catch — a spectacular or difficult catch, esp. one made by a fielder in baseball or a receiver in football
- city chicken — pieces of pork or veal that are skewered and breaded, and cooked by braising or baking
- city fathers — You can refer to the members of a city council or city's government as the city fathers.
- civil rights — Civil rights are the rights that people have in a society to equal treatment and equal opportunities, whatever their race, sex, or religion.
- clamjamphrie — rubbish
- clannishness — of, relating to, or characteristic of a clan.
- clausthalite — a rare mineral, lead selenide, PbSe, occurring in grayish, granular crystals that have a metallic luster.
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- clickthrough — the act of clicking on an advertisement or other link to go to another website, especially a retail site: The store gets lots of clickthroughs from social media.
- cliff-hanger — a melodramatic or adventure serial in which each installment ends in suspense in order to interest the reader or viewer in the next installment.
- cliffhangers — Plural form of cliffhanger.
- cliffhanging — Present participle of cliffhang.
- climbingfish — climbing perch.
- clipper ship — clipper (def 4).
- clipper-ship — a person or thing that clips or cuts.
- cliquishness — The state of being cliquish.
- cloddishness — The quality of being cloddish.
- close stitch — buttonhole stitch.
- 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-line — a strong, narrow rope, cord, wire, etc., usually stretched between two poles, posts, or buildings, on which clean laundry is hung to dry.
- clotheslined — Simple past tense and past participle of clothesline.
- clotheslines — Plural form of clothesline.
- clownishness — The state of being clownish.
- club fighter — a mediocre boxer who fights mostly on programs at small sporting clubs
- co-ownership — the fact or state of being one of the joint owners of something
- coach driver — a person who drives a coach
- coachability — a large, horse-drawn, four-wheeled carriage, usually enclosed.
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
- coast salish — (in Canada) a division of the peoples who speak Salish languages
- cochairwoman — a woman who cochairs an organization
- cochin china — a former French colony of Indochina (1862–1948): now the part of Vietnam that lies south of Phan Thiet
- cochin-china — a former state in S French Indochina: now part of Vietnam.
- cockfighting — The sport (illegal in certain countries) of setting two cocks to fight each other. Fighting cocks often have had their legs fitted with metal spurs.
- cockthrowing — the sport of knocking down, or killing, a cock that is tied to a post
- 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
- codling moth — a tortricid moth, Carpocapsa pomonella, the larvae of which are a pest of apples
- coelacanthic — of or relating to the coelacanth
- coenesthesia — general awareness of one's own body
- cohabitating — cohabit.