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12-letter words containing h, i

  • cash in hand — a payment made directly in cash, rather than through a bank
  • cash machine — ATM1
  • cash receipt — A cash receipt is a proof of purchase issued when the buyer has paid in cash.
  • cash-in-lieu — Cash-in-lieu is payment of cash instead of stock when a stock splits or changes and the shareholder only owns a partial share.
  • catachrestic — Constituting or related to catachresis.
  • cataphoresis — electrophoresis
  • cataphractic — relating to or resembling a cataphract
  • cataphysical — perverse; contrary to nature
  • catastrophic — Something that is catastrophic involves or causes a sudden terrible disaster.
  • catch points — railway points designed to derail a train running back in the wrong direction to prevent collision with a following train
  • catch stitch — a large cross-stitch used in finishing seams and in hemming.
  • catching pen — a pen adjacent to a shearer's stand containing the sheep ready for shearing
  • catechetical — of or relating to teaching by question and answer
  • catherine ii — known as Catherine the Great. 1729–96, empress of Russia (1762–96), during whose reign Russia extended her boundaries at the expense of Turkey, Sweden, and Poland: she was a patron of literature and the arts
  • catheterized — Simple past tense and past participle of catheterize.
  • catheterizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catheterize.
  • cathiodermie — a beauty treatment for the skin, which involves using electrotherapy
  • cathodically — in a cathodic manner, by using a cathode
  • cebocephalic — Exhibiting or relating to cebocephaly.
  • cecil rhodes — Cecil John, 1853–1902, English colonial capitalist and government administrator in southern Africa.
  • centillionth — (in Britain and Germany) a number equal to 10–600
  • cephalically — in relation to the head or near the head
  • cephalopodic — relating to or resembling a cephalopod
  • ch-ien--lung — (Kao Tsung) 1711–99, Chinese emperor of the Ch'ing dynasty 1736–96.
  • chaetiferous — having bristles
  • chafing dish — a vessel with a heating apparatus beneath it, for cooking or keeping food warm at the table
  • chain letter — A chain letter is a letter, often with a promise of money, that is sent to several people who send copies on to several more people. Chain letters are illegal in some countries.
  • chain locker — a compartment where the chain or cable of an anchor is stowed when the anchor is raised.
  • chain smoker — person: smokes heavily
  • chain stitch — an ornamental looped embroidery stitch resembling the links of a chain
  • chain-smoker — A chain-smoker is a person who chain-smokes.
  • chained lady — the constellation Andromeda.
  • chair warmer — an officeholder, employee, or the like, who accomplishes little, especially a person who holds an interim position.
  • chair-warmer — an officeholder, employee, or the like, who accomplishes little, especially a person who holds an interim position.
  • chairmanship — The chairmanship of a committee or organization is the fact of being its chairperson. Someone's chairmanship can also mean the period during which they are chairperson.
  • chairpersons — Plural form of chairperson.
  • chakravartin — (in Indian philosophy, politics, etc.) an ideal, universal, enlightened ruler, under whom the world exists in justice and peace.
  • chalazogamic — relating to the process of chalazogamy
  • chalcanthite — a blue secondary mineral consisting of hydrated copper sulphate in triclinic crystalline form. Formula: CuSO4.5H2O
  • chalcogenide — a binary compound consisting of a chalcogen and at least one other electropositive element
  • chalcolithic — of or relating to a period characterized by the use of both stone and bronze implements
  • chalcopyrite — a widely distributed yellow mineral consisting of a sulphide of copper and iron in tetragonal crystalline form: the principal ore of copper. Formula: CuFeS2
  • chalicothere — any of various very large extinct Tertiary horselike perissodactyl mammals that had clawed feet but otherwise resembled titanotheres
  • chalk stripe — (on a fabric) a pattern of thin white lines on a dark ground.
  • chalk-stripe — a stripe, as in the fabric of some suits, that is wider and usually more muted than a pinstripe
  • chamberlains — Plural form of chamberlain.
  • chambermaids — Plural form of chambermaid.
  • championship — A championship is a competition to find the best player or team in a particular sport.
  • chance music — aleatory music.
  • chandeliered — having a chandelier
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