12-letter words containing l, y, c, h
- rhythmically — periodic, as motion, or a drumbeat.
- saccharinely — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
- schindylesis — an articulation or fibrous joint in which one bone is received into the cleft or slit of another bone
- schindyletic — relating to the joint in which one bone is received into the cleft or slit of another bone
- schoolboyish — like or characteristic of a schoolboy
- sclerenchyma — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
- sclerophylly — the normal development of much sclerenchyma in the leaves of certain plants, as some desert plants, resulting in thickened, hardened foliage that resists loss of moisture.
- scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
- seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- shamefacedly — modest or bashful.
- sooty blotch — a disease, especially of apples and pears, characterized by sootlike spots or blotches on the fruit, caused by a fungus, Gloeodes pomigena.
- sothic cycle — (in the ancient Egyptian calendar) a period of 1460 Sothic years.
- sphericality — the state of being a sphere
- stoichiology — the branch of biology concerned with the study of the cellular components of animal tissues
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- supply chain — process of manufacture and sale
- synchroflash — of or relating to photography employing a device that synchronizes the photoflash with the shutter.
- synchronical — happening at the same time
- t lymphocyte — any of several closely related lymphocytes, developed in the thymus, that circulate in the blood and lymph and orchestrate the immune system's response to infected or malignant cells, either by lymphokine secretions or by direct contact: helper T cells recognize foreign antigen on the surfaces of other cells, then they stimulate B cells to produce antibody and signal killer T cells to destroy the antigen-displaying cells; subsequently suppressor T cells return the immune system to normal by inactivating the B cells and killer T cells.
- t-lymphocyte — T cell.
- teachability — capable of being instructed, as a person; docile.
- technicality — technical character.
- the olympics — the Olympic Games
- theatrically — of or relating to the theater or dramatic presentations: theatrical performances.
- thematically — of or relating to a theme.
- theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
- thiodiglycol — C4H10O2S, a yellowish viscous liquid used as a solvent
- thoracically — by way of the thorax; in the thorax
- thrombolytic — the dissolving or breaking up of a thrombus.
- touchability — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- touchy-feely — Informal. emphasizing or marked by emotional openness and enthusiastic physicality: a touchy-feely encounter group.
- trachybasalt — a fine-grained volcanic rock containing sanidine and calcic plagioclase.
- trichinopoly — a city in central Tamil Nadu, in S India, on the Kaveri River.
- trophy child — anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
- unchangingly — without changing; in an unchanging manner
- uncharitably — in an unkind or ungenerous manner
- uncheerfully — without cheerfulness; in an uncheerful manner
- unethicality — lacking moral principles; unwilling to adhere to proper rules of conduct.
- unheroically — in an unheroic manner
- unhysterical — not showing or suggesting any hysteria; controlled; sensible; calm;
- unquenchably — in an unquenchable manner
- unsearchably — in an unsearchable manner
- unwatchfully — in an unwatchful manner
- watchability — detectable; apparent.
- whimsicality — Also, whimsicalness. whimsical quality or character.
- yachtspeople — Plural form of yachtsperson.
- yellow birch — a North American birch, Betula alleghaniensis (or B. lutea), having yellowish or silvery gray bark.
- yellow ocher — a paint pigment, a variety of limonite, consisting of iron oxide and clay
- yellow ochre — an earth pigment which is yellowish orange
- yellow perch — See under perch2 (def 1).