12-letter words containing n, e, i
- channelizing — Present participle of channelize.
- chanticleers — Plural form of chanticleer.
- chaplinesque — characteristic of or resembling the comedy or filmmaking style of Charlie Chaplin.
- chapter ring — a ringlike band on the dial of a clock that bears the numerals or other symbols of the hours.
- charmingness — pleasing; delightful: a charming child.
- chastisement — Chastisement is the same as punishment.
- chastizement — Alternative form of chastisement.
- chat-up line — A chat-up line is a remark that someone makes in order to start a conversation with someone they do not know but find sexually attractive.
- chateau wine — a wine produced from any of certain vineyards in the Bordeaux region of France
- chauffeuring — Present participle of chauffeur.
- cheddar pink — a low, mat-forming European plant, Dianthus gratianopolitanus, of the pink family, having solitary, fragrant, rose-colored flowers with fringed petals.
- cheerishness — cheerfulness
- cheerleading — the action or skill of a cheerleader.
- cheeseparing — penny-pinching; stingy
- cheluviation — the leaching of chelates through soil
- chemokinesis — the random movement of cells, such as leucocytes, stimulated by substances in their environment
- chenin blanc — a white grape grown in the Loire region of France and in South Africa, California, New Zealand, and elsewhere, used for making wine
- chiantishire — a nickname for Tuscany
- chicharrones — A Hispanic dish; made of fried pork rinds.
- chichen itza — a village in Yucatán state in Mexico: site of important Mayan ruins
- chicken coop — a coop for chickens.
- chicken feed — If you think that an amount of money is so small it is hardly worth having or considering, you can say that it is chicken feed.
- chicken hawk — any of various hawks, esp. an accipiter, that prey, or are reputed to prey, on barnyard fowl
- chicken head — (graphics, abuse) The Commodore Business Machines logo, which strongly resembles a poultry part. Rendered in ASCII as "C=". With the arguable exception of the Amiga, Commodore's computers are notoriously crocky little bitty boxes (see also PETSCII). Thus, this usage may owe something to Philip K. Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (the basis for the movie "Blade Runner"; the novel is now sold under that title), in which a "chickenhead" is a mutant with below-average intelligence.
- chicken kiev — boned chicken breasts pounded until thin, wrapped around lumps of herbed butter, breaded, and fried in butter or deep fat, and usually served with kasha or brown rice
- chicken shit — boring or annoying details or unimportant tasks.
- chicken wire — Chicken wire is a type of thin wire netting.
- chicken-shit — boring or annoying details or unimportant tasks.
- chickenheads — Plural form of chickenhead.
- chieftainess — a female chieftain
- chiffonniere — a worktable of the 18th century, having several tiers of shallow drawers.
- child minder — a person who looks after children, esp those whose parents are working
- child-minder — a baby-sitter.
- childbearing — Childbearing is the process of giving birth to babies.
- childishness — of, like, or befitting a child: childish games.
- childrearing — the raising and parenting of children: Childrearing extends beyond simple guardianship to nurturing and guidance.
- chiliahedron — a thousand-sided polyhedron
- chilien shan — Qilian Shan.
- chimney rock — a column of rock rising above the level of the surrounding area or isolated on the face of a steep slope.
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- chimneypiece — A chimneypiece is the same as a mantlepiece.
- chimneysweep — Alternative form of chimney sweep.
- china closet — a cabinet or cupboard for storing or exhibiting chinaware.
- chinaberries — Plural form of chinaberry.
- chincoteague — a town on a small island in a lagoon (Chincoteague Bay) in E Virginia: annual wild pony roundup.
- chinese burn — a minor torture inflicted by twisting the skin of a person's wrist or arm in two different directions simultaneously
- chinese copy — an exact copy of an original
- chinese date — an Old World tree, Ziziphus jujuba, thriving in hot, dry regions.
- chinese leaf — the edible leaves of a Chinese cabbage
- chinese tour — a tour in which visitors are shown only what those in charge want them to see.