12-letter words containing n, e, o, c, h
- brown hackle — an artificial fly having a peacock herl body, golden tag and tail, and brown hackle.
- cadent house — any of the four houses that precede the angles: the third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth houses, which correspond, respectively, to neighborhood and relatives, work and health, philosophy and foreign travel, and secret matters and service to others.
- camera phone — A camera phone is a mobile phone that can also take photographs.
- cancerphobia — an excessive fear of getting cancer
- candleholder — a candlestick
- canine tooth — canine (def 2).
- canvas shoes — soft shoes with a canvas upper
- carbocholine — carbachol.
- cash economy — an economic system, or part of one, in which financial transactions are carried out in cash rather than via direct debit, standing order, bank transfer, or credit card
- centillionth — (in Britain and Germany) a number equal to 10–600
- centrosphere — the portion of the centrosome surrounding the centriole; center of an aster
- chaetognaths — Plural form of chaetognath.
- 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-smoker — A chain-smoker is a person who chain-smokes.
- chairpersons — Plural form of chairperson.
- chalcogenide — a binary compound consisting of a chalcogen and at least one other electropositive element
- change color — to become pale
- 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
- change round — to place in or adopt a different or opposite position
- changearound — the act of changing to a different position
- changepocket — a small pocket or compartment for holding coins.
- channel iron — a rolled-steel bar with a U-shaped cross section
- channel port — one of the English or French ports on the English Channel
- charnelhouse — Alternative form of charnel house.
- cheesemonger — a person dealing in cheese, butter, etc
- cheluviation — the leaching of chelates through soil
- chemokinesis — the random movement of cells, such as leucocytes, stimulated by substances in their environment
- chemosensory — sensitive to chemical stimuli, as the sensory nerve endings that mediate taste and smell.
- cherrystones — Plural form of cherrystone.
- chestnut oak — any of several North American oaks, as Quercus prinus, having serrate or dentate leaves resembling those of the chestnut.
- chicharrones — A Hispanic dish; made of fried pork rinds.
- chicken coop — a coop for chickens.
- chiffonniere — a worktable of the 18th century, having several tiers of shallow drawers.
- chiliahedron — a thousand-sided polyhedron
- 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
- china closet — a cabinet or cupboard for storing or exhibiting chinaware.
- chincoteague — a town on a small island in a lagoon (Chincoteague Bay) in E Virginia: annual wild pony roundup.
- chinese copy — an exact copy of an original
- chinese tour — a tour in which visitors are shown only what those in charge want them to see.
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- chirurgeonly — in the manner of a surgeon
- chisel point — a nail or spike with the point formed by two flat inclined sides meeting at a sharp angle.
- chlorenchyma — plant tissue consisting of parenchyma cells that contain chlorophyll
- chloroethane — ethyl chloride.
- chloroethene — vinyl chloride.
- chlorophenol — any of three isomers having the formula C 6 H 5 ClO, derived from chlorine and phenol, used chiefly as intermediates in the manufacture of dyes.
- chlorospinel — a variety of spinel used as a gem, colored grass-green by the presence of copper.