12-letter words containing n, i, t, h, o
- christophene — chayote.
- chronologist — a person versed in chronology.
- chronometric — of a chronometer or chronometry
- chronotropic — affecting the rate or timing of a physiologic process, as the heart rate.
- chymotrypsin — a powerful proteolytic enzyme secreted from the pancreas in the form of chymotrypsinogen, being converted to the active form by trypsin
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- cohabitation — the state or condition of living together in a conjugal relationship without being married
- column shift — A column shift is a gearshift lever mounted on the steering column.
- conchologist — One who collects shells, especially for the purpose of scientific study.
- constraineth — Archaic third-person singular form of constrain.
- contact high — a state of altered consciousness caused by inhaling the drugs other people are smoking
- copyrighting — Present participle of copyright.
- costophrenic — Synonym of phrenicocostal.
- counterlight — a light opposite something, such as a painting, that negatively affects the appearance of that object
- counterweigh — counterbalance
- cringeworthy — Causing feelings of embarrassment or awkwardness.
- curtain hook — a hook used to attach a curtain to a curtain rail
- cytochalasin — any of a group of metabolites derived from fungus that interfere with cell processes
- death notice — a public announcement, e.g. in a newspaper, that someone has died
- dechlorinate — to remove chlorine from (a substance)
- dehypnotized — Simple past tense and past participle of dehypnotize.
- deinotherium — any member of the genus Deinotherium, consisting of mammals resembling elephants that existed during the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene epochs
- demolishment — to destroy or ruin (a building or other structure), especially on purpose; tear down; raze.
- diazomethane — a yellow odourless explosive gas, used as a methylating agent. Formula: CH2:N:N
- diphthongize — to change into or pronounce as a diphthong.
- dishonesties — Plural form of dishonesty.
- disinhibitor — Something that causes a reduction in one's inhibitions; that makes people, or animals act more impulsively.
- doomwatching — the act of watching the environment to warn of and prevent harm
- double-think — illogical or deliberately perverse thinking in terms that distort or reverse the truth to make it more acceptable
- doughnutlike — Resembling a doughnut.
- downshifting — to shift an automotive transmission or vehicle into a lower gear.
- dragon light — a herbal remedy for impotence
- drift anchor — a sea anchor or drag.
- drinker moth — a large yellowish-brown bombycid eggar moth, Philudoria potatoria, having a stout hairy body, the larvae of which drink dew and feed on grasses
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- earth-moving — Earth-moving equipment is machinery that is used for digging and moving large amounts of soil.
- east lothian — a historic county in SE Scotland.
- eating house — a restaurant or other place where one can eat
- echogenicity — (medical) The ability to create an echo that can be detected in an ultrasound examination.
- echolocation — the general method of locating objects by determining the time for an echo to return and the direction from which it returns, as by radar or sonar.
- enantiomorph — Each of two crystalline or other geometric forms that are mirror images of each other.