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12-letter words containing n, o, h, e

  • branch depot — one of a several depots receiving stock from the same central supplier
  • broken chord — a chord played as an arpeggio
  • broken heart — If you say that someone has a broken heart, you mean that they are very sad, for example because a love affair has ended unhappily.
  • broken-check — a check pattern in which the rectangular shapes are slightly irregular.
  • bromomethane — methyl bromide.
  • bronchogenic — bronchial in origin
  • bronchoscope — an instrument for examining and providing access to the interior of the bronchial tubes
  • brown hackle — an artificial fly having a peacock herl body, golden tag and tail, and brown hackle.
  • burner phone — a disposable cell phone with prepaid service, often used with the intent to temporarily obscure the true identity or contact information of the user: Members of the cartel used burner phones to evade federal surveillance. I always give out the number from my burner phone when I’m going on a blind date.
  • by the dozen — in large quantities
  • 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
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