12-letter words containing n, o, t, h, e
- betting shop — A betting shop is a place where people can go to bet on something such as a horse race.
- biosynthesis — the formation of complex compounds from simple substances by living organisms
- biosynthetic — of, relating to, or characterized by biosynthesis, the formation of chemical compounds by a living organism, or a laboratory process modeled after these reactions in living organisms.
- biotechnical — relating to biotechnology
- bletheration — nonsense!
- blue norther — a cold north wind that brings rapidly falling temperatures.
- bounce light — Also, bounce lighting. light that is bounced off a reflective surface onto the subject in order to achieve a softer lighting effect.
- branch depot — one of a several depots receiving stock from the same central supplier
- 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.
- bromomethane — methyl bromide.
- 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.
- canine tooth — canine (def 2).
- 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.
- 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
- changepocket — a small pocket or compartment for holding coins.
- channel port — one of the English or French ports on the English Channel
- cheluviation — the leaching of chelates through soil
- 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.
- 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 tour — a tour in which visitors are shown only what those in charge want them to see.
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- chisel point — a nail or spike with the point formed by two flat inclined sides meeting at a sharp angle.
- chloroethane — ethyl chloride.
- chloroethene — vinyl chloride.
- christophene — chayote.
- chromocenter — karyosome (def 1).
- chromonemata — a chromosome thread that is relatively uncoiled at early prophase but assumes a spiral form at metaphase.
- chronometers — Plural form of chronometer.
- chronometric — of a chronometer or chronometry
- chronosystem — A pattern of events and transitions over the course of a person's life.
- chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
- 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.
- coding sheet — a form on which a program is written
- coelacanthic — of or relating to the coelacanth
- coenesthesia — general awareness of one's own body
- come to hand — to become available; be received
- commonwealth — The Commonwealth is an organization consisting of the United Kingdom and most of the countries that were previously under its rule.
- concert hall — a hall where concerts are performed
- constraineth — Archaic third-person singular form of constrain.
- costophrenic — Synonym of phrenicocostal.
- counter hand — a person who works behind a counter; assistant
- countercharm — an object or action that is capable of destroying a magical charm