12-letter words containing o, h, a
- compost heap — an outdoor pile of compostabale material that degrades into compost
- concert hall — a hall where concerts are performed
- conchoidally — In a conchoidal manner.
- constraineth — Archaic third-person singular form of constrain.
- contact high — a state of altered consciousness caused by inhaling the drugs other people are smoking
- coprophagist — a person who eats excrement
- coprophagous — (esp of certain beetles) feeding on dung
- coprophiliac — of or relating to coprophilia
- copy machine — A copy machine is the same as a copier.
- coresearcher — a joint researcher
- corner chair — a chair having an approximately square seat with a leg at each corner and a back extending around two adjacent sides.
- cornishwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- coronagraphs — Plural form of coronagraph.
- coronal hole — a part of the solar corona that appears dark on optical and x-ray images and is characterized by low temperature and low density.
- corrivalship — the position of a corrival
- cosmographer — (astrophysics) A scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe.
- cosmographic — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- couch potato — A couch potato is someone who spends most of their time watching television and does not exercise or have any interesting hobbies.
- coulrophobia — an abnormal fear of clowns.
- counter hand — a person who works behind a counter; assistant
- countercharm — an object or action that is capable of destroying a magical charm
- counterearth — (in Pythagorean astronomy) a planet, out of sight from our part of the earth, whose shadow upon the sun and moon, cast by a central fire that is also out of sight, causes the eclipses.
- countermarch — to march or cause to march back along the same route
- countershaft — an intermediate shaft that is driven by, but rotates in the opposite direction to, a main shaft, esp in a gear train
- cover charge — A cover charge is a sum of money that you must pay in some restaurants and nightclubs in addition to the money that you pay there for your food and drink.
- craniography — examination of the skull as depicted by craniographs, photographs, and charts.
- crash course — A crash course in a particular subject is a short course in which you are taught basic facts or skills, for example before you start a new job.
- creaturehood — the state of being a creature
- criptography — (spelling) It's spelled "cryptography".
- crosspatches — Plural form of crosspatch.
- crowned head — a monarch
- crymotherapy — cryotherapy.
- cryptography — the science or study of analysing and deciphering codes, ciphers, etc; cryptanalysis
- curtain hook — a hook used to attach a curtain to a curtain rail
- cyanohydrins — Plural form of cyanohydrin.
- cyclographic — of or relating to a cyclograph
- cycloheptane — (organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C7H14; a volatile inflammable liquid.
- cyclohexanol — (organic compound) The alicyclic alcohol derived from cyclohexane by replacement of a hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group.
- cymbocephaly — scaphocephaly.
- cytochalasin — any of a group of metabolites derived from fungus that interfere with cell processes
- cytochemical — the branch of cell biology dealing with the detection of cell constituents by means of biochemical analysis and visualization techniques.
- czechoslovak — Czechoslovak means belonging or relating to the former state of Czechoslovakia.
- daphnephoria — an ancient Greek festival in honor of Apollo.
- dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
- dasyphyllous — (of leaves) hairy or woolly
- day hospital — part of a hospital that offers therapeutic services, where patients usually attend all day but go home or to a hospital ward at night
- dealcoholize — to remove some or all of the alcohol from (a drink).
- death notice — a public announcement, e.g. in a newspaper, that someone has died
- death throes — The death throes of something are its final stages, just before it fails completely or ends.
- debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.