12-letter words containing s, h, e, c
- deathwatches — Plural form of deathwatch.
- debaucheries — Plural form of debauchery.
- debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
- decahydrates — Plural form of decahydrate.
- deep-chested — having a broad, strong-looking upper body
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- detachedness — the quality of being detached or separated
- dichotomised — Simple past tense and past participle of dichotomise.
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.
- disaccharide — any of a group of carbohydrates, as sucrose or lactose, that yield monosaccharides on hydrolysis.
- disc shutter — a shutter in a movie camera or projector that covers the gap between separate frames
- discipleship — (initial capital letter) a member of the Disciples of Christ.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discotheques — Plural form of discotheque.
- disenchanted — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- disenchanter — One who disenchants.
- disfranchise — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
- dispatchable — Capable of being dispatched.
- ditheistical — of or relating to ditheism, ditheistic
- dog's chance — little likelihood; small chance (usually used in the negative): That project didn't have a dog's chance of succeeding.
- drove chisel — a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stone
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- duchesse bed — a bed having a suspended, full-length tester.
- dust catcher — Informal. a knickknack or other household object that is little used.
- dutch cheese — Inland North. cottage cheese.
- dutch master — one of a number of renowned and influential Dutch painters
- dutch settle — a settle having a back so hinged that it can be lowered onto the arms to form a table.
- duty chemist — a dispensing chemist's that is open to the public for a specific period when other chemists are closed
- dysaesthetic — relating to or suffering from dysaesthesia
- dysphemistic — Of, pertaining to, or being a dysphemism.
- earth closet — a type of lavatory in which earth is used to cover excreta
- east chicago — a port in NW Indiana, on Lake Michigan, near Chicago.
- echinococcus — any of a number of tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals.
- echo sounder — a sonar instrument that uses echolocation to measure depths under water.
- echolocators — Plural form of echolocator.
- egg sandwich — two slices of bread filled with chopped egg
- ehrlichiosis — (medicine) A tick-borne disease caused by infection with bacteria of the genus Ehrlichia.
- elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
- electroclash — a type of electronic music, originating in the first decade of the 21st century, that combines modern techno with synthesizer music characteristic of the 1980s
- electroshock — Of or relating to medical treatment by means of electric shocks.
- encephalitis — Inflammation of the brain, caused by infection or an allergic reaction.
- enchantments — Plural form of enchantment.
- enchiridions — Plural form of enchiridion.
- encompasseth — Archaic third-person singular form of encompass.
- enfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of enfranchise.
- enfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enfranchise.
- enhancements — An increase or improvement in quality, value, or extent.
- enhypostatic — relating to enhypostasia
- enthusiastic — Having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
- eosinophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained by eosin.