12-letter words containing s, h, e, l, o
- brush flower — a flower or inflorescence with numerous long stamens, usually pollinated by birds or bats
- by wholesale — at wholesale
- cadet school — a training establishment for cadets in the army
- cecil rhodes — Cecil John, 1853–1902, English colonial capitalist and government administrator in southern Africa.
- charlesbourg — city in S Quebec, Canada: pop. 71,000
- charnelhouse — Alternative form of charnel house.
- cheese cloth — a lightweight cotton fabric of open texture.
- cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
- china closet — a cabinet or cupboard for storing or exhibiting chinaware.
- chisel point — a nail or spike with the point formed by two flat inclined sides meeting at a sharp angle.
- chlorophytes — Plural form of chlorophyte.
- chlorospinel — a variety of spinel used as a gem, colored grass-green by the presence of copper.
- chocolatiers — Plural form of chocolatier.
- choicelessly — In a choiceless manner.
- cholericness — The state or quality of being choleric.
- choreologist — a person who is expert in choreology
- chorus pedal — an electronic device that creates the effect of more than one sound from a single source by combining a short delay with slight deviations in pitch
- chrome steel — any of various hard rust-resistant steels containing chromium
- chronologies — Plural form of chronology.
- chronologise — Alternative spelling of chronologize.
- chrysomelids — Plural form of chrysomelid.
- class method — (programming) 1. A method that operates on a class object (an object of class "class"). A class method is really just an ordinary object method that happens to operate on class objects. A class method might, for example, return a list of objects representing the methods and attributes of the given class. 2. A static method.
- cloddishness — The quality of being cloddish.
- close helmet — a completely closed helmet of the late 15th century and after, having a facial defense composed of a visor and beaver or of a visor, ventail, and beaver attached to a pivot on each side.
- close stitch — buttonhole stitch.
- close-hauled — with the sails flat, so as to sail as close to the wind as possible
- close-shaven — (of hair) cut very short
- closed chain — any structural arrangement, used in the models and formulas of molecules, consisting of a chain of atoms that forms a closed geometric figure; ring
- closed shell — (in atomic structure) a shell that contains the maximum number of electrons permitted by the exclusion principle.
- closemouthed — not talking much; telling little; taciturn
- clothes moth — any of various tineid moths, esp Tineola bisselliella, the larvae of which feed on wool or fur
- clothes pole — a post to which a clothesline is attached
- clothes prop — a long wooden pole with a forked end, used to raise a line of washing to enable it to catch the breeze
- clothes rack — a framework for holding or displaying clothes in a shop
- clothes shop — a shop selling clothes
- clothes tree — an upright pole with branching hooks or pegs near the top to hold coats and hats
- 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.
- clothesbrush — A brush for the clothes.
- clotheshorse — a frame on which to hang laundry for drying or airing
- clotheslined — Simple past tense and past participle of clothesline.
- clotheslines — Plural form of clothesline.
- clothespress — a closet, wardrobe, or chest in which to keep clothes
- clownishness — The state of being clownish.
- cockleshells — Plural form of cockleshell.
- cohesibility — the nature of being cohesible
- cohesionless — lacking cohesion
- color scheme — In a room or house, the color scheme is the way in which colors have been used to decorate it.
- colour phase — a seasonal change in the coloration of some animals
- coquettishly — (of a woman) characteristically flirtatious, especially in a teasing, lighthearted manner.
- czechoslovak — Czechoslovak means belonging or relating to the former state of Czechoslovakia.