12-letter words containing s, t, e, n
- centre stage — If something or someone takes centre stage, they become very important or noticeable.
- centrosphere — the portion of the centrosome surrounding the centriole; center of an aster
- ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
- cerebrations — Plural form of cerebration.
- cerivastatin — A synthetic statin formerly used to lower cholesterol and prevent cardiovascular disease, later withdrawn due to the risk of rhabdomyolysis.
- cessationism — The concept, amongst most Christians, that the works of the Holy Spirit (speaking in tongues, prophecy, healing, and miracles) ceased at some point in history.
- cessationist — One who subscribes to cessationism.
- chaetognaths — Plural form of chaetognath.
- chanterelles — Plural form of chanterelle.
- chanticleers — Plural form of chanticleer.
- chastisement — Chastisement is the same as punishment.
- chastizement — Alternative form of chastisement.
- 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.
- chiantishire — a nickname for Tuscany
- chicken shit — boring or annoying details or unimportant tasks.
- chicken-shit — boring or annoying details or unimportant tasks.
- chieftainess — a female chieftain
- china closet — a cabinet or cupboard for storing or exhibiting chinaware.
- chinese date — an Old World tree, Ziziphus jujuba, thriving in hot, dry regions.
- 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.
- chitterlings — the intestines of a pig or other animal prepared as a dish
- christenings — Plural form of christening.
- christianise — to make Christian.
- christianite — (mineral) alternative name of phillipsite.
- christianize — to make Christian or convert to Christianity
- christophene — chayote.
- chronometers — Plural form of chronometer.
- chronosystem — A pattern of events and transitions over the course of a person's life.
- cinque ports — an association of ports on the SE coast of England, originally consisting of Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich, which from late Anglo-Saxon times provided ships for the king's service in return for the profits of justice in their courts. The Cinque Ports declined with the growth of other ports and surrendered their charters in 1685
- circumstance — The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens.
- civil unrest — Civil unrest is fighting between different groups of people living in the same country, and losses caused by this fighting are usually not covered by insurance.
- clarinettist — A clarinettist is someone who plays the clarinet.
- claw setting — a jewellery setting with clawlike prongs
- client state — A client state is a country which is controlled or influenced by another larger and more powerful state, or which depends on this state for support and protection.
- clinozoisite — a monoclinic mineral, hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, a variety of epidote, dimorphous with zoisite.
- clos network — (networking) A type of network topology that can connect N inputs to N outputs with less that N^2 crosspoint switches.
- closefitting — fitting tightly, esp. in such a way as to show the contours of the body
- closet queen — a man who is homosexual but does not admit the fact
- closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
- closing time — Closing time is the time when something such as a shop, library, or pub closes and people have to leave.
- 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.
- cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
- clytemnestra — the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War
- co-extrusion — simultaneous extrusion of two or more different yet compatible metals or plastics through the same die.
- co-president — a person who shares the highest position in an organization with another person