12-letter words containing t, e, c, h
- ethnopoetics — A poetical, linguistic and anthropological movement dealing with poetry written by, or in the style of, indigenous peoples.
- ethylacetate — Alternative spelling of ethyl acetate.
- ethylmercury — (chemistry) The organometallic cation CH3CH2Hg+; it is a toxicant that does not seem to accumulate in the environment.
- eutrophicate — (ecology, intransitive) To become eutrophic.
- executorship — The office or position of an executor.
- exophthalmic — Having or characterized by protruding eyes.
- extrahepatic — Originating or occurring outside the liver.
- eye-catching — Something that is eye-catching is very noticeable.
- featherbacks — Plural form of featherback.
- feel cheated — If you feel cheated, you feel that you have been let down or treated unfairly.
- festschrifts — Plural form of festschrift.
- feuchtwanger — Lion [lee-awn] /ˈli ɔn/ (Show IPA), 1884–1958, German novelist and dramatist.
- fianchettoed — Simple past tense and past participle of fianchetto.
- filthy lucre — money: to lose one's health for the sake of filthy lucre.
- fire watcher — a person who watches for fires, esp those caused by aerial bombardment
- fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
- flame stitch — an ornamental stitch, used on bedspreads, upholstery fabrics, and the like, producing rows of ogees in various colors.
- flat-chested — If you describe a woman as flat-chested, you mean that she has small breasts.
- fly the coop — an enclosure, cage, or pen, usually with bars or wires, in which fowls or other small animals are confined for fattening, transportation, etc.
- focal length — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
- fort mchenry — a town in NE Illinois.
- foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
- french pleat — curtain, draperies
- french sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and an augmented fourth between the root and the augmented sixth
- french stick — a long straight notched stick loaf
- french toast — bread dipped in a batter of egg and milk and sautéed until brown, usually served with syrup or sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon.
- french twist — French roll.
- french-style — French-cut.
- frontbencher — (politics) one who sits on the front bench in a parliament. Typically the spokesmen for those who sit further back.
- future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
- galactophore — a galactophorous duct.
- galactorrhea — an abnormally abundant flow of milk in a lactating woman.
- gametophytic — (botany) Of or pertaining to a gametophyte plant.
- gate-crasher — a person who attends or enters a social function without an invitation, a theater without a ticket, etc.
- gatecrashers — Plural form of gatecrasher.
- gatecrashing — Present participle of gatecrash.
- gemeinschaft — an association of individuals having sentiments, tastes, and attitudes in common; fellowship.
- genethliacon — A birthday ode.
- geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- geophysicist — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- geotechnical — of or relating to practical applications of geological science in civil engineering, mining, etc.
- gesellschaft — an association of individuals for common goals, as for entertainment, intellectual, or cultural purposes or for business reasons.
- get in touch — make contact
- get the sack — be dismissed from job
- gift voucher — gift certificate.
- gnatcatchers — Plural form of gnatcatcher.
- great schism — a period of division in the Roman Catholic Church, 1378–1417, over papal succession, during which there were two, or sometimes three, claimants to the papal office.
- growth curve — a curve on a graph in which a variable is plotted against time to illustrate the growth of the variable
- grudge match — You can call a contest between two people or groups a grudge match when they dislike each other.
- gutta-percha — the milky juice, nearly white when pure, of various Malaysian trees of the sapodilla family, especially Palaquium gutta.