12-letter words containing t, e, h, a
- chew the rag — to converse idly; chat
- chi particle — a meson with a mass 6687 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.5 X 10 -20 seconds.
- chiantishire — a nickname for Tuscany
- chichen itza — a village in Yucatán state in Mexico: site of important Mayan ruins
- chieftainess — a female chieftain
- china closet — a cabinet or cupboard for storing or exhibiting chinaware.
- chincoteague — a town on a small island in a lagoon (Chincoteague Bay) in E Virginia: annual wild pony roundup.
- chinese date — an Old World tree, Ziziphus jujuba, thriving in hot, dry regions.
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- chlorapatite — (mineral) A variety of apatite containing chloride instead of fluoride.
- chloroacetic — an acid made by chlorinating acetic acid
- chloroethane — ethyl chloride.
- chocolatiers — Plural form of chocolatier.
- choirmasters — Plural form of choirmaster.
- chorusmaster — the conductor of a choir
- chrematistic — of, denoting, or relating to money-making
- chrestomathy — a collection of literary passages, used in the study of language
- christianise — to make Christian.
- christianite — (mineral) alternative name of phillipsite.
- christianize — to make Christian or convert to Christianity
- chromonemata — a chromosome thread that is relatively uncoiled at early prophase but assumes a spiral form at metaphase.
- chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
- cinder patch — a defect on steel caused by the accidental picking up of matter, as from the bottom of a soaking pit.
- cinematheque — a small intimate cinema
- city fathers — You can refer to the members of a city council or city's government as the city fathers.
- clapham sect — a group of early 19th-century Church of England evangelicals advocating personal piety, the abolition of slavery, etc
- 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.
- clausthalite — a rare mineral, lead selenide, PbSe, occurring in grayish, granular crystals that have a metallic luster.
- claw hatchet — a hatchet with a claw at one end of its head for extracting nails
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- clothes rack — a framework for holding or displaying clothes in a shop
- clutch pedal — The clutch pedal is the pedal by which the driver of a vehicle operates the clutch.
- clutch plate — a plate in a vehicle's clutch that connects to the transmission
- cock feather — the odd-coloured feather set on the shaft of an arrow at right angles to the nock
- coelacanthic — of or relating to the coelacanth
- coenesthesia — general awareness of one's own body
- cold cathode — a cathode from which electrons are emitted at ambient temperature, due to a high potential gradient at the surface
- cold-hearted — A cold-hearted person does not feel any affection or sympathy towards other people.
- come to hand — to become available; be received
- cometography — the scientific description and recording of comets
- commonwealth — The Commonwealth is an organization consisting of the United Kingdom and most of the countries that were previously under its rule.
- compost heap — an outdoor pile of compostabale material that degrades into compost
- concert hall — a hall where concerts are performed
- constraineth — Archaic third-person singular form of constrain.
- 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
- crash helmet — A crash helmet is a helmet that motorcyclists wear in order to protect their heads if they have an accident.