12-letter words containing t, e, l, h
- bridge cloth — a tablecloth for a bridge table.
- bright-field — of or relating to the illuminated region about the object of a microscope.
- bristlemouth — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Gonostomatidae, having numerous sharp, slender teeth covering the jaws.
- buffet lunch — a lunch at which people stand up and help themselves from the table
- bull thistle — a tall, spiny thistle, Cirsium vulgare, having heads of pink to purple flowers: a common weed in North America.
- bush singlet — a black woollen singlet often worn by farm labourers
- bushelbasket — a rounded basket with a capacity of one bushel
- bushy-tailed — bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, fresh, alert, eager, and lively
- busted flush — a poker hand with four cards of the same suit that fails to form a flush when the final card is dealt
- butter cloth — a type of open, unsized muslin
- by the balls — so as to be rendered powerless
- cable length — a unit of length in nautical use that has various values, including 100 fathoms (600 feet)
- cable stitch — a pattern or series of knitting stitches producing a design like a twisted rope
- cable-stitch — a series of stitches used in knitting to produce a cable effect.
- cadet school — a training establishment for cadets in the army
- calisthenics — Calisthenics are simple exercises that you can do to keep fit and healthy.
- callisthenes — c360–327 b.c, Greek philosopher: chronicled Alexander the Great's conquests.
- callisthenic — Alternative spelling of calisthenic.
- calycanthemy — the abnormal development of the calyx of a flower into a structure resembling a corolla
- cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
- catechetical — of or relating to teaching by question and answer
- catechumenal — Ecclesiastical. a person under instruction in the rudiments of Christianity, as in the early church; a neophyte.
- cathode glow — a luminous region between the Aston dark space and the Crookes dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- center wheel — the wheel driving the minute and hour hands of a timepiece.
- centillionth — (in Britain and Germany) a number equal to 10–600
- cephalometer — an instrument for positioning the human head for X-ray examination in cephalometry
- cephalometry — measurement of the dimensions of the human head by radiography: used mainly in orthodontics
- chain letter — A chain letter is a letter, often with a promise of money, that is sent to several people who send copies on to several more people. Chain letters are illegal in some countries.
- chalcanthite — a blue secondary mineral consisting of hydrated copper sulphate in triclinic crystalline form. Formula: CuSO4.5H2O
- chalcopyrite — a widely distributed yellow mineral consisting of a sulphide of copper and iron in tetragonal crystalline form: the principal ore of copper. Formula: CuFeS2
- chalicothere — any of various very large extinct Tertiary horselike perissodactyl mammals that had clawed feet but otherwise resembled titanotheres
- chalk stripe — (on a fabric) a pattern of thin white lines on a dark ground.
- chalk-stripe — a stripe, as in the fabric of some suits, that is wider and usually more muted than a pinstripe
- channel port — one of the English or French ports on the English Channel
- chanterelles — Plural form of chanterelle.
- chanticleers — Plural form of chanticleer.
- characterful — If you describe something as characterful, you mean that it is pleasant and interesting.
- charge plate — an identification plate, especially one from which an impression can be taken, issued to a customer and used to make purchases on a credit basis.
- charity sale — a sale in aid of charity
- chartularies — Plural form of chartulary.
- chat-up line — A chat-up line is a remark that someone makes in order to start a conversation with someone they do not know but find sexually attractive.
- chattel real — an interest in land less than a freehold, such as a lease
- cheese cloth — a lightweight cotton fabric of open texture.
- cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
- chelicerates — Plural form of chelicerate.
- cheluviation — the leaching of chelates through soil
- chesterfield — a man's knee-length overcoat, usually with a fly front to conceal the buttons and having a velvet collar
- 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.
- 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.