12-letter words containing t, h, o
- cometography — the scientific description and recording of comets
- common touch — the ability to communicate with, appeal to, or inspire ordinary people.
- 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
- conchologist — One who collects shells, especially for the purpose of scientific study.
- constraineth — Archaic third-person singular form of constrain.
- contact high — a state of altered consciousness caused by inhaling the drugs other people are smoking
- cookie sheet — A cookie sheet is a flat piece of metal on which you bake foods such as cookies in an oven.
- cop off with — If you cop off with someone, you meet them and start a sexual or romantic relationship with them.
- coppersmiths — Plural form of coppersmith.
- coprophagist — a person who eats excrement
- copyrighters — Plural form of copyrighter.
- copyrighting — Present participle of copyright.
- coquettishly — (of a woman) characteristically flirtatious, especially in a teasing, lighthearted manner.
- cosmochemist — a student of cosmochemistry
- costophrenic — Synonym of phrenicocostal.
- cotton mouth — a venomous snake, Agkistrodon (Ancistrodon) piscivorus, of swamps in southeastern U.S., that grows to about 4 feet (1.2 meters).
- cottonmouths — Plural form of cottonmouth.
- couch potato — A couch potato is someone who spends most of their time watching television and does not exercise or have any interesting hobbies.
- counter hand — a person who works behind a counter; assistant
- countercharm — an object or action that is capable of destroying a magical charm
- countercheck — a check or restraint, esp one that acts in opposition to another
- 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.
- counterlight — a light opposite something, such as a painting, that negatively affects the appearance of that object
- countermarch — to march or cause to march back along the same route
- counterpunch — to punch an attacking opponent; return an attack
- countershaft — an intermediate shaft that is driven by, but rotates in the opposite direction to, a main shaft, esp in a gear train
- counterweigh — counterbalance
- covert cloth — a twill-weave cotton or worsted suiting fabric
- creaturehood — the state of being a creature
- creditworthy — A creditworthy person or organization is one who can safely be lent money or allowed to have goods on credit, for example because in the past they have always paid back what they owe.
- cringeworthy — Causing feelings of embarrassment or awkwardness.
- criptography — (spelling) It's spelled "cryptography".
- crochet hook — a hooked needle used for crocheting
- croquet hoop — a hoop stuck into a croquet lawn
- cross-stitch — Cross-stitch is a type of decorative sewing where one stitch crosses another.
- crosspatches — Plural form of crosspatch.
- crymotherapy — cryotherapy.
- cryptography — the science or study of analysing and deciphering codes, ciphers, etc; cryptanalysis
- cryptorchids — Plural form of cryptorchid.
- cryptorchism — failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.
- culture hero — a mythical or mythicized historical figure who embodies the aspirations or ideals of a society.
- curtain hook — a hook used to attach a curtain to a curtain rail
- custom house — a government office, esp at a port, where customs are collected and ships cleared for entry
- customhouses — Plural form of customhouse.
- customs shed — a large building in which customs officers carry out customs inspections
- cut up rough — to become angry or bad-tempered
- cycloheptane — (organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C7H14; a volatile inflammable liquid.
- cymotrichous — having wavy hair