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12-letter words containing t, h, u

  • butterscotch — Butterscotch is a hard yellowish-brown sweet made from butter and sugar boiled together.
  • buttonholing — the hole, slit, or loop through which a button is passed and by which it is secured.
  • buy the farm — a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
  • cadent house — any of the four houses that precede the angles: the third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth houses, which correspond, respectively, to neighborhood and relatives, work and health, philosophy and foreign travel, and secret matters and service to others.
  • cash account — an account with a brokerage which stipulates that the client pays in full for any transactions, rather than being extended credit
  • catechumenal — Ecclesiastical. a person under instruction in the rudiments of Christianity, as in the early church; a neophyte.
  • caught short — having a sudden need to urinate or defecate
  • center punch — a steel punch for marking a spot where a hole is to be drilled
  • centre punch — a small steel tool with a conical tip used to punch a small indentation at the location of the centre of a hole to be drilled
  • chaetiferous — having bristles
  • chaff-cutter — a machine used to chop up hay and straw to make it into chaff for feeding to cattle
  • chandragupta — Greek name Sandracottos. died ?297 bc, ruler of N India, who founded the Maurya dynasty (325) and defeated Seleucus (?305)
  • chapterhouse — the building attached to a cathedral, collegiate church, or religious house in which the chapter meets
  • characterful — If you describe something as characterful, you mean that it is pleasant and interesting.
  • charcuteries — Plural form of charcuterie.
  • chartbusters — Plural form of chartbuster.
  • charterhouse — a Carthusian monastery
  • 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.
  • chateau wine — a wine produced from any of certain vineyards in the Bordeaux region of France
  • chauvinistic — If you describe someone as chauvinistic, you believe that they think their own country is more important and morally better than any other.
  • cheesecutter — a board with a wire attached for cutting cheese
  • cheluviation — the leaching of chelates through soil
  • chestnut oak — any of several North American oaks, as Quercus prinus, having serrate or dentate leaves resembling those of the chestnut.
  • chew the cud — to reflect or think over something
  • chincoteague — a town on a small island in a lagoon (Chincoteague Bay) in E Virginia: annual wild pony roundup.
  • chinese tour — a tour in which visitors are shown only what those in charge want them to see.
  • chinhuangtao — a seaport in NE Hebei province, in NE China, on the Bohai.
  • chlorophytum — any plant of the genus Chlorophytum, esp C. elatum variegatum, grown as a pot plant for its long narrow leaves with a light central stripe, and characterized by the production of offsets at the end of long scapes: family Liliaceae
  • chorusmaster — the conductor of a choir
  • chota nagpur — a plateau in E India, mainly in Jharkhand state since 2000: forested, with rich mineral resources and much heavy industry; produces chiefly lac (world's leading supplier), coal (half India's total output), and mica
  • choux pastry — a very light pastry made with eggs, used for eclairs, etc
  • christchurch — a city in New Zealand, on E South Island: manufacturing centre of a rich agricultural region; suffered major damage and loss of life in a series of earthquakes in 2010–11. Pop: 366 000 (2013 est)
  • chuck off at — to abuse or make fun of
  • chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
  • churchianity — loyalty to the church rather than Christianity
  • cinematheque — a small intimate cinema
  • circus catch — a spectacular or difficult catch, esp. one made by a fielder in baseball or a receiver in football
  • clausthalite — a rare mineral, lead selenide, PbSe, occurring in grayish, granular crystals that have a metallic luster.
  • clickthrough — the act of clicking on an advertisement or other link to go to another website, especially a retail site: The store gets lots of clickthroughs from social media.
  • closemouthed — not talking much; telling little; taciturn
  • clothesbrush — A brush for the clothes.
  • club fighter — a mediocre boxer who fights mostly on programs at small sporting clubs
  • 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
  • colour chart — a chart with samples of paint colours
  • colour depth — bits per pixel
  • column shift — A column shift is a gearshift lever mounted on the steering column.
  • come through — To come through a dangerous or difficult situation means to survive it and recover from it.
  • come up with — If you come up with a plan or idea, you think of it and suggest it.
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