12-letter words that end in tch
- scram switch — (jargon) (From the nuclear power industry) An emergency power-off switch (see Big Red Switch), especially one positioned to be easily hit by evacuating personnel. In general, this is *not* something you frob lightly; these often initiate expensive events (such as Halon dumps) and are installed in a dinosaur pen for use in case of electrical fire or in case some luckless field servoid should put 120 volts across himself while Easter egging. SCRAM stands for Safety Control Rod Ax Man. In the early days of nuclear power, boron moderator rods were raised and lowered on ropes. In the event of a runaway chain reaction, a man with an axe would chop the rope and drop the rods into the nuclear pile to stop the reaction. See also molly-guard, TMRC.
- shield match — a cricket match for the Sheffield Shield
- soccer pitch — the field of play used in soccer
- sooty blotch — a disease, especially of apples and pears, characterized by sootlike spots or blotches on the fruit, caused by a fungus, Gloeodes pomigena.
- spring catch — a catch for an interior or cabinet door that has a bolt operated by a spring.
- spring vetch — any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
- timber hitch — a knot used for tying a rope round a spar, log, etc, for haulage
- timber-hitch — to fasten by means of a timber hitch.
- tsesarevitch — (in Russian history) the eldest son of a tsar or his heir apparent
- veneer patch — a patch made in one of the veneers of a sheet of plywood before layup.