12-Letter Words Containing CH

Comparative adjective or agent noun

Pl. chromonemata (-m -t ) The spirally coiled central filament of a chromatid along which the chromomeres are aligned.

Chromophore

CHROMOPHORE Any chemical group or residue (as NO<?/; N<?/; or O<?/) which imparts some decided color to the compound of which it is an ingredient.

Chromoplast

""An atmosphere of rare matter, composed principally of incandescent hydrogen gas, surrounding the sun and enveloping the photosphere. Portions of the chromosphere are here and there thrown up into enormous tongues of flame.""

Chronicity

Chronograph

A description or record of past time; history.

Chronologer

Time after time they should get the order right

One has placed an order for The Times

Chronometer

An exceptionally precise timepiece.

Chrysarobin

Chrysoberyl

Chrysomelid

Chrysophyte

Chrysoprase

Chubbiness

Chuckawalla

Chucklehead

Chugalug

Chumminess

Churchgoing

Abstract noun (-ity)

Regard for the church.

Parish officer - long-stemmed pipe

Long-stemmed clay pipe

Pipe officer

Rudeness of manners or temper; lack of kindness or courtesy.

Chylomicron

A pancreatic digestive enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of certain proteins in the small intestine into polypeptides and amino acids.

A pancreatic digestive enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of certain proteins in the small intestine into polypeptides and amino acids.

""CHAIRWOMAN a female officer who presides at the meetings of a committee, meeting, or organization; a female chairperson.""

CHAIRWOMEN

Collenchyma

Conchoidal

Conchology

""One who studies, or is versed in, conchology.""

RESEARCHER One who researches.

Cornstarch

The science of the chemical composition of the universe.

Restraint on a restraint

""To march back, or to march in reversed order.""

Knock back drink by bar

Retaliation from buffoon hiding under work surface

Boxer might take this drink, sitting next to bar

Shaded with lines

Crosshatch

Peevish people

Cryptorchid

A developmental defect marked by the failure of the testes to descend into the scrotum.

English word

Cells ()

Czarevitch

Deathwatch

Debauchery

Debouchment

""CHLORINATE To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.""

DETACHED detach

Dichlorvos

DICHOTIC affecting the two ears differently

Dichotomist

DICHOTOMIZE To cut into two parts; to part into two divisions; to divide into pairs; to bisect.

Dichotomize

The state of being dichromatic.

Dichroscope

Double sugar / Travel freely? merger (nonverbal)

Having lost one's fascination

Saddened by frustrated expectations

Let down after altering hidden stance (wordplay)

""One who, or that which, disenchants.""

""To deprive of a franchise or chartered right; to dispossess of the rights of a citizen, or of a particular privilege, as of voting, holding office, etc.""

Ditchdigger

""A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild animals, forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs, which often cause death. It is the larval stage of the T\'91nia echinococcus, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog. T\'91nia echinococcus, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog.""

""In both senses also called echo ranging . A sensory system in certain animals, such as bats and dolphins, in which usually high-pitched sounds are emitted and their echoes interpreted to determine the direction and distance of objects.""

Of or pertaining to the Elasmobranchii.

Enchainment

In a delightful manner

Enchantment

An advance beyond expected limits

Gradual intrusion

Intrusion

Growing or developing within cartilage; applied esp. to developing bone.

Within or passing through the trachea: an endotracheal tube.

Given the right to vote

Enfranchise

Protection from opponents, church people hid in river

Euchromatin

Capable of being exchanged; fit or proper to be exchanged.

Fianchetto

Flowchart

Any of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimens.

CHECKERS checker

Forecheck

Forereach

Frenchify

Gastrotrich

Gaucheness

Gegenschein

""Pl -schaften (German) [-&#x283;aft&#x259;n] (Sociology) (often capital) a social group united by common beliefs, family ties, etc. Compare gesellschaft [German, literally: community]""

""The study of the chemical composition of, and of actual or possible chemical changes in, the crust of the earth.""

GEOTECHNIC

""Pl -schaften (German) [-&#x283;aft&#x259;n] (Sociology) (often capital) a social group held together by practical concerns, formal and impersonal relationships, etc. Compare gemeinschaft [German, literally: society]""

Gnatcatcher

Seeing French dicky birds

Ecofriendly fellow cautiously moves birds

Ethnic triangular treats

Suit pocket accessory

Thing to sneeze into

Sneeze catcher

A happenstance.

Instruments for Scarlatti

Ridiculous extremes disco and rap: doubly hard to play instruments

Abstract noun (-ity)

HEMICHORDATE

HEMSTITCHER hemstitch

Hemstitch

Arranged in order of rank

Classified by rank

HIERARCHIZE

Hierarchize

Homeschool

Kid with no commute

Hopscotch

Hotchpotch

CHARGED charge

Hypercharge

""A salt of hypochlorous acid; as, a calcium hypochloride. as, a calcium hypochloride.""

Feeling sick in the head (wordplay)

Feeling virtually sick (wordplay)

Thinking ill of oneself (wordplay)

The fish of a particular region.

Ichthyosaur

Impeachment

INCHOATE to {begin=v}

Inchoative

Interchain

Switched dancing there as redirected

CHANGER one that {changes=v}

Interchange

CHANNEL to direct along a course

PSYCHIC one sensitive to extrasensory phenomena

Plural noun or verb form

Existing or taking place within the mind or psyche: intrapsychic conflict.

Isochronal

Isochronism

Kinetochore

Kitchenette

Kitchenware

Lachrymator

In a tearful manner

LACHRYMOSE Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful.

Latchstring

The act or process of leaching.

Lockstitch

Lockstitch

LUFTMENSCH

US informal restaurant - unclothe teen (anagram)

Small cafe, revolutionary, getting on in crescent

Having machicolations.

Plots involving high-speed races

Schemes - plotting

Matchmaking

The office or jurisdiction of a matriarch; a matriarchal form of government.

Matriarchy

(Done) without thought or spontaneity

Mechanician

MECHANIZE To cause to be mechanical.

""A mental disorder characterized by severe depression, guilt, hopelessness, and withdrawal.""

Melancholia

Melancholic

Melancholy

Charmed Denis (anagram)

A trader.

Merchandise

MERCHANDIZE

Merchandize

Two kinds of seaman like hot cakes (wordplay)

""A white crystalline compound, Cl 3 CCH(C 6 H 4 OCH 3 ) 2 , used as an insecticide.""

Adjective (-ic)

Mischannel

Structures in cells that produce energy

In cell cytoplasm, organelles which store and release energy

Monochromat

Male choir on Tom's round as B/W photographer (wordplay)

MONORCHID

Word with prefix multi-

Neckerchief

The study of the chemical composition and processes of the nervous system and the effects of chemicals on it.

""ARCHITECT A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of buildings, and to superintend the artificers employed.""

Nonchalance

In a calm and relaxed manner

In insouciant fashion

With composure

""CHARACTER A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.""

Nonchemical

Inflected form of PSYCHOTIC Inflected form of PSYCHO a mentally unstable person

Not on the roster of events

""Not characteristic of or skilled in applied arts and sciences; as, nontechnical aspects of the job; nontechnical training. Opposite of technical.as, nontechnical aspects of the job; nontechnical training. Opposite of technical.""

Ochlocracy

OLIGARCHIC

Oligochaete

""Any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms; a member of the Onychophora, also called Malacopoda. See Malacopoda.Onychophora, also called Malacopoda. See Malacopoda.""

Orchestral

Gold casket marked and scored

Arranged to have the dart score put out

Arranged for gold casket getting evaluated

ORCHESTRATE to write an orchestra score for; -- of a musical composition.

Arranges music

Narrow passages for killer whales (wordplay)

Or that scorer, perhaps (wordplay)

Speaker reserves royal box for arranger

Speaker keeps royal box for the organiser

""Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order (Orchidace\'91) of endogenous plants of which the genus Orchis is the type. They are mostly perennial herbs having the stamens and pistils united in a single column, and normally three petals and three sepals, all adherent to the ovary. The flowers are curiously shaped, often resembling insects, the odd or lower petal (called the lip) being unlike the others, and sometimes of a strange and unexpected appearance. About one hundred species occur in the United States, but several thousand in the tropics. Orchidace\'91) of endogenous plants of which the genus Orchis is the type. They are mostly perennial herbs having the stamens and pistils united in a single column, and normally three petals and three sepals, all adherent to the ovary. The flowers are curiously shaped, often resembling insects, the odd or lower petal (called the lip) being unlike the others, and sometimes of a strange and unexpected appearance. About one hundred species occur in the United States, but several thousand in the tropics.""

OUTACHIEVE

Outpreach

(Of arms) extended

Poor tutors and the like he had extended

Fashion etc, the Tudors extended

Outstretch

ACHIEVED achieve

Academic Type A personality

Hardly a slacker

*Person who constantly exceeds expectations

Overachieve

Overbleach

Overbleach