12-letter words containing h, y
- chrestomathy — a collection of literary passages, used in the study of language
- christianity — Christianity is a religion that is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and the belief that he was the son of God.
- christophany — an appearance or emergence of Christ following his crucifixion
- chromaticity — the quality of a colour or light with reference to its purity and its dominant wavelength
- chromatology — chromatics.
- chromography — (obsolete) chromolithography.
- chronography — an arrangement of past events
- chronosystem — A pattern of events and transitions over the course of a person's life.
- chrysography — the art of writing in ink made of powdered gold suspended in a small amount of glair or gum.
- chrysomelids — Plural form of chrysomelid.
- chrysophanol — (organic compound) A chemical compound found in rhubarb.
- chrysophytes — Plural form of chrysophyte.
- chthonophagy — (disease) Alternative form of chthonophagia.
- churchianity — loyalty to the church rather than Christianity
- chylocaulous — having fleshy stems.
- chylomicrons — Plural form of chylomicron.
- chymotrypsin — a powerful proteolytic enzyme secreted from the pancreas in the form of chymotrypsinogen, being converted to the active form by trypsin
- chymotryptic — relating to chymotrypsin
- city chicken — pieces of pork or veal that are skewered and breaded, and cooked by braising or baking
- city fathers — You can refer to the members of a city council or city's government as the city fathers.
- coachability — a large, horse-drawn, four-wheeled carriage, usually enclosed.
- cohesibility — the nature of being cohesible
- colporrhaphy — (surgery) suturing of a defect in the wall of the vagina.
- cometography — the scientific description and recording of comets
- conchoidally — In a conchoidal manner.
- copy machine — A copy machine is the same as a copier.
- copyrighters — Plural form of copyrighter.
- copyrighting — Present participle of copyright.
- coquettishly — (of a woman) characteristically flirtatious, especially in a teasing, lighthearted manner.
- corn whiskey — a whisky made from maize
- craniography — examination of the skull as depicted by craniographs, photographs, and charts.
- crazy eights — a card game played by two or more persons with a 52-card deck, the object of which is to be the first to get rid of one's hand by successively playing a card of the same suit or denomination as that played by the preceding player, with an eight counting for any desired suit.
- cream sherry — a full-bodied sweet sherry
- 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".
- crushability — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- 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.
- crystal meth — crystal methamphetamine, a concentrated and highly potent form of methamphetamine with dangerous side effects
- curietherapy — a form of radiation therapy using radium
- curly-haired — having hair that forms curls
- cyanohydrins — Plural form of cyanohydrin.
- cyberathlete — a professional player of computer games
- cycle crunch — (jargon) A situation wherein the number of people trying to use a computer simultaneously has reached the point where no one can get enough cycles because they are spread too thin and the system has probably begun to thrash. This scenario is an inevitable result of Parkinson's Law applied to time-sharing. Usually the only solution is to buy more computer. Happily, this has rapidly become easier since the mid-1980s, so much so that the very term "cycle crunch" now has a faintly archaic flavour; most hackers now use workstations or personal computers as opposed to traditional time-sharing systems.
- cycle helmet — a protective helmet worn by cyclists to prevent head injuries
- cyclic shift — a transfer of digits from one end of a machine word to the other, retaining the same order in both places.
- cyclographic — of or relating to a cyclograph