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12-letter words that end in h

  • breech birth — birth of a baby with the feet or buttocks appearing first
  • bridge cloth — a tablecloth for a bridge table.
  • bristlemouth — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Gonostomatidae, having numerous sharp, slender teeth covering the jaws.
  • broad church — You can refer to an organization, group, or area of activity as a broad church when it includes a wide range of opinions, beliefs, or styles.
  • buccaneerish — of or relating to a buccaneer
  • bucket bench — a Pennsylvania Dutch dresser having a lower portion closed with doors for milk pails, an open shelf for water pails, and an upper section with shallow drawers.
  • buffalo fish — any of a genus (Ictiobus) of large, humpbacked, freshwater sucker fishes found in North America
  • buffet lunch — a lunch at which people stand up and help themselves from the table
  • burning bush — a rutaceous shrub, Dictamnus fraxinella, of S Europe and Asia, whose glands release a volatile inflammable oil that can burn without harming the plant: identified as the bush from which God spoke to Moses (Exodus 3:2–4)
  • busted flush — a poker hand with four cards of the same suit that fails to form a flush when the final card is dealt
  • butter cloth — a type of open, unsized muslin
  • butterscotch — Butterscotch is a hard yellowish-brown sweet made from butter and sugar boiled together.
  • cabbage moth — a common brownish noctuid moth, Mamestra brassicae, the larva of which is destructive of cabbages and other plants
  • cable length — a unit of length in nautical use that has various values, including 100 fathoms (600 feet)
  • cable stitch — a pattern or series of knitting stitches producing a design like a twisted rope
  • cable-stitch — a series of stitches used in knitting to produce a cable effect.
  • cadet branch — the family or family branch of a younger son
  • canine tooth — canine (def 2).
  • cap'n crunch — Captain Crunch
  • carbon brush — a small block of carbon used to convey current between the stationary and moving parts of an electric generator, motor, etc
  • cardinalfish — any of the perchlike fishes of the family Apogonidae, many species of which are bright red with black markings.
  • catch stitch — a large cross-stitch used in finishing seams and in hemming.
  • cathodograph — a picture taken using cathode rays
  • center punch — a steel punch for marking a spot where a hole is to be drilled
  • centillionth — (in Britain and Germany) a number equal to 10–600
  • 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
  • chafing dish — a vessel with a heating apparatus beneath it, for cooking or keeping food warm at the table
  • chain stitch — an ornamental looped embroidery stitch resembling the links of a chain
  • cheese cloth — a lightweight cotton fabric of open texture.
  • cherry birch — sweet birch.
  • chhattisgarh — a state of E central India, created from the SE part of Madhya Pradesh in 2000: consists of a hilly plateau, with extensive forests; agricultural. Capital: Raipur. Pop: 20 795 956 (2001). Area: 135 194 sq km (52 199 sq miles)
  • 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)
  • cinder patch — a defect on steel caused by the accidental picking up of matter, as from the bottom of a soaking pit.
  • circle graph — pie chart.
  • circus catch — a spectacular or difficult catch, esp. one made by a fielder in baseball or a receiver in football
  • 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.
  • climbingfish — climbing perch.
  • close stitch — buttonhole stitch.
  • clothes moth — any of various tineid moths, esp Tineola bisselliella, the larvae of which feed on wool or fur
  • clothesbrush — A brush for the clothes.
  • coast salish — (in Canada) a division of the peoples who speak Salish languages
  • codling moth — a tortricid moth, Carpocapsa pomonella, the larvae of which are a pest of apples
  • collide with — If a vehicle collides with another vehicle or a person, it hits something or someone that is traveling in a different direction.
  • colour depth — bits per pixel
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • constraineth — Archaic third-person singular form of constrain.
  • contact high — a state of altered consciousness caused by inhaling the drugs other people are smoking
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