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11-letter words containing a, c, e, h

  • china aster — a related Chinese plant, Callistephus chinensis, widely cultivated for its showy brightly coloured flowers
  • china stone — a type of kaolinized granitic rock containing unaltered plagioclase
  • china white — a very potent form of synthetic heroin.
  • chindonesia — China, India, and Indonesia: seen collectively as the most important developing economies with the best growth markets for investors
  • chinese tag — a variety of the game of tag in which the tagged player must hold one hand on the part of the body where he or she was tagged.
  • chinese wax — a yellowish wax secreted by an oriental scale insect, Ceroplastes ceriferus, and used commercially
  • chip basket — a wire basket for holding potato chips, etc, while frying in deep fat
  • chip heater — a domestic water heater that burns chips of wood
  • chippendale — Chippendale is a style of furniture from the eighteenth century.
  • chiromancer — A palm reader, one who practices chiromancy.
  • chiropteran — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chiroptera, an order of placental mammals comprising the bats
  • chitchatted — Simple past tense and past participle of chitchat.
  • chlamydeous — (of plants) relating to or possessing sepals and petals
  • chloanthite — a form of nickel arsenide having commercial importance as a nickel ore
  • chloracetic — an acid made by chlorinating acetic acid
  • chloramines — Plural form of chloramine.
  • chlorinated — Chlorinated water, for example drinking water or water in a swimming pool, has been cleaned by adding chlorine to it.
  • chlorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chlorinate.
  • choanocytes — Plural form of choanocyte.
  • chocolatier — a person or company that makes or sells chocolate
  • choirmaster — A choirmaster is a person whose job is to train a choir.
  • choke chain — a collar and lead for a dog so designed that if the dog drags on the lead the collar tightens round its neck
  • chol hamoed — the middle days of the festivals of Passover and Sukkoth, on which necessary work is permitted
  • choledochal — Related to the bile duct.
  • cholestasis — the medical condition characterized by the inability of bile to pass normally out of the liver due to blockage or impairment
  • cholestatic — of or relating to cholestasis
  • choreodrama — dance drama performed by a group
  • choreograph — When someone choreographs a ballet or other dance, they invent the steps and movements and tell the dancers how to perform them.
  • chou en-lai — 1898–1976, Chinese Communist statesman; foreign minister of the People's Republic of China (1949–58) and premier (1949–76)
  • chowderhead — a fool or an idiot
  • chromascope — An instrument for showing the optical effects of colour.
  • chrome alum — a violet-red crystalline substance, used as a mordant in dyeing. Formula: KCr(SO4)2.12H2O
  • chrome tape — magnetic recording tape coated with chrome dioxide
  • chromeplate — to plate with chromium.
  • chrominance — the quality of light that causes the sensation of colour. It is determined by comparison with a reference source of the same brightness and of known chromaticity
  • chrysalides — the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly; an obtect pupa.
  • chrysalises — Plural form of chrysalis.
  • chrysoprase — an apple-green variety of chalcedony: a gemstone
  • chucklehead — a stupid person; blockhead; dolt
  • chugalugged — Simple past tense and past participle of chugalug.
  • chukchi sea — part of the Arctic Ocean, north of the Bering Strait between Asia and North America
  • church rate — (formerly in England and Ireland) a compulsory assessment imposed on the parishioners' holdings of houses or land in order to repair the parish church and maintain its services.
  • city father — You can refer to a member of a city council or city's government as a city father.
  • civil death — (formerly) the loss of all civil rights because of a serious conviction
  • clam shells — the shell of a clam.
  • claw hammer — a hammer with a cleft at one end of the head for extracting nails
  • clean hands — freedom from guilt
  • clean house — to clean and put a home in order
  • clean sheet — an instance of conceding no goals or points in a match or competition (esp in the phrase keep a clean sheet)
  • cleanhanded — free from guilt
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