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

  • black death — a deadly disease, probably bubonic plague, which devastated Europe and Asia in the 14th cent.
  • black house — a type of thatched house, usually made of turf, formerly found in the highlands and islands of Scotland
  • black perch — a livebearing surfperch, Embiotoca jacksoni, occurring in abundance along the coast of California, having brownish-black scales often tinged with blue or yellow and a thick, reddish mouth.
  • black sheep — If you describe someone as the black sheep of their family or of a group that they are a member of, you mean that they are considered bad or worthless by other people in that family or group.
  • black whale — a black, dolphinlike whale, Globicephala melaena, of the North Atlantic.
  • blackhander — a member of a Black Hand group
  • blank check — If someone is given a blank check, they are given the authority to spend as much money as they need or want.
  • blastochyle — the fluid in a blastocoel
  • bleacherite — someone who sits in the bleachers at a sports stadium
  • branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
  • bullwhacker — (especially in the early 19th century) the driver of a team of oxen.
  • cache block — cache line
  • cachectical — cachetic
  • cadet cloth — a heavy woolen cloth of double-cloth construction and bluish-gray color, used especially for uniforms at military schools.
  • calf-length — Calf-length skirts, dresses, and coats come to halfway between your knees and ankles.
  • calisthenic — Of, or relating to calisthenics.
  • candlelight — Candlelight is the light that a candle produces.
  • cape helles — a cape in NW Turkey, at the S end of the Gallipoli Peninsula
  • capiz shell — whitish, translucent shell of the Philippines, used in making lamp shades, decorative articles, etc.
  • cardholders — Plural form of cardholder.
  • cartwheeled — Simple past tense and past participle of cartwheel.
  • cartwheeler — a person who performs cartwheels
  • cash letter — a deposit list from one bank to another containing items to be credited to the account of the depositing bank.
  • castlereagh — a district of E Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 66 076 (2003 est). Area: 85 sq km (33 sq miles)
  • catch flies — any of various plants, especially of the genera Silene and Lychnis, having a viscid secretion on the stem and calyx in which small insects are sometimes caught.
  • catechismal — Of or pertaining to a catechism; having the form of questions and answers; catechical.
  • catholicate — the legal power of the leader of an Armenian church
  • catholicize — to make or become catholic
  • cattle shed — a shed for cattle
  • cattle show — a competitive event at which farmers show their best cattle
  • cavalierish — like a cavalier
  • cebocephaly — A developmental anomaly of the head, characterized by a monkey-like head with a defective small, flattened nose with a single nostril or absent nose and closely set eyes.
  • cellar sash — a window sash of relatively small size, having two or three panes horizontally arranged.
  • centre half — a defender who plays in the middle of the defence
  • cephalalgia — headache (def 1).
  • cephalalgic — relating to or affected by headache
  • cephalocele — a protrusion of the brain or cranial matter through an opening in the skull
  • cephalogram — An X-ray of the craniofacial area.
  • cephalopode — Archaic form of cephalopod.
  • cephalopods — Plural form of cephalopod.
  • cephalothin — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
  • cephalotomy — the dissection of the head
  • chaenomeles — any of a genus of deciduous shrubs within the family Rosaceae, native to East Asia
  • chain plate — any of the metal plates secured to the hull of a sailing vessel or elsewhere to hold shrouds and backstays at their lower ends.
  • chain wheel — sprocket (def 1).
  • chainplates — Plural form of chainplate.
  • chair table — an article of furniture, produced especially in colonial America, that can serve as either a table or a chair, having, as a chair, a large, usually circular, hinged back that can be pulled down and rested on the arms to form a tabletop.
  • chairpeople — a person who presides over a meeting, committee, board, etc.
  • chalcedonic — Of or pertaining to chalcedony.
  • chalcedonyx — a variety of chalcedony characterized by alternate stripes of black and white
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