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11-letter words containing a, c, n, t, h

  • catherine i — ?1684–1727, second wife of Peter the Great, whom she succeeded as empress of Russia (1725–27)
  • cattishness — The property of being cattish.
  • cenesthesia — the mass of undifferentiated sensations that make one aware of the body and its condition, as in the feeling of well-being or illness
  • centrarchid — (zoology) Any member of the Centrarchidae.
  • centre half — a defender who plays in the middle of the defence
  • cephalothin — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
  • chaetognath — any small wormlike marine invertebrate of the phylum Chaetognatha, including the arrowworms, having a coelom and a ring of bristles around the mouth
  • chain grate — a type of mechanical stoker for a furnace, in which the grate consists of an endless chain that draws the solid fuel into the furnace as it rotates
  • 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 store — A chain store is one of several similar shops that are owned by the same person or company, especially one that sells a variety of things.
  • chain-react — to undergo a chain reaction
  • chainplates — Plural form of chainplate.
  • chalkstones — Plural form of chalkstone.
  • change feet — to put on different shoes, boots, etc
  • chansonette — a little song
  • chantefable — (in medieval French literature) a prose narrative interspersed with verse.
  • chanterelle — any saprotrophic basidiomycetous fungus of the genus Cantharellus, esp C. cibarius, having an edible yellow funnel-shaped mushroom: family Cantharellaceae
  • chanticleer — a name for a cock, used esp in fables
  • chaoticness — The state or quality of being chaotic.
  • charactonym — a name given to a literary character that is descriptive of a quality or trait of the character.
  • charientism — (rhetoric) A figure of speech wherein a taunting expression is softened by a jest; an insult veiled in grace.
  • charlatanic — of or relating to a charlatan
  • charlatanry — charlatanism.
  • charlestown — oldest part of Boston, at the mouth of the Charles River: site of the battle of Bunker Hill
  • charpentier — Gustave (ɡystav). 1860–1956, French composer, whose best-known work is the opera Louise (1900)
  • chastenment — the process of chastening
  • chatelaines — Plural form of chatelaine.
  • chattanooga — a city in SE Tennessee, on the Tennessee River: scene of two battles during the Civil War, in which the North defeated the Confederates, cleared Tennessee, and opened the way to Georgia (1863). Pop: 154 887 (2003 est)
  • chauvinists — zealous and aggressive patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glory.
  • checkmating — Present participle of checkmate.
  • chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
  • chieftaincy — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
  • chieftainry — the area governed by a chieftain
  • chin cactus — any of various globular cacti of the genus Gymnocalycium, native to South America, having white or pinkish flowers and a chinlike protrusion below each cluster of spines.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • chinwangtao — Qinhuangdao
  • chiromantic — relating to chiromancy
  • chiropteran — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chiroptera, an order of placental mammals comprising the bats
  • chloanthite — a form of nickel arsenide having commercial importance as a nickel ore
  • 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.
  • chlorinator — That which chlorinates.
  • choanocytes — Plural form of choanocyte.
  • cholangitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the bile duct.
  • chordotonal — (of an insect) responsive to sound vibrations, as certain organs or parts.
  • chrismation — a rite of initiation involving anointing with chrism and taking place at the same time as baptism
  • christian x — 1890–1947, king of Denmark (1912–47) and Iceland (1918–44)
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