11-letter words containing a, g, e, h
- bibliophage — an ardent reader; a bookworm.
- big-hearted — If you describe someone as big-hearted, you think they are kind and generous, and always willing to help people.
- binge-watch — to watch a large number of television programmes (especially all the shows from one series) in succession
- biographize — to write a biography of (someone)
- blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- brake light — a red light attached to the rear of a motor vehicle that lights up when the brakes are applied, serving as a warning to following drivers
- bright idea — suggestion: clever
- bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
- bush league — In baseball, a bush league is the same as a minor league.
- bush-league — inferior or amateurish; mediocre: a bush-league theatrical performance.
- cabbagehead — cabbage1 (def 2).
- calf-length — Calf-length skirts, dresses, and coats come to halfway between your knees and ankles.
- candlelight — Candlelight is the light that a candle produces.
- casing shoe — A casing shoe is the bottom of the casing string, including the cement around it.
- castlereagh — a district of E Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 66 076 (2003 est). Area: 85 sq km (33 sq miles)
- catchweight — of or relating to a contest in which normal weight categories have been waived by agreement
- catechising — Present participle of catechise.
- catechizing — Present participle of catechize.
- cephalalgia — headache (def 1).
- cephalalgic — relating to or affected by headache
- cephalogram — An X-ray of the craniofacial area.
- 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
- challengers — Plural form of challenger.
- challenging — A challenging task or job requires great effort and determination.
- chamber mug — a chamber pot.
- chandelling — Present participle of chandelle.
- chandlering — the work of a chandler
- change down — When you change down, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a lower gear.
- change face — to rotate the telescope of a surveying instrument through 180° horizontally and vertically, taking a second sighting of the same object in order to reduce error
- change feet — to put on different shoes, boots, etc
- change over — If you change over from one thing to another, you stop doing one thing and start doing the other.
- changefully — In a changeful manner.
- changelings — Plural form of changeling.
- changemaker — a person or thing that changes bills or coins for ones of smaller denominations.
- changeovers — Plural form of changeover.
- changeround — the process of changing position
- channelling — Architecture, Furniture. ornamentation with flutes or channels.
- chaperonage — The state of being a chaperon.
- chaperoning — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- charge card — A charge card is a plastic card that you use to buy goods on credit from a particular store or group of stores. Compare credit card.
- charge with — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- chargebacks — Plural form of chargeback.
- chargrilled — Simple past tense and past participle of chargrill.
- charlemagne — ?742–814 ad, king of the Franks (768–814) and, as Charles I, Holy Roman Emperor (800–814). He conquered the Lombards (774), the Saxons (772–804), and the Avars (791–799). He instituted many judicial and ecclesiastical reforms, and promoted commerce and agriculture throughout his empire, which extended from the Ebro to the Elbe. Under Alcuin his court at Aachen became the centre of a revival of learning
- chateauguay — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, on the St. Lawrence.
- che guevara — Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- checkmating — Present participle of checkmate.
- cheektowaga — a town in NW New York, near Buffalo.
- chemigraphy — any technique for making engravings or etchings using chemicals and without the aid of photography.