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11-letter words containing a, h, o

  • cherry coal — a type of bituminous coal that burns readily and gives a hot fire.
  • chess-board — the board, identical with a checkerboard, used for playing chess.
  • chessboards — Plural form of chessboard.
  • chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
  • chiaroscuro — Chiaroscuro is the use of light and shade in a picture, or the effect produced by light and shade in a place.
  • chiastolite — a variety of andalusite containing carbon impurities
  • chibougamau — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
  • child actor — an actor who is a child
  • child labor — the regular, full-time employment of children under a legally defined age in factories, stores, offices, etc.: in the U.S., the minimum legal age under federal law is 16 (in hazardous occupations, 18)
  • chiloplasty — cheiloplasty.
  • china stone — a type of kaolinized granitic rock containing unaltered plagioclase
  • chindonesia — China, India, and Indonesia: seen collectively as the most important developing economies with the best growth markets for investors
  • chinwangtao — Qinhuangdao
  • chirography — handwriting; penmanship
  • chiromancer — A palm reader, one who practices chiromancy.
  • chiromantic — relating to chiromancy
  • chiropteran — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chiroptera, an order of placental mammals comprising the bats
  • chittamwood — American smoke tree.
  • 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.
  • chlorinator — That which chlorinates.
  • chloroplast — a plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments, occurring in plants and algae that carry out photosynthesis
  • choanocytes — Plural form of choanocyte.
  • chocaholics — Plural form of chocaholic.
  • chockablock — pulled so tight as to have the blocks touching
  • chocolatier — a person or company that makes or sells chocolate
  • choir organ — a part of the full church organ, used for accompanying the choir
  • choirmaster — A choirmaster is a person whose job is to train a choir.
  • choirstalls — fixed seats in the choir of a church, generally of carved wood
  • 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
  • cholangitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the bile duct.
  • 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
  • cholic acid — crystalline acid found in bile
  • chomo lhari — a peak on the Bhutan-Tibet border, in the Himalaya Mountains: sacred to Tibetans. 23,997 feet (7314 meters).
  • choplogical — (rare) Characterized by equivocation or by overly complex or specious argumentation; improperly reasoned.
  • chord chart — a chart indicating by means of symbols the identity, sequence, and duration of the musical chords occurring in the accompaniment to a melody.
  • chord organ — an electronic organ having a small keyboard for the right hand and for the left hand a set of buttons each of which produces a full chord when pushed.
  • chordotonal — (of an insect) responsive to sound vibrations, as certain organs or parts.
  • 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.
  • chorography — the technique of mapping regions
  • chou en-lai — 1898–1976, Chinese Communist statesman; foreign minister of the People's Republic of China (1949–58) and premier (1949–76)
  • chou pastry — cream puff paste.
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