11-letter words containing a, l, e, o, c, h
- cherry coal — a type of bituminous coal that burns readily and gives a hot fire.
- chiastolite — a variety of andalusite containing carbon impurities
- 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.
- chocolatier — a person or company that makes or sells chocolate
- 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
- chou en-lai — 1898–1976, Chinese Communist statesman; foreign minister of the People's Republic of China (1949–58) and premier (1949–76)
- chrome alum — a violet-red crystalline substance, used as a mordant in dyeing. Formula: KCr(SO4)2.12H2O
- chromeplate — to plate with chromium.
- clean house — to clean and put a home in order
- close reach — an act or instance of reaching: to make a reach for a gun.
- close shave — a narrow escape
- closehauled — having the sails adjusted for heading as nearly as possible into the wind
- cloth-eared — deaf
- coal heaver — a workman who moves coal
- cochlearium — In Ancient Rome, a small spoon with a long tapering handle.
- coelacanths — Plural form of coelacanth.
- coldhearted — lacking sympathy; unfeeling
- coleorhizae — Plural form of coleorhiza.
- collenchyma — a strengthening and supporting tissue in plants, consisting of elongated living cells whose walls are thickened with cellulose and pectins
- color phase — a variant, atypical coloration of fur, feathers, skin, etc. occurring in an individual or an animal group
- complaineth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'complain'.
- cool-headed — If you describe someone as cool-headed, you mean that they stay calm in difficult situations.
- corbel arch — a construction like an arch but composed of masonry courses corbeled until they meet.
- cuitlacoche — corn smut.
- cyclohexane — a colourless insoluble flammable liquid cycloalkane with a pungent odour, made by hydrogenation of benzene and used as a paint remover and solvent. Formula: C6H12
- dame school — (formerly) a small school, often in a village, usually run by an elderly woman in her own home to teach young children to read and write
- dame-school — a school in which the rudiments of reading, writing, and arithmetic were taught to neighborhood children by a woman in her own home.
- de la roche — Mazo [mey-zoh] /ˈmeɪ zoʊ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1961, Canadian novelist.
- dicephalous — having two heads
- earth-color — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- echolocated — Simple past tense and past participle of echolocate.
- echolocator — An organism capable of echolocation.
- ectothermal — coldblooded (sense 1)
- encephaloid — resembling the brain or brain matter
- encephaloma — a brain tumour
- eschatology — The part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind.
- ethological — Of or pertaining to ethology.
- focal depth — lens: distance of sharp focus
- francophile — friendly to or having a strong liking for France or the French.
- french loaf — baguette, long stick of bread
- geochemical — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- geophysical — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.