11-letter words containing a, n, i, h, l
- bacchanalia — orgiastic rites associated with Bacchus
- backlashing — a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil.
- baldacchino — baldachin
- balloonfish — a porcupinefish, Diodon holacanthus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical waters.
- ballyhooing — Present participle of ballyhoo.
- baluchistan — a mountainous region of SW Asia, in SW Pakistan and SE Iran
- bangladeshi — Bangladeshi means belonging to or relating to Bangladesh, or to its people or culture.
- be laughing — to be in a favourable situation
- bellyaching — constant complaining
- birth canal — the passageway down which the fetus passes during birth
- blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- brahminical — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
- brain child — a product of one's creative work or thought.
- branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
- branch wilt — a disease of walnut trees, characterized by sudden wilting of the leaves, and cankers and discoloration of the bark and branches, caused by a fungus, Hendersonula toruloidea.
- bridle hand — (of a horseback rider) the hand, usually the left hand, that holds both reins or both pairs of reins, leaving the other hand free to manage a whip, crop, lariat, or the like.
- bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
- bushwalking — an expedition on foot in the bush
- calisthenic — Of, or relating to calisthenics.
- candlelight — Candlelight is the light that a candle produces.
- canophilist — a person who loves dogs
- cantharidal — relating to or made of cantharides
- cephalothin — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
- chain coral — coral of the extinct genus Halysites, from the Ordovician and Silurian periods, consisting of oval, laterally compressed corallites united to form a chainlike structure.
- 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.
- chalcedonic — Of or pertaining to chalcedony.
- challenging — A challenging task or job requires great effort and determination.
- chamberlain — A chamberlain is the person who is in charge of the household affairs of a king, queen, or person of high social rank.
- chameleonic — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.
- champollion — Jean François (ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃swa). 1790–1832, French Egyptologist, who deciphered the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta stone
- chandeliers — Plural form of chandelier.
- chandelling — Present participle of chandelle.
- chandleries — Plural form of chandlery.
- chandlering — the work of a chandler
- changelings — Plural form of changeling.
- channelbill — a large, gray Australian cuckoo, Scythrops novaehollandiae, with a grooved bill.
- channelised — Simple past tense and past participle of channelise.
- channelized — Simple past tense and past participle of channelize.
- channelling — Architecture, Furniture. ornamentation with flutes or channels.
- chanticleer — a name for a cock, used esp in fables
- charlatanic — of or relating to a charlatan
- chatelaines — Plural form of chatelaine.
- chelyabinsk — an industrial city in SW Russia; in 2013 a large meteor exploded in an airburst over the city's surrounding district. Pop: 1 067 000 (2005 est)
- chilblained — Afflicted with a chilblain.
- chinchillas — Plural form of chinchilla.
- chippendale — Chippendale is a style of furniture from the eighteenth century.
- chloanthite — a form of nickel arsenide having commercial importance as a nickel ore
- chloramines — Plural form of chloramine.