11-letter words containing a, n, t, i, r, h
- authorizing — Present participle of authorize.
- barthianism — the theological doctrines and principles of Karl Barth and his followers, especially in reference to neoorthodoxy.
- batrachians — Plural form of batrachian.
- birth canal — the passageway down which the fetus passes during birth
- birthparent — a person's parent related biologically rather than by adoption
- botheration — bother
- brachiating — Botany. having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs.
- brachiation — locomotion accomplished by swinging by the arms from one hold to another.
- brain death — Brain death occurs when someone's brain stops functioning, even though their heart may be kept beating using a machine.
- 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.
- brattishing — decorative work along the coping or on the cornice of a building
- breatharian — a person who believes that it is possible to subsist healthily on air alone
- breathiness — (of the voice) characterized by audible or excessive emission of breath.
- brochantite — a mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 4 (OH) 6 SO 4 , occurring in green fibrous masses and similar in physical properties to antlerite: formerly a major ore of copper.
- cachinatory — Alternative form of cachinnatory.
- cachinnator — One who laughs loudly and immoderately.
- cantharidal — relating to or made of cantharides
- cantharides — a diuretic and urogenital stimulant or irritant prepared from the dried bodies of Spanish fly (family Meloidae, not Cantharidae), once thought to be an aphrodisiac
- cantharidic — cantharidal
- cantharidin — the compound C10H12O4, which is the active ingredient in cantharides and is secreted by many species of blister beetle
- carpathians — a mountain range in central Europe, extending from N Slovakia to central Romania. Highest peak, Gerlachovka, 8737 feet (2663 meters).
- cashierment — the action of rejecting or dismissing
- catarrhines — Plural form of catarrhine.
- catherine i — ?1684–1727, second wife of Peter the Great, whom she succeeded as empress of Russia (1725–27)
- centrarchid — (zoology) Any member of the Centrarchidae.
- 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 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
- chanticleer — a name for a cock, used esp in fables
- 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
- charpentier — Gustave (ɡystav). 1860–1956, French composer, whose best-known work is the opera Louise (1900)
- chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
- chieftainry — the area governed by a chieftain
- china aster — a related Chinese plant, Callistephus chinensis, widely cultivated for its showy brightly coloured flowers
- chiromantic — relating to chiromancy
- chiropteran — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chiroptera, an order of placental mammals comprising the bats
- 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.
- 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)
- christiania — Christie1
- christianly — like a Christian; Christianlike.
- chromatinic — Of or pertaining to chromatin.
- coauthoring — Present participle of coauthor.
- corinthians — either of two books of the New Testament (in full The First and Second Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians)
- crithomancy — a form of divination in which grain or meal used in a sacrifice is analysed
- dante chair — a chair of the Renaissance having two transverse pairs of curved legs crossing beneath the seat and rising to support the arms and back.
- dehortation — an exhortation against a course of action