11-letter words containing a, r, c, h, i, t
- auxotrophic — designating or of a mutant organism requiring more nutritional substances than its prototrophic parent because it has lost the ability to make a certain enzyme
- bathymetric — Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.
- batrachians — Plural form of batrachian.
- beach drift — the drifting of sediments, especially marine sediments, in patterns parallel to the contours of a beach, due to the action of waves and currents.
- birth canal — the passageway down which the fetus passes during birth
- black shirt — a member of any fascist organization (specif., the former Italian Fascist party) with a black-shirted uniform
- bleacherite — someone who sits in the bleachers at a sports stadium
- brachiating — Botany. having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs.
- brachiation — locomotion accomplished by swinging by the arms from one hold to another.
- 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.
- bright coal — coal consisting of alternating layers of clarain and vitrain.
- 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.
- calathiform — cup-shaped; concave.
- 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
- cardiopathy — a heart disease or disorder
- carpathians — a mountain range in central Europe, extending from N Slovakia to central Romania. Highest peak, Gerlachovka, 8737 feet (2663 meters).
- carry light — a searchlight used to illuminate a target while it is tracked and fired upon.
- cartophilic — relating to cartophily
- cashierment — the action of rejecting or dismissing
- catachresis — the incorrect use of words, as luxuriant for luxurious
- catarrhines — Plural form of catarrhine.
- cathartical — Cathartic.
- cathedratic — relating to the seat of the bishop
- catherine i — ?1684–1727, second wife of Peter the Great, whom she succeeded as empress of Russia (1725–27)
- catheterize — to insert a catheter into
- centrarchid — (zoology) Any member of the Centrarchidae.
- cesarevitch — the eldest son of a czar.
- 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
- chair table — an article of furniture, produced especially in colonial America, that can serve as either a table or a chair, having, as a chair, a large, usually circular, hinged back that can be pulled down and rested on the arms to form a tabletop.
- chalkstripe — clothing with a pattern of thin white stripes on a dark background
- chamfer bit — a bit for beveling the edge of a hole.
- champerties — Plural form of champerty.
- chanticleer — a name for a cock, used esp in fables
- charcuterie — cooked cold meats
- charge with — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- charientism — (rhetoric) A figure of speech wherein a taunting expression is softened by a jest; an insult veiled in grace.
- charioteers — Plural form of charioteer.
- charismatic — A charismatic person attracts, influences, and inspires people by their personal qualities.
- charityware — careware
- charlatanic — of or relating to a charlatan
- charpentier — Gustave (ɡystav). 1860–1956, French composer, whose best-known work is the opera Louise (1900)
- chart music — songs that feature in the music charts
- chelicerate — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chelicerata, a subphylum of arthropods, including arachnids and the horseshoe crab, in which the first pair of limbs are modified as chelicerae