11-letter words containing a, r, c, h
- nitro-chalk — a chemical fertilizer containing calcium carbonate and ammonium nitrate
- nitrostarch — an orange powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 8 O 2 6 , soluble in ethanol, used in explosives.
- nonachiever — a student who fares poorly in the classroom or has failing grades.
- nonharmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- norman arch — a semicircular arch, esp one in the Romanesque style of architecture developed by the Normans in England
- notochordal — Of or pertaining to the notochord.
- nudibranchs — Plural form of nudibranch.
- nyckelharpa — an old-time Swedish stringed musical instrument, similar to the hurdy-gurdy but sounded with a bow instead of a wheel.
- ocean perch — redfish (def 1).
- ochlocratic — Pertaining to ochlocracy.
- octachordal — having or consisting of eight notes or eight strings
- octahedrite — anatase.
- octahedrons — Plural form of octahedron.
- octahydrate — (chemistry) A hydrate whose solid contains eight molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell.
- old scratch — the devil; Satan.
- oligarchies — Plural form of oligarchy.
- on the rack — If you say that someone is on the rack, you mean that they are suffering either physically or mentally.
- orchardists — Plural form of orchardist.
- orchestrate — Arrange or score (music) for orchestral performance.
- orchestrina — (musical instruments) orchestrion.
- orthocartan — (mathematics, tool) A system for symbolic mathematics, especially General Relativity, written by A. Krasinski of Warsaw in the early 1980s.
- orthoclases — Plural form of orthoclase.
- orthopaedic — of or relating to orthopedics.
- orthostatic — relating to or caused by erect posture.
- outreaching — Present participle of outreach.
- overachieve — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- overarching — forming an arch above: great trees with overarching branches.
- overcharged — Simple past tense and past participle of overcharge.
- overcharges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcharge.
- overreacher — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- pachydermal — having the characteristics of a pachyderm
- pachydermia — an abnormal thickening of the skin
- pachydermic — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- pachysandra — any plant of the genus Pachysandra, as the Allegheny spurge or Japanese spurge, the leaves of which grow in a rounded clump, widely used as a ground cover in the U.S.
- pan crusher — A pan crusher is a crusher in which solids are broken by a wheel which is turning in a pan.
- panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
- paper birch — a North American birch, Betula papyrifera, having a tough bark and yielding a valuable wood: the state tree of New Hampshire.
- paper chain — a decorative chain of loops of coloured paper
- paper chase — the effort to earn a diploma or college degree, especially in law, or a professional certificate or license.
- paper match — book match.
- parachuting — descent using parachute
- parachutist — sb who makes parachute jumps
- paragraphic — of, relating to, or forming a paragraph.
- paranephric — located near the kidney
- paraphiliac — a person with paraphilia
- parapsychic — of or relating to actions of the mind for which there are no scientific explanations
- paratrophic — obtaining nourishment from living organic matter; parasitic.
- parchedness — the state or characteristic of being parched
- parenchymal — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- parenthetic — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.