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11-letter words containing a, t, h, e, s, r

  • breadthways — from side to side
  • breadthwise — in the direction of the breadth
  • breath test — A breath test is a test carried out by police in which a driver blows into a piece of equipment to show how much alcohol he or she has drunk.
  • breathalyse — to apply a Breathalyser test to (someone)
  • breathiness — (of the voice) characterized by audible or excessive emission of breath.
  • burnt shale — carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making
  • camphorates — Plural form of camphorate.
  • 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
  • cash letter — a deposit list from one bank to another containing items to be credited to the account of the depositing bank.
  • cashierment — the action of rejecting or dismissing
  • castlereagh — a district of E Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 66 076 (2003 est). Area: 85 sq km (33 sq miles)
  • catachresis — the incorrect use of words, as luxuriant for luxurious
  • catarrhines — Plural form of catarrhine.
  • catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
  • catchphrase — A catchphrase is a sentence or phrase which becomes popular or well-known, often because it is frequently used by a famous person.
  • cedar chest — a chest made of cedar, in which woolens, furs, etc. are stored for protection against moths
  • cesarevitch — the eldest son of a czar.
  • 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.
  • chalkstripe — clothing with a pattern of thin white stripes on a dark background
  • champerties — Plural form of champerty.
  • champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
  • 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.
  • charlestown — oldest part of Boston, at the mouth of the Charles River: site of the battle of Bunker Hill
  • chart house — a room or deckhouse for storing and working with charts, navigational instruments, etc.
  • chartaceous — of the nature of paper; papery
  • chartbuster — A popular singer or group that makes a best-selling recording.
  • chaste tree — a small ornamental verbenaceous tree, Vitex agnus-castus, of S Europe and SW Asia, with spikes of pale blue flowers
  • chatterbots — Plural form of chatterbot.
  • cheek strap — (of a bridle) one of two straps passing over the cheeks of the horse and connecting the crown piece with the bit or noseband.
  • chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
  • china aster — a related Chinese plant, Callistephus chinensis, widely cultivated for its showy brightly coloured flowers
  • chlorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chlorinate.
  • choirmaster — A choirmaster is a person whose job is to train a choir.
  • cowcatchers — Plural form of cowcatcher.
  • crapshooter — a person who plays the game of craps
  • creatorship — a person or thing that creates.
  • dehydrators — Plural form of dehydrator.
  • deutschmark — the former standard monetary unit of Germany, divided into 100 pfennigs; replaced by the euro in 2002: until 1990 the standard monetary unit of West Germany
  • diarthroses — a form of articulation that permits maximal motion, as the knee joint.
  • dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
  • disenthrall — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
  • disheartens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dishearten.
  • dishearting — Present participle of disheart.
  • dispatchers — Plural form of dispatcher.
  • dogcatchers — Plural form of dogcatcher.
  • draughtiest — Superlative form of draughty.
  • draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
  • drive shaft — a shaft for imparting torque from a power source or prime mover to machinery.
  • earth smoke — fumitory.
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