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11-letter words containing c, a, t, r, h

  • architraved — having an architrave or architraves
  • architraves — Plural form of architrave.
  • archpriests — Plural form of archpriest.
  • archtraitor — A chief or transcendent traitor.
  • arctic char — a char, Salvelinus alpinus, that occurs in northern and arctic seas
  • arctic hare — a large hare, Lepus arcticus, of the Canadian Arctic whose fur is white in winter
  • arctophilia — the practice of collecting teddy bears
  • aristarchus — a crater in the NE quadrant of the moon, having a diameter of about 37 kilometres, which is the brightest formation on the moon
  • arith-matic — (language)   An extension of Grace Hopper's A-2 programming language, developed in about 1955. ARITH-MATIC was originally known as A-3, but was renamed by the marketing department of Remington Rand UNIVAC.
  • arithmetics — Plural form of arithmetic.
  • arthrectomy — surgical excision of a joint
  • arthritical — Also, arthritical. of, relating to, or afflicted with arthritis.
  • arthroscope — a tubular instrument that is inserted into the capsule of a joint to examine the joint, extract tissue, etc
  • arthroscopy — the use of an arthroscope to diagnose an injury to or disease of a joint or to perform minor surgery on a joint.
  • atherectomy — the removal of plaque from an artery by means of a tiny rotating cutting blade inserted through a catheter.
  • atherogenic — causing atheroma
  • atmospheric — Atmospheric is used to describe something which relates to the Earth's atmosphere.
  • authorcraft — the skilled ability of an author
  • autochanger — a device in a record player or CD player that enables a small stack of records or CDs to be dropped automatically onto the turntable or player tray one at a time and played separately
  • autographic — of, for, or like an autograph or autographs
  • automorphic — shaped and designed after oneself
  • autotrophic — (of organisms such as green plants) capable of manufacturing complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources such as carbon dioxide, water, and nitrates, using energy from the sun
  • 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
  • backdraught — a reverse movement of air, gas, or liquid
  • backscratch — a favour done for someone in return for another
  • backstretch — the part of a racetrack farthest from the grandstand and opposite and parallel to the homestretch
  • bathymetric — Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.
  • batrachians — Plural form of batrachian.
  • beach aster — a seaside plant, Erigeron glaucus, of the temperate western coast of North America, having solitary, violet- or lilac-colored flowers.
  • 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.
  • beach party — a party held on a beach
  • beachmaster — a bull fur seal having its own territory in the breeding grounds.
  • 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
  • boat anchor — 1. Like doorstop but more severe; implies that the offending hardware is irreversibly dead or useless. "That was a working motherboard once. One lightning strike later, instant boat anchor!" 2. A person who just takes up space. 3. Obsolete but still working hardware, especially when used of an old S100-bus hobbyist system; originally a term of annoyance, but became more and more affectionate as the hardware became more and more obsolete.
  • brachiating — Botany. having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs.
  • brachiation — locomotion accomplished by swinging by the arms from one hold to another.
  • brachyodont — (of mammals, such as humans) having teeth with short crowns
  • 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.
  • brood patch — a highly vascular, featherless area developed on the abdomen of certain brooding birds that is in direct contact with eggs during incubation and provides additional warmth.
  • brown patch — a fungus disease of turf grass that results in circular areas of brown, dead grass.
  • brunch coat — a knee-length housecoat.
  • cachinatory — Alternative form of cachinnatory.
  • cachinnator — One who laughs loudly and immoderately.
  • caecotrophy — (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and other lagomorphs, the consumption of food pellets which are naturally produced by means of digestion, retention in the caecum, and expulsion through the anus.
  • calathiform — cup-shaped; concave.
  • calochortus — any plant of the genus Calochortus, of the lily family, as the mariposa lily and the sego lily.
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