11-letter words containing c, h, a, n, g
- charlemagne — ?742–814 ad, king of the Franks (768–814) and, as Charles I, Holy Roman Emperor (800–814). He conquered the Lombards (774), the Saxons (772–804), and the Avars (791–799). He instituted many judicial and ecclesiastical reforms, and promoted commerce and agriculture throughout his empire, which extended from the Ebro to the Elbe. Under Alcuin his court at Aachen became the centre of a revival of learning
- chattanooga — a city in SE Tennessee, on the Tennessee River: scene of two battles during the Civil War, in which the North defeated the Confederates, cleared Tennessee, and opened the way to Georgia (1863). Pop: 154 887 (2003 est)
- checkmating — Present participle of checkmate.
- chikungunya — A viral disease resembling dengue, transmitted by mosquitoes and endemic in East Africa and parts of Asia.
- chimichanga — a savoury deep-fried filled tortilla
- chinese tag — a variety of the game of tag in which the tagged player must hold one hand on the part of the body where he or she was tagged.
- chinwangtao — Qinhuangdao
- choir organ — a part of the full church organ, used for accompanying the choir
- cholangitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the bile duct.
- chord organ — an electronic organ having a small keyboard for the right hand and for the left hand a set of buttons each of which produces a full chord when pushed.
- chronograms — Plural form of chronogram.
- chronograph — an accurate instrument for recording small intervals of time
- chuck wagon — a wagon carrying provisions and cooking utensils for men, such as cowboys, who work in the open
- cliffhanger — A cliffhanger is a situation or part of a play or film that is very exciting or frightening because you are left for a long time not knowing what will happen next.
- cling peach — a clingstone peach.
- coat hanger — A coat hanger is a curved piece of wood, metal, or plastic that you hang a piece of clothing on.
- coauthoring — Present participle of coauthor.
- coprophagan — a dung beetle
- coronagraph — an optical instrument used to simulate an eclipse of the sun so that the faint solar corona can be studied
- coronograph — an instrument for observing and photographing the sun's corona, consisting of a telescope fitted with lenses, filters, and diaphragms that simulate an eclipse.
- craniograph — an instrument that outlines the skull.
- crapehanger — a gloomy person; a pessimist
- crepehanger — a person who sees the gloomy side of things; pessimist.
- despatching — Present participle of despatch.
- discharging — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- dispatching — Send off to a destination or for a purpose.
- drag anchor — (of a vessel) to move away from its mooring because the anchor has failed to hold
- encroaching — That encroaches.
- exchangable — Alternative spelling of exchangeable.
- eyecatching — Alternative spelling of eye-catching.
- farreaching — Alternative spelling of far-reaching.
- franchising — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- game-change — a dramatic change in course, strategy, basic character, etc.: Her feelings for him have undergone a game-change.
- gamechanger — A visionary, innovative person who changes the way people think of a situation.
- gang switch — a collection of switches connected to separate circuits and operating simultaneously.
- gantt chart — a chart depicting progress in relation to time of projects, tasks, schedules, etc.
- ghost dance — a ritual dance intended to establish communion with the dead, especially such a dance as performed by various messianic western American Indian cults in the late 19th century.
- glaucophane — a sodium-rich monoclinic mineral of the amphibole family, usually metamorphic.
- gnatcatcher — any tiny insect-eating, New World warbler of the genus Polioptila, having a long, mobile tail and a slender bill.
- grand chain — a figure in formation dances, such as the lancers and Scottish reels, in which couples split up and move around in a circle in opposite directions, passing all other dancers until reaching their original partners
- grand duchy — a territory ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess.
- grand march — the opening ceremonies of a formal ball, in which guests promenade into or around the ballroom.
- granolithic — (of concrete) containing fine granite chippings or crushed granite, used to render floors and surfaces.
- graphicness — The quality of being graphic: grotesqueness or vividness.
- grass finch — any of several Australian weaverbirds, especially of the genus Poephila.
- gymnasiarch — (in ancient Greece) a magistrate who superintended the gymnasia and public games in certain cities.
- gynecopathy — any disease occurring only in women.
- hacking run — (jargon) (Analogy with "bombing run" or "speed run") A hack session extended long outside normal working times, especially one longer than 12 hours. May cause you to "change phase the hard way".
- haircutting — an act or instance of cutting the hair.
- handcuffing — Present participle of handcuff.