11-letter words containing c, h, a, n, r, o
- baron-cohen — Sacha. born 1970, British television and film comedian, best known for his creation of the characters Ali G and Borat
- 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.
- brachiation — locomotion accomplished by swinging by the arms from one hold to another.
- brachyodont — (of mammals, such as humans) having teeth with short crowns
- branchiform — shaped like a gill.
- branchiopod — any crustacean of the mainly freshwater subclass Branchiopoda, having flattened limblike appendages for swimming, feeding, and respiration. The group includes the water fleas
- 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.
- 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.
- cameraphone — a mobile phone incorporating a camera
- canoe birch — paper birch.
- cast anchor — to anchor a vessel
- chain coral — coral of the extinct genus Halysites, from the Ordovician and Silurian periods, consisting of oval, laterally compressed corallites united to form a chainlike structure.
- 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.
- chairperson — The chairperson of a meeting, committee, or organization is the person in charge of it.
- chancellors — Plural form of chancellor.
- chancellory — Alternative spelling of chancellery.
- chancellour — Archaic form of chancellor.
- change over — If you change over from one thing to another, you stop doing one thing and start doing the other.
- changeovers — Plural form of changeover.
- changeround — the process of changing position
- chansonnier — a writer of chansons
- chaperonage — The state of being a chaperon.
- chaperoning — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- chaperonins — Plural form of chaperonin.
- characinoid — of or like a characin
- charactonym — a name given to a literary character that is descriptive of a quality or trait of the character.
- chardonnays — Plural form of chardonnay.
- charlestown — oldest part of Boston, at the mouth of the Charles River: site of the battle of Bunker Hill
- chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
- chiromancer — A palm reader, one who practices chiromancy.
- chiromantic — relating to chiromancy
- chiropteran — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chiroptera, an order of placental mammals comprising the bats
- chloramines — Plural form of chloramine.
- chlorinated — Chlorinated water, for example drinking water or water in a swimming pool, has been cleaned by adding chlorine to it.
- chlorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chlorinate.
- chlorinator — That which chlorinates.
- choir organ — a part of the full church organ, used for accompanying the choir
- 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.
- chordotonal — (of an insect) responsive to sound vibrations, as certain organs or parts.
- chrismation — a rite of initiation involving anointing with chrism and taking place at the same time as baptism
- chromatinic — Of or pertaining to chromatin.
- chrominance — the quality of light that causes the sensation of colour. It is determined by comparison with a reference source of the same brightness and of known chromaticity
- chronically — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
- chronograms — Plural form of chronogram.
- chronograph — an accurate instrument for recording small intervals of time
- chrysarobin — a tasteless odourless powder containing anthraquinone derivatives of araroba, formerly used medicinally to treat chronic skin conditions
- chrysomonad — any golden-yellow to brown freshwater algae of the class Chrysomonadales (phylum Chrysophyta), living singly or in colonies; blooms may color the water brown.