11-letter words containing c, h, a, n
- ashen-faced — Someone who is ashen-faced looks very pale, especially because they are ill, shocked, or frightened.
- asplanchnic — having no gut
- atherogenic — causing atheroma
- attachments — Plural form of attachment.
- authentical — authentic.
- authenticly — Alternative spelling of authentically.
- 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
- autochthons — Plural form of autochthon.
- autochthony — pertaining to autochthons; aboriginal; indigenous (opposed to heterochthonous).
- bacchanalia — orgiastic rites associated with Bacchus
- back anchor — a small anchor for backing a larger one.
- backbencher — A backbencher is a Member of Parliament who is not a minister and who does not hold an official position in their political party.
- backbenches — The backbenches are the seats in the British House of Commons where backbenchers sit. The Members of Parliament who sit on the backbenches are also referred to as the backbenches.
- backchannel — an unofficial or covert means of conveying information, originally or esp in political or diplomatic circles
- backhanders — Plural form of backhander.
- backhanding — Present participle of backhand.
- backlashing — a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil.
- backwashing — A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
- baldacchino — baldachin
- baluchistan — a mountainous region of SW Asia, in SW Pakistan and SE Iran
- baranavichy — a city in W central Belarus, SW of Minsk.
- baranovichi — a city in W central Belarus, SW of Minsk.
- baron-cohen — Sacha. born 1970, British television and film comedian, best known for his creation of the characters Ali G and Borat
- batch plant — a manufacturing plant where concrete is mixed before being transported to a construction site ready to be poured.
- bathing cap — a tight rubber cap worn by a swimmer to keep the hair dry
- batrachians — Plural form of batrachian.
- bellyaching — constant complaining
- bench lathe — a lathe mounted on a workbench
- bench table — a course of masonry forming a bench at the foot of a wall.
- benchwarmer — a player who is usually on the bench; reserve
- bethanechol — a substance, C 7 H 17 ClN 2 O 2 , used to treat urinary retention, especially postoperatively.
- binge-watch — to watch a large number of television programmes (especially all the shows from one series) in succession
- birth canal — the passageway down which the fetus passes during birth
- black shank — a disease of tobacco, characterized by wilting and by decayed, blackened roots and stems, caused by a fungus, Phytophthora parasitica nicotianae.
- blackhander — a member of a Black Hand group
- blank check — If someone is given a blank check, they are given the authority to spend as much money as they need or want.
- 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.
- bondi beach — a beach in Sydney, Australia, popular with surfers
- 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
- brahminical — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
- brain child — a product of one's creative work or thought.
- branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
- 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.
- 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.