11-letter words containing c, h, a, y
- hypercarbia — (medicine) the condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood.
- hypercasual — Extremely casual.
- hypercharge — a quantum number assigned to baryons and mesons, equal to B + S, where B is the baryon number and S is the strangeness.
- hypercholia — abnormally large secretion of bile.
- hyperdactyl — having an excessive number of fingers or toes
- hyperphagic — bulimia.
- hyperplasic — Relating to hyperplasia.
- hyperstatic — redundant (def 5b).
- hypoacidity — acidity in a lesser degree than is usual or normal, as of the gastric juice.
- hypoblastic — Of, or relating to the hypoblast.
- hypocaloric — That is low in dietary calories.
- hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
- hypochromia — an anemic condition due to a deficiency of hemoglobin in the red blood cells.
- hypodynamic — diminished strength; adynamia.
- hypogastric — of, relating to, or situated in the hypogastrium.
- hypokalemic — Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- hypoplastic — Pathology. abnormal deficiency of cells or structural elements.
- hypothecary — of or relating to a hypothec.
- hypothecate — to pledge to a creditor as security without delivering over; mortgage.
- ichnography — the art of drawing a ground plan or layout of a building.
- ichthyoidal — Like a fish; ichthyoid.
- ichthyosaur — any fishlike marine reptile of the extinct order Ichthyosauria, ranging from 4 to 40 feet (1.2 to 12 meters) in length and having a round, tapering body, a large head, four paddlelike flippers, and a vertical caudal fin.
- iconography — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- in chancery — (of a suit) pending in a court of equity
- inhabitancy — place of residence; habitation.
- intrathymic — Within the thymus.
- ithyphallic — of or relating to the phallus carried in ancient festivals of Bacchus.
- johnny cake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- johnny-cake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- koilonychia — an abnormal condition in which the outer surfaces of the nails are concave; spoon nail.
- krasny luch — a city in SE Ukraine, E of Donetsk.
- kymographic — Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
- labyrinthic — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- lachrymator — a chemical substance that causes the shedding of tears, as tear gas.
- lackey moth — a bombycid moth, Malacosoma neustria, whose brightly striped larvae live at first in a communal web often on fruit trees, of which they may become a pest
- lady chapel — a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary, attached to a church, and generally behind the high altar at the extremity of the apse.
- lady orchid — a tall graceful orchid, Orchis purpurea, with faintly scented purple-brown and green flowers with a pinkish or white lip
- leuconychia — White discoloration appearing on nails. Also known as white nails.
- leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
- lobachevsky — Nikolai Ivanovich [nyi-kuh-lahy ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1856, Russian mathematician.
- lucky charm — an object that is believed to bring its owner good luck
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lycanthropy — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- macrography — examination or study of an object with the naked eye (opposed to micrography).
- macrophylum — a group of languages that are of a higher order than a phylum
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- macrophytic — Relating to macrophytes.
- malacophily — pollination of plants by snails
- mammy chair — a slinglike device for raising or lowering passengers to and from ships anchored away from the shore in a heavy swell.