11-letter words containing c, h, e, k
- hucksterism — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- humperdinck — Engelbert [eng-uh l-bert;; English eng-guh l-burt] /ˈɛŋ əlˌbɛrt;; English ˈɛŋ gəlˌbɜrt/ (Show IPA), 1854–1921, German composer.
- hunchbacked — humpbacked.
- hypokalemic — Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- hypokinetic — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
- in the dock — the place in a courtroom where a prisoner is placed during trial.
- jack cheese — a mild, moist cheddar, made from whole, skimmed, or partially skimmed milk: first made in Monterey County, California.
- jackhammers — Plural form of jackhammer.
- jacklighter — a person who hunts or fishes at night with the aid of a jacklight.
- 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.
- karate chop — a sharp blow used in karate, usually delivered by a slanting stroke with the side of the hand.
- karate-chop — a sharp blow used in karate, usually delivered by a slanting stroke with the side of the hand.
- kente cloth — a fabric made esp. in Ghana, woven in strips of brightly patterned bands interspersed with bands of black
- kinesthetic — the sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense.
- kinetochore — Biology. the place on either side of the centromere to which the spindle fibers are attached during cell division.
- kingtehchen — Jingdezhen.
- kitchen tea — a prewedding party to which guests bring an item of kitchenware or other gifts for the bride; shower.
- kitchenalia — cooking equipment and other items found in a kitchen
- kitchenette — a very small, compact kitchen.
- kitchenmaid — a female servant who assists the cook.
- kitchenware — cooking equipment or utensils.
- knucklehead — a stupid, bumbling, inept person.
- kohl pencil — a thin cylindrical cosmetic instrument used to darken the area around the eyes
- 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
- lake school — Lake Poets.
- lake zürich — a lake in N Switzerland, mostly in Zürich canton. Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
- landsknecht — a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.
- leatherback — a sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, having the shell embedded in a leathery skin, reaching a length of more than 7 feet (2.1 meter) and a weight of more than 1000 pounds (450 kg): the largest living sea turtle; an endangered species.
- leatherjack — Leatherjacket (fish in genus Oligoplites).
- leatherneck — a U.S. marine.
- leschetizky — Theodor [tey-uh-dawr,, -dohr,, thee-] /ˈteɪ əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr,, ˈθi-/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Polish pianist and composer.
- leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
- lickerishly — In a lickerish manner.
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- lobachevsky — Nikolai Ivanovich [nyi-kuh-lahy ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1856, Russian mathematician.
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- luckenbooth — a booth or shop capable of being locked up
- lunch break — pause for midday meal
- machinelike — like a machine, as in regular movement or uniform pattern of operation: to conduct business with machinelike efficiency.
- make change — If you make change, you give someone smaller notes, bills, or coins, in exchange for the same value of larger ones.
- march break — a school holiday, usually for a week, during March
- matchmakers — Plural form of matchmaker.
- melchizedek — a priest and king of Salem. Gen. 14:18.
- metchnikoff — Élie [French ey-lee] /French eɪˈli/ (Show IPA), (Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov) 1845–1916, Russian zoologist and bacteriologist in France: Nobel Prize in medicine 1908.
- mock heroic — imitating or burlesquing that which is heroic, as in manner, character, or action: mock-heroic dignity.
- mock-heroic — imitating or burlesquing that which is heroic, as in manner, character, or action: mock-heroic dignity.
- naked lunch — a novel (1959–66) by William S. Burroughs.
- nakhichevan — an autonomous republic, an exclave of Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, Turkey, and Iran. 2124 sq. mi. (5500 sq. km). Capital: Nakhichevan.
- namechecked — Simple past tense and past participle of namecheck.