11-letter words containing c, h, e, l
- melancholia — a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings.
- melancholic — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
- melanchthon — Philipp [fil-ip;; German fee-lip] /ˈfɪl ɪp;; German ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), (Philipp Schwarzert) 1497–1560, German Protestant reformer.
- melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
- melchizedek — a priest and king of Salem. Gen. 14:18.
- mesenchymal — Of or pertaining to the mesenchyme.
- mesophyllic — (botany) Of or pertaining to the mesophyll of a leaf.
- metachronal — Describing the wavelike beating of a group of cilia.
- metaethical — (ethics) Of or pertaining to metaethics.
- methacrylic — denoting a type of acid
- methicillin — a semisynthetic penicillin antibiotic, C 1 7 H 1 9 N 2 NaO 6 S, used principally in the treatment of severe, penicillin-resistant staphylococci infections.
- microcephal — a person with microcephaly
- middlemarch — a novel (1871–72) by George Eliot.
- mill chisel — a woodworking chisel having a blade more than 8 inches (20 cm) long.
- misch metal — a pyrophoric alloy, containing approximately 50 percent cerium and 45 percent lanthanum, made from a mixture of various rare-earth chlorides by electrolysis.
- monodelphic — having a sole set of reproductive organs
- mouth ulcer — oral sore
- mr. charlie — a white man or white men collectively
- multichoice — Multiple-choice.
- multichrome — chromium.
- multiethnic — involving or pertaining to two or more distinct ethnic groups.
- multischeme — An implementation of Multilisp built on MIT's C-Scheme, for the BBN Butterfly.
- myelopathic — any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
- naked lunch — a novel (1959–66) by William S. Burroughs.
- necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophilic — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- nephritical — Alternative form of nephritic.
- neural arch — a bony or cartilaginous arch resting on the chief part of each vertebra and forming a tunnel through which the nerve cord passes
- nonathletic — physically active and strong; good at athletics or sports: an athletic child.
- nonchalance — the state or quality of being nonchalant; cool indifference or lack of concern; casualness.
- nonchemical — Not chemical.
- northcliffe — Viscount, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth.
- nucleophile — of or relating to electron contribution in covalent bonding (opposed to electrophilic).
- nyckelharpa — an old-time Swedish stringed musical instrument, similar to the hurdy-gurdy but sounded with a bow instead of a wheel.
- oligarchies — Plural form of oligarchy.
- oligochaete — any of various annelids of the family Oligochaeta, including earthworms and certain small, freshwater species, having locomotory setae sunk directly in the body wall.
- oligochrome — the brand name of a light filtering device used in photography
- omnichannel — Using every channel.
- omphalocele — A hernia of the navel.
- on schedule — with no delay
- on the club — away from work due to sickness, esp when receiving sickness benefit
- ophicalcite — a type of marble containing serpentine and calcite
- ophicleides — Plural form of ophicleide.
- orthoclases — Plural form of orthoclase.
- ostrichlike — a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- overclothes — clothing worn outside other garments.
- oxychloride — a compound having oxygen and chlorine atoms bonded to another element, as bismuth oxychloride, BiOCl.
- pachydermal — having the characteristics of a pachyderm
- paleolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the cultures of the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs, or early phase of the Stone Age, which appeared first in Africa and are marked by the steady development of stone tools and later antler and bone artifacts, engravings on bone and stone, sculpted figures, and paintings and engravings on the walls of caves and rock-shelters: usually divided into three periods (Lower Paleolithic, c2,000,000–c200,000 b.c., Middle Paleolithic, c150,000–c40,000 b.c., Upper Paleolithic, c40,000–c10,000 b.c.)
- panhellenic — of or relating to all Greeks or to Panhellenism.