11-letter words containing c, h, e, r, i, s
- pleochroism — the property of certain crystals of exhibiting different colors when viewed from different directions under transmitted light. Compare dichroism (def 1), trichroism.
- preachiness — the quality of being preachy; a preachy style, esp a tedious one
- predispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- prefectship — the position of, or period served as, a prefect
- prehispanic — Spanish.
- prehistoric — of or relating to the time or a period prior to recorded history: The dinosaur is a prehistoric beast.
- pro-chinese — the standard language of China, based on the speech of Beijing; Mandarin.
- prosthetics — an artificial body part; a prosthesis: Hundreds of amputees volunteered to test the new prosthetics.
- rapid chess — a game of chess played within a fixed amount of time, usually 30 minutes per player for all moves.
- rocket ship — a rocket-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
- rope stitch — (in embroidery) a stitch formed from the entwining of stitches.
- schillerize — to give a schiller to (a crystal) by developing microscopic inclusions along certain planes.
- schlesinger — Arthur Meier [mahy-er] /ˈmaɪ ər/ (Show IPA), 1888–1965, U.S. historian.
- schmierkase — cottage cheese.
- schorlomite — a mineral that is black in colour and belongs to the garnet group
- schrecklich — frightful or horrible
- schrodinger — Erwin [er-vin] /ˈɛr vɪn/ (Show IPA), 1887–1961, German physicist: Nobel prize 1933.
- schwarmerei — excessive enthusiasm or sentimentality.
- schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
- scrimshoner — a person who makes scrimshaw
- scripholder — a person who owns a scrip or scrips
- scripophile — a person who practices scripophily.
- searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- searchlight — a device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction.
- sedan chair — an enclosed vehicle for one person, borne on poles by two bearers and common during the 17th and 18th centuries.
- semispheric — shaped like half a sphere; hemispheric.
- sennacherib — died 681 b.c, king of Assyria 705–681.
- serigraphic — of or pertaining to serigraphy
- share price — cost of financial stocks
- sheriffwick — shrievalty.
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- shipwrecked — the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
- shirtjacket — a jacket styled like a shirt
- shit-scared — very scared
- shitkickers — an unsophisticated farmer, cowboy, or other rural person; country person.
- sightscreen — a white screen set in line with the wicket as an aid to the batsman in seeing the ball when it is bowled.
- silverchair — Australian rock group (formed 1994): comprising Daniel Johns (born 1979; vocals, guitar), Ben Gillies (born 1979, drums) and Chris Joannou (born 1979, bass guitar); their albums include Frogstomp (1995) and Young Modern (2007)
- sir michael — Sir Michael (Kemp) 1905–98, British composer.
- skin-search — strip-search.
- slit trench — a narrow trench for one or more persons for protection against enemy fire and fragmentation bombs.
- sothic year — the fixed year of the ancient Egyptians, determined by the heliacal rising of Sirius, and equivalent to 365 days.
- speechifier — to make a speech or speeches; harangue.
- spirochaete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- square inch — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one inch on each side; 6.452 square centimeters. 2 , sq. in. Abbreviation: in.
- squirearchy — the collective body of squires or landed gentry of a country.
- starchiness — of, relating to, or of the nature of starch.
- starchitect — a well-known and well-paid architect noted for his or her landmark buildings
- stenohygric — able to withstand only a narrow range of humidity
- stichometry — the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms.
- straichtest — straightest