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11-letter words containing c, h, e, r, i

  • bimorphemic — pertaining to two morphemes
  • bing cherry — a dark-red variety of sweet cherry
  • bioresearch — the investigation of the nature of living organisms; biological research.
  • bird cherry — a small Eurasian rosaceous tree, Prunus padus, with clusters of white flowers and small black fruits
  • bleacherite — someone who sits in the bleachers at a sports stadium
  • branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
  • breconshire — (until 1974) a county of SE Wales, now mainly in Powys: over half its area forms the Brecon Beacons National Park
  • brickshaped — resembling the shape of a brick
  • 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.
  • bur chervil — a plant of the carrot family, Anthriscus caucalis, that is related to and resembles chervil
  • butcherbird — a shrike, esp one of the genus Lanius
  • camphor ice — an ointment consisting of camphor, white wax, spermaceti, and castor oil, used to treat skin ailments, esp chapped skin
  • canoe birch — paper birch.
  • cantharides — a diuretic and urogenital stimulant or irritant prepared from the dried bodies of Spanish fly (family Meloidae, not Cantharidae), once thought to be an aphrodisiac
  • cashierment — the action of rejecting or dismissing
  • catachresis — the incorrect use of words, as luxuriant for luxurious
  • catarrhines — Plural form of catarrhine.
  • cathedratic — relating to the seat of the bishop
  • catherine i — ?1684–1727, second wife of Peter the Great, whom she succeeded as empress of Russia (1725–27)
  • catheterize — to insert a catheter into
  • cavalierish — like a cavalier
  • centrarchid — (zoology) Any member of the Centrarchidae.
  • ceramic hob — (on an electric cooker) a flat ceramic cooking surface having heating elements fitted on the underside, usually patterned to show the areas where heat is produced
  • cesarevitch — the eldest son of a czar.
  • cesca chair — a chair, with or without arms, designed by Marcel Breuer in 1928, having a cantilevered frame of chromium-plated or stainless tubular steel and a seat and back of bentwood-framed canework.
  • chain drive — a chain of links passing over sprockets that transmits rotation from one shaft to another
  • chain grate — a type of mechanical stoker for a furnace, in which the grate consists of an endless chain that draws the solid fuel into the furnace as it rotates
  • chain store — A chain store is one of several similar shops that are owned by the same person or company, especially one that sells a variety of things.
  • chain-react — to undergo a chain reaction
  • chair table — an article of furniture, produced especially in colonial America, that can serve as either a table or a chair, having, as a chair, a large, usually circular, hinged back that can be pulled down and rested on the arms to form a tabletop.
  • chairpeople — a person who presides over a meeting, committee, board, etc.
  • chairperson — The chairperson of a meeting, committee, or organization is the person in charge of it.
  • chairwarmer — an office holder, committee member, or employee who is inactive and ineffective
  • chalkstripe — clothing with a pattern of thin white stripes on a dark background
  • chamberlain — A chamberlain is the person who is in charge of the household affairs of a king, queen, or person of high social rank.
  • chambermaid — A chambermaid is a woman who cleans and tidies the bedrooms in a hotel.
  • chamfer bit — a bit for beveling the edge of a hole.
  • champerties — Plural form of champerty.
  • chandeliers — Plural form of chandelier.
  • chandleries — Plural form of chandlery.
  • chandlering — the work of a chandler
  • chansonnier — a writer of chansons
  • chanticleer — a name for a cock, used esp in fables
  • chaperoning — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
  • chaperonins — Plural form of chaperonin.
  • charbroiled — Charbroiled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
  • charbroiler — a grill or other equipment used for charbroiling
  • charchemish — an ancient city in S Turkey, on the upper Euphrates: important city in the Mitanni kingdom; later the capital of the Hittite empire.
  • charcuterie — cooked cold meats
  • charge with — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
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