11-letter words containing c, h, i, g, n
- michiganian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Michigan or its inhabitants.
- michiganite — a native or inhabitant of Michigan.
- mischarging — Present participle of mischarge.
- mischieving — (now Scotland) The causing of damage or terror; rampaging. (from 15th c.).
- mismatching — Present participle of mismatch.
- misteaching — Present participle of misteach.
- monographic — a treatise on a particular subject, as a biographical study or study of the works of one artist.
- morphogenic — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
- mythicizing — Present participle of mythicize.
- necrophagia — the eating of dead bodies; esp., the practice of feeding on carrion
- nephrogenic — (medicine, anatomy) that forms the tissues of the kidney.
- night coach — the class of airline coach at a lower fare than regularly offered, often restricted to late-night journeys.
- night court — a criminal court that convenes at night for the quick disposition of charges and the granting of bail.
- night latch — a door lock operated from the inside by a knob and from the outside by a key.
- night stick — a special club carried by a policeman; billy.
- night watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
- night-watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
- nightscopes — Plural form of nightscope.
- nightsticks — Plural form of nightstick.
- nonchanging — Unchanging.
- nonmatching — not matching: a nonmatching set of furniture.
- nonteaching — the act or profession of a person who teaches.
- orthogenics — the treatment of mentally and emotionally disturbed children
- outmatching — Present participle of outmatch.
- outpouching — (pathology) evagination.
- outreaching — Present participle of outreach.
- overarching — forming an arch above: great trees with overarching branches.
- parachuting — descent using parachute
- phagedaenic — relating to or having the characteristics of phagedaena
- pharyngitic — relating to the medical condition of pharyngitis that is characterized by pain and swelling of the pharynx
- pintsch gas — gas with high illuminating power made from shale oil or petroleum, used in buoys, lighthouses, and railroad cars.
- preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
- psychogenic — having origin in the mind or in a mental condition or process: a psychogenic disorder.
- reichenberg — German name of Liberec.
- relaunching — an act or instance of launching something again.
- renographic — of or pertaining to renography, using or produced by a renogram
- sandwiching — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
- schizogenic — reproducing or formed by fission.
- schizogonic — relating to schizogony
- schlesinger — Arthur Meier [mahy-er] /ˈmaɪ ər/ (Show IPA), 1888–1965, U.S. historian.
- schoolgoing — the act of going to school
- schrödinbug — (jargon, programming) /shroh'din-buhg/ (MIT, from the Schrödinger's Cat thought-experiment in quantum physics) A design or implementation bug that doesn't manifest until someone reading the source code or using the program in an unusual way notices that it never should have worked, at which point it stops working until fixed. Though (like bit rot) this sounds impossible, it happens; some programs have harboured schrödinbugs for years. Compare heisenbug, Bohr bug, mandelbug.
- schrodinger — Erwin [er-vin] /ˈɛr vɪn/ (Show IPA), 1887–1961, German physicist: Nobel prize 1933.
- schuschnigg — Kurt von [kurt von;; German koort fuh n] /kɜrt vɒn;; German kurt fən/ (Show IPA) (1897–1977), Austrian statesman in the U.S.: Chancellor of Austria 1934–38.
- scorchingly — in a scorching manner
- searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- shellacking — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- sightscreen — a white screen set in line with the wicket as an aid to the batsman in seeing the ball when it is bowled.
- sling chair — any of several varieties of chairs having a seat and back formed from a single sheet of canvas, leather, or the like, hanging loosely in a frame.