11-letter words containing c, h, i, k
- kymographic — Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
- lake zürich — a lake in N Switzerland, mostly in Zürich canton. Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
- 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.
- lightsticks — Plural form of lightstick.
- lightstruck — (of beer) Spoiled by exposure to light, which causes riboflavin to react with and break down the isohumulones.
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- lock stitch — a sewing-machine stitch in which two threads are locked together at small intervals.
- machinelike — like a machine, as in regular movement or uniform pattern of operation: to conduct business with machinelike efficiency.
- matchmaking — An attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other, especially an attempt to set up a date between people or to arrange a marriage.
- matchsticks — Plural form of matchstick.
- 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.
- musk orchid — a small Eurasian orchid, Herminium monorchis, with dense spikes of musk-scented greenish-yellow flowers
- nakhichevan — an autonomous republic, an exclave of Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, Turkey, and Iran. 2124 sq. mi. (5500 sq. km). Capital: Nakhichevan.
- neckerchief — a cloth or scarf worn round the neck.
- night stick — a special club carried by a policeman; billy.
- nightsticks — Plural form of nightstick.
- nitro-chalk — a chemical fertilizer containing calcium carbonate and ammonium nitrate
- old hickory — Jackson1
- 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.
- peckishness — the state or condition of being peckish
- pickelhaube — a spiked German helmet from the 19th and 20th centuries
- pitch-black — extremely black or dark as pitch: a pitch-black night.
- pooh sticks — a children's game: each player throws a stick into a stream from one side of a bridge and the winner is the person whose stick emerges first on the other side
- price check — A price check is an investigation of the prices charged by different retailers for the same goods to find the best value.
- prickly ash — Also called Northern prickly ash, toothache tree. a citrus shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having aromatic leaves and usually prickly branches.
- puckishness — the state of being puckish
- quick march — a march in quick time.
- quick-hatch — a wolverine.
- quick-march — a march in quick time.
- radio shack — a room or structure, as on a ship, for housing radio equipment.
- ralik chain — a chain of islands in the W Pacific Ocean, forming the W part of the Marshall Islands.
- ratak chain — a chain of islands in the W Pacific Ocean, forming the E part of the Marshall Islands.
- reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- rheumaticky — affected with rheumatism
- right-click — to depress the right-hand mouse button, as to display a menu.
- rocket ship — a rocket-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
- schick test — a diphtheria immunity test in which diphtheria toxoid is injected intracutaneously, nonimmunity being indicated by an inflammation at the injection site.
- schmierkase — cottage cheese.
- school milk — (formerly, in Britain) a third of a pint of milk, originally provided free by the local education authority to all young pupils, then later given only to children who passed a needs or means test
- schrecklich — frightful or horrible
- secchi disk — an opaque, white or black-and-white disk used to measure the cloudiness or turbidity of ocean water by the point at which it is no longer visible from the surface.
- shellacking — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- 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.