11-letter words containing c, h, i, n, e
- chernozemic — of or relating to a chernozem
- chessboxing — a sport in which participants contest alternating rounds of chess and boxing, of four and two minutes respectively
- chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
- chewing gum — Chewing gum is a kind of sweet that you can chew for a long time. You do not swallow it.
- chicaneries — Plural form of chicanery.
- chicken out — If someone chickens out of something they were intending to do, they decide not to do it because they are afraid.
- chicken pox — a disease, commonly of children, caused by the varicella zoster virus and characterized by mild headache and fever, malaise, and eruption of blisters on the skin and mucous membranes.
- chicken run — the departure of white residents from South Africa
- chicken-fry — to dip (meat, vegetables, etc.) in batter and fry, usually in deep fat: chicken-fried steak.
- chickenfeed — If you think that an amount of money is so small it is hardly worth having or considering, you can say that it is chickenfeed.
- chickenhawk — Also called hen hawk. (not used scientifically) any of various hawks said to prey on poultry.
- chickenhead — (slang, hip-hop, derogatory) A woman who readily performs fellatio; by extension, an unintelligent and promiscuous woman.
- chickenshit — If you say that someone or something is chickenshit, you mean that they are worthless.
- chieftaincy — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
- chieftainry — the area governed by a chieftain
- chiffoniers — Plural form of chiffonier.
- chiffonnier — a high chest of drawers or bureau, often having a mirror on top.
- chilblained — Afflicted with a chilblain.
- childminder — A childminder is someone whose job it is to look after children when the children's parents are away or are at work. Childminders usually work in their own homes.
- chimney cap — a raised cover for the top of a chimney, usually in the form of a slab or cornice.
- chimney pot — A chimney pot is a short pipe which is fixed on top of a chimney.
- chimneylike — resembling a chimney
- chimpanzees — Plural form of chimpanzee.
- china aster — a related Chinese plant, Callistephus chinensis, widely cultivated for its showy brightly coloured flowers
- china stone — a type of kaolinized granitic rock containing unaltered plagioclase
- china white — a very potent form of synthetic heroin.
- chindonesia — China, India, and Indonesia: seen collectively as the most important developing economies with the best growth markets for investors
- chinese ink — a black pigment consisting of lampblack mixed with glue or size.
- chinese lug — a lugsail stiffened by battens and kept flat when hoisted: used in Chinese sailing vessels.
- chinese red — a bright red colour
- chinese tag — a variety of the game of tag in which the tagged player must hold one hand on the part of the body where he or she was tagged.
- chinese wax — a yellowish wax secreted by an oriental scale insect, Ceroplastes ceriferus, and used commercially
- chingtechen — Jingdezhen.
- chinoiserie — a style of decorative or fine art based on imitations of Chinese motifs
- chintziness — The quality of being chintzy.
- chippendale — Chippendale is a style of furniture from the eighteenth century.
- chiromancer — A palm reader, one who practices chiromancy.
- chiropteran — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chiroptera, an order of placental mammals comprising the bats
- chirurgeons — Plural form of chirurgeon.
- chisellings — a series of chiselled or engraved markings
- chitterling — part of the small intestine of swine
- chloanthite — a form of nickel arsenide having commercial importance as a nickel ore
- chloramines — Plural form of chloramine.
- chlorinated — Chlorinated water, for example drinking water or water in a swimming pool, has been cleaned by adding chlorine to it.
- chlorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chlorinate.
- chlorine 36 — the radioactive isotope of chlorine having a mass number 36 and a half-life of about 440,000 years, used chiefly as a tracer.
- chloroquine — a synthetic drug administered orally to treat malaria. Formula: C18H26ClN3
- choke chain — a collar and lead for a dog so designed that if the dog drags on the lead the collar tightens round its neck
- choke point — a place of greatest congestion and often hazard; bottleneck.
- chokepoints — Plural form of chokepoint.