11-letter words containing c, h, i, r, o
- sothic year — the fixed year of the ancient Egyptians, determined by the heliacal rising of Sirius, and equivalent to 365 days.
- 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.
- 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.
- sub-chronic — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
- subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
- subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
- superheroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- switch over — If you switch over when you are watching television, you change to another channel.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- symposiarch — the president, director, or master of a symposium.
- synchoresis — the act or an instance of conceding an argument in order to make a stronger one
- synchromism — a movement of the early 20th century led by American artists and manifested in their experimentation with nonfigurative or entirely abstract paintings containing shapes and volumes of pure color. Compare Orphism (def 2).
- synchronise — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- synchronism — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
- synchronize — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- taurocholic — of or derived from taurocholic acid.
- technicolor — (often lowercase) flamboyant or lurid, as in color, meaning, or detail.
- terpsichore — Classical Mythology. the Muse of dancing and choral song.
- the cariboo — a region in the W foothills of the Cariboo Mountains, scene of a gold rush beginning in 1860
- the cornish — the natives or inhabitants of Cornwall
- the tropics — that part of the earth's surface between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn; the Torrid Zone
- theocentric — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
- theomorphic — having the form or likeness of God or a deity.
- theoretical — given to, forming, or dealing with theories; speculative.
- thermionics — the branch of physics that deals with thermionic phenomena.
- thermobaric — (of an explosive device or explosion) detonated by means of an explosive substance reacting spontaneously with air
- thermocline — a layer of water in an ocean or certain lakes, where the temperature gradient is greater than that of the warmer layer above and the colder layer below.
- thermoduric — (of certain microorganisms) able to survive high temperatures, as during pasteurization.
- thermogenic — causing or pertaining to the production of heat.
- third force — a political faction or party, etc., occupying an intermediate position between two others representing opposite extremes.
- thixotropic — the property exhibited by certain gels of becoming liquid when stirred or shaken.
- thrasonical — boastful; vainglorious.
- thyrotropic — capable of stimulating the thyroid gland.
- tichorrhine — an extinct woolly rhinoceros with a bony nasal septum
- tischendorf — Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin von [loh-buh-gawt free-drikh kawn-stahn-teen fuh n] /ˈloʊ bəˌgɔt ˈfri drɪx ˌkɔn stɑnˈtin fən/ (Show IPA), 1815–74, German Biblical critic.
- tocharian a — the eastern dialect of Tocharian
- tocharian b — the western dialect of Tocharian
- tomographic — relating to tomography
- topographic — the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
- tracheation — the arrangement of tracheae in insects and other arthropods.
- tragic hero — a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat: Oedipus, the classic tragic hero.
- tretchikoff — Vladimir. 1913–2006, South African painter, born in Russia, known for his kitsch appeal, especially for his much-reproduced Chinese Girl (1950; also known as The Green Lady)
- trichinosis — a disease resulting from infestation with Trichinella spiralis, occurring in humans, caused by ingestion of infested, undercooked pork, and characterized by fever, muscle weakness, and diarrhea.
- trichinotic — relating to trichinosis
- trichlorfon — metrifonate.
- trichloride — a chloride having three atoms of chlorine, as ferric chloride, FeCl 3 .
- trichomonad — any flagellate protozoan of the genus Trichomonas, parasitic in humans or animals.
- trichonotid — any fish of the family Trichonotidae, comprising the sand divers.
- trichonymph — a flagellated protozoan of the genus Trichonympha that lives in the intestine of wood-eating termites, transforming the cellulose in the wood into soluble carbohydrates that can be utilized by the insect.