11-letter words containing c, h, i
- autographic — of, for, or like an autograph or autographs
- automorphic — shaped and designed after oneself
- autotrophic — (of organisms such as green plants) capable of manufacturing complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources such as carbon dioxide, water, and nitrates, using energy from the sun
- auxochromic — any radical or group of atoms that intensifies the color of a substance.
- auxotrophic — designating or of a mutant organism requiring more nutritional substances than its prototrophic parent because it has lost the ability to make a certain enzyme
- bacchanalia — orgiastic rites associated with Bacchus
- bacchylides — flourished 5th century b.c, Greek poet.
- bachelorism — bachelorhood
- back-stitch — stitching or a stitch in which the thread is doubled back on the preceding stitch.
- backhanding — Present participle of backhand.
- backlashing — a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil.
- backlighted — Simple past tense and past participle of backlight.
- backwashing — A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
- baldacchino — baldachin
- baluchistan — a mountainous region of SW Asia, in SW Pakistan and SE Iran
- baranavichy — a city in W central Belarus, SW of Minsk.
- baranovichi — a city in W central Belarus, SW of Minsk.
- barographic — Measured using a barograph.
- bathing cap — a tight rubber cap worn by a swimmer to keep the hair dry
- batholithic — Containing or relating to batholith.
- bathymetric — Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.
- batrachians — Plural form of batrachian.
- bbc english — Received Pronunciation.
- beach chair — A beach chair is a simple chair with a folding frame, and a piece of canvas as the seat and back. Beach chairs are usually used on the beach, on a ship, or in the yard.
- beach drift — the drifting of sediments, especially marine sediments, in patterns parallel to the contours of a beach, due to the action of waves and currents.
- beach ridge — a ridge just inland from a beach, consisting of sand and gravel built up by storm waves
- bedclothing — bedclothes; bedding.
- bellyaching — constant complaining
- benchership — the position of a bencher at the Inns of Court
- bewitchment — the state of being bewitched
- bibliotheca — a library or collection of books
- bicephalous — having two heads
- bimorphemic — pertaining to two morphemes
- bing cherry — a dark-red variety of sweet cherry
- binge-watch — to watch a large number of television programmes (especially all the shows from one series) in succession
- biochemical — Biochemical changes, reactions, and mechanisms relate to the chemical processes that happen in living things.
- bioethicist — a field of study concerned with the ethics and philosophical implications of certain biological and medical procedures, technologies, and treatments, as organ transplants, genetic engineering, and care of the terminally ill.
- biophysical — the branch of biology that applies the methods of physics to the study of biological structures and processes.
- 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
- birth canal — the passageway down which the fetus passes during birth
- black birch — sweet birch.
- black hills — a group of mountains in W South Dakota and NE Wyoming: famous for the gigantic sculptures of US presidents on the side of Mount Rushmore. Highest peak: Harney Peak, 2207 m (7242 ft)
- black light — the invisible electromagnetic radiation in the ultraviolet and infrared regions of the spectrum
- black shirt — a member of any fascist organization (specif., the former Italian Fascist party) with a black-shirted uniform
- black witch — any of several large noctuid moths of the genus Erebus, especially the blackish E. odora (black witch) of Central and North America.
- bleacherite — someone who sits in the bleachers at a sports stadium
- blue schist — a metamorphic rock formed under conditions of high pressure and relatively low temperature
- bondi beach — a beach in Sydney, Australia, popular with surfers
- brachialgia — pain in the nerves of the upper arm.