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11-letter words containing c, h, l, a

  • biophysical — the branch of biology that applies the methods of physics to the study of biological structures and processes.
  • birth canal — the passageway down which the fetus passes during birth
  • black birch — sweet birch.
  • black chaff — a disease of wheat, characterized by dark, elongated stripes on the chaff, caused by a bacterium, Xanthomonas translucens undulosum.
  • black death — a deadly disease, probably bubonic plague, which devastated Europe and Asia in the 14th cent.
  • 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 house — a type of thatched house, usually made of turf, formerly found in the highlands and islands of Scotland
  • black humor — a form of humor that regards human suffering as absurd rather than pitiable, or that considers human existence as ironic and pointless but somehow comic.
  • black light — the invisible electromagnetic radiation in the ultraviolet and infrared regions of the spectrum
  • black perch — a livebearing surfperch, Embiotoca jacksoni, occurring in abundance along the coast of California, having brownish-black scales often tinged with blue or yellow and a thick, reddish mouth.
  • black shank — a disease of tobacco, characterized by wilting and by decayed, blackened roots and stems, caused by a fungus, Phytophthora parasitica nicotianae.
  • black sheep — If you describe someone as the black sheep of their family or of a group that they are a member of, you mean that they are considered bad or worthless by other people in that family or group.
  • black shirt — a member of any fascist organization (specif., the former Italian Fascist party) with a black-shirted uniform
  • black watch — a regiment of Scottish infantry in the British army (so called from the dark colors in their tartan).
  • black whale — a black, dolphinlike whale, Globicephala melaena, of the North Atlantic.
  • black witch — any of several large noctuid moths of the genus Erebus, especially the blackish E. odora (black witch) of Central and North America.
  • blackhander — a member of a Black Hand group
  • blank check — If someone is given a blank check, they are given the authority to spend as much money as they need or want.
  • blastochyle — the fluid in a blastocoel
  • bleacherite — someone who sits in the bleachers at a sports stadium
  • brachialgia — pain in the nerves of the upper arm.
  • brahminical — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
  • brain child — a product of one's creative work or thought.
  • branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
  • branch wilt — a disease of walnut trees, characterized by sudden wilting of the leaves, and cankers and discoloration of the bark and branches, caused by a fungus, Hendersonula toruloidea.
  • bright coal — coal consisting of alternating layers of clarain and vitrain.
  • bullwhacker — (especially in the early 19th century) the driver of a team of oxen.
  • cache block — cache line
  • cachectical — cachetic
  • cadet cloth — a heavy woolen cloth of double-cloth construction and bluish-gray color, used especially for uniforms at military schools.
  • calathiform — cup-shaped; concave.
  • calf-length — Calf-length skirts, dresses, and coats come to halfway between your knees and ankles.
  • calico bush — mountain laurel
  • calisthenic — Of, or relating to calisthenics.
  • call a halt — to put an end (to something); stop
  • calligraphy — Calligraphy is the art of producing beautiful handwriting using a brush or a special pen.
  • callimachus — late 5th century bc, Greek sculptor, reputed to have invented the Corinthian capital
  • calochortus — any plant of the genus Calochortus, of the lily family, as the mariposa lily and the sego lily.
  • calycanthus — any of several shrubs of the genus Calycanthus, found in North America
  • camphor oil — a colorless liquid obtained from the wood of the camphor tree by distillation and separation from the solid camphor, used in varnish, soaps, and shoe polish, and in medicine chiefly as a rubefacient.
  • candlelight — Candlelight is the light that a candle produces.
  • canophilist — a person who loves dogs
  • cantharidal — relating to or made of cantharides
  • cape helles — a cape in NW Turkey, at the S end of the Gallipoli Peninsula
  • capiz shell — whitish, translucent shell of the Philippines, used in making lamp shades, decorative articles, etc.
  • cardholders — Plural form of cardholder.
  • carry light — a searchlight used to illuminate a target while it is tracked and fired upon.
  • cartophilic — relating to cartophily
  • cartwheeled — Simple past tense and past participle of cartwheel.
  • cartwheeler — a person who performs cartwheels
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