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11-letter words containing c, h, l, o, r

  • charbroiled — Charbroiled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
  • charbroiler — a grill or other equipment used for charbroiling
  • charlestown — oldest part of Boston, at the mouth of the Charles River: site of the battle of Bunker Hill
  • chaulmoogra — a tropical Asian tree, Taraktogenos (or Hydnocarpus) kurzii: family Flacourtiaceae
  • cheliferous — bearing chelae
  • chemoreflex — a reflex caused by a chemical stimulus.
  • cherry coal — a type of bituminous coal that burns readily and gives a hot fire.
  • child actor — an actor who is a child
  • child labor — the regular, full-time employment of children under a legally defined age in factories, stores, offices, etc.: in the U.S., the minimum legal age under federal law is 16 (in hazardous occupations, 18)
  • child-proof — resistant to being opened, tampered with, or operated by a child: a childproof medicine bottle.
  • chloracetic — an acid made by chlorinating acetic acid
  • chloramines — Plural form of chloramine.
  • chlordecone — a highly toxic pesticide, C 10 H 10 O, causing nerve damage in humans, that is believed to contaminate waterways: no longer widely used.
  • chlorhydric — (chemistry) Alternative form of hydrochloric.
  • chlorimeter — a device used to determine the amount of chlorine present in a preparation
  • chlorimetry — the methods and procedures used to determine the amount of chlorine present in a preparation
  • 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.
  • chlorinator — That which chlorinates.
  • 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.
  • chlorophyll — Chlorophyll is any, or all, of a group of green pigments that are found in plants and other organisms, which enables them to use the energy from sunlight.
  • chlorophyte — A lower plant of the division Chlorophyta, which comprises the green algae.
  • chloroplast — a plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments, occurring in plants and algae that carry out photosynthesis
  • chloroprene — a colourless liquid derivative of butadiene that is used in making neoprene rubbers; 2-chloro-1,2-butadiene. Formula: CH2:CHCCl:CH2
  • chloroquine — a synthetic drug administered orally to treat malaria. Formula: C18H26ClN3
  • chlorphenol — chlorophenol.
  • chlorpicrin — chloropicrin
  • chocolatier — a person or company that makes or sells chocolate
  • choirstalls — fixed seats in the choir of a church, generally of carved wood
  • cholesteric — resulting from the reaction of nitric acid and cholesterin and producing cholesterates
  • cholesterin — a sterol, C 27 H 46 O, that occurs in all animal tissues, especially in the brain, spinal cord, and adipose tissue, functioning chiefly as a protective agent in the skin and myelin sheaths of nerve cells, a detoxifier in the bloodstream, and as a precursor of many steroids: deposits of cholesterol form in certain pathological conditions, as gallstones and atherosclerotic plaques.
  • cholesterol — Cholesterol is a substance that exists in the fat, tissues, and blood of all animals. Too much cholesterol in a person's blood can cause heart disease.
  • cholinergic — denoting nerve fibres that release acetylcholine when stimulated
  • chomo lhari — a peak on the Bhutan-Tibet border, in the Himalaya Mountains: sacred to Tibetans. 23,997 feet (7314 meters).
  • chordotonal — (of an insect) responsive to sound vibrations, as certain organs or parts.
  • chorus girl — A chorus girl is a young woman who sings or dances as part of a group in a show or film.
  • chorus line — the group of dancers who perform routines in a musical
  • christology — the branch of theology concerned with the person, attributes, and deeds of Christ
  • chrome alum — a violet-red crystalline substance, used as a mordant in dyeing. Formula: KCr(SO4)2.12H2O
  • chromeplate — to plate with chromium.
  • chromophile — Also, chromophilic, chromophilous [kroh-mof-uh-luh s] /kroʊˈmɒf ə ləs/ (Show IPA), chromatophilic, chromatophilous. staining readily.
  • chromoplasm — chromatin.
  • chromoplast — a coloured plastid in a plant cell, esp one containing carotenoids
  • chromosomal — Chromosomal means relating to or connected with chromosomes.
  • chronically — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
  • chroniclers — Plural form of chronicler.
  • chronicling — a chronological record of events; a history.
  • chronologer — A chronologist.
  • chronologic — arranged in the order of time: a chronological list of events.
  • chrysoberyl — a rare very hard greenish-yellow mineral consisting of beryllium aluminate in orthorhombic crystalline form and occurring in coarse granite: used as a gemstone in the form of cat's eye and alexandrite. Formula: BeAl2O4
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