11-letter words containing c, h, l, o
- culver hole — a hole for receiving a timber.
- cushionless — without a cushion
- cyclohexane — a colourless insoluble flammable liquid cycloalkane with a pungent odour, made by hydrogenation of benzene and used as a paint remover and solvent. Formula: C6H12
- cyclohexene — (organic compound) A cyclic hydrocarbon containing six carbon atoms and one double bond; any of its derivatives.
- cyclothymia — a condition characterized by periodical swings of mood between excitement and depression, activity and inactivity
- cyclothymic — Of or pertaining to cyclothymia.
- cynophilist — a person with a love of dogs
- cystolithic — a mass of calcium carbonate on the cellulose wall.
- dame school — (formerly) a small school, often in a village, usually run by an elderly woman in her own home to teach young children to read and write
- dame-school — a school in which the rudiments of reading, writing, and arithmetic were taught to neighborhood children by a woman in her own home.
- de la roche — Mazo [mey-zoh] /ˈmeɪ zoʊ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1961, Canadian novelist.
- deschooling — to abolish or phase out traditional schools from, so as to replace them with alternative methods and forms of education.
- diaphonical — Diacoustic; diaphonic.
- dicephalous — having two heads
- dichlobenil — a nonselective preemergence herbicide, C 7 H 3 Cl 2 N, used primarily as a weed and grass killer.
- diotheletic — relating to diothelism
- diplophonic — a condition in which the voice simultaneously produces two sounds of different pitch.
- disc plough — a plough that cuts by means of revolving steel discs
- double chin — a fold of fat beneath the chin.
- doublecheck — Alternative form of double-check.
- dyotheletic — relating to Dyotheletes
- earth-color — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- echolocated — Simple past tense and past participle of echolocate.
- echolocator — An organism capable of echolocation.
- ectothermal — coldblooded (sense 1)
- emery cloth — a cloth covered with abrasive emery particles, used for sanding
- encephaloid — resembling the brain or brain matter
- encephaloma — a brain tumour
- endochylous — having water-storing cells
- eschatology — The part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind.
- ethological — Of or pertaining to ethology.
- euchologion — a collection of prayers
- flesh color — (no longer in common use; now considered offensive) a yellowish pink or pinkish cream color (approximating the skin color of a white person).
- fletschhorn — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. 13,110 feet (3999 meters).
- focal depth — lens: distance of sharp focus
- four-h club — an organization sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, established chiefly to instruct young people, originally in rural areas, in modern farming methods and other useful skills, as carpentry and home economics.
- francophile — friendly to or having a strong liking for France or the French.
- free school — a privately run school organized as an alternative to the traditional public or private school, usually following a highly flexible approach to the curriculum and teaching methods.
- french loaf — baguette, long stick of bread
- french roll — a circular or oval bread roll having a hard or crispy crust.
- geochemical — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- geophysical — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- gerlachovka — a mountain in N Slovakia: highest peak of the Carpathian Mountains. 8737 feet (2663 meters).
- glaucophane — a sodium-rich monoclinic mineral of the amphibole family, usually metamorphic.
- glochidiate — (botany) Having barbs.
- glyptotheca — a space devoted to sculpture
- godchildren — Plural form of godchild.
- goldfinches — Plural form of goldfinch.
- goldschmidt — Richard Benedikt. 1878–1958, US geneticist, born in Germany. He advanced the theory that heredity is determined by the chemical configuration of the chromosome molecule rather than by the qualities of the individual genes
- googlewhack — A Google search result consisting of a single hit, in response to a search on two separate words.