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11-letter words containing c, h, o, i, e, s

  • 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.
  • stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
  • 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.
  • stone china — hard earthenware containing china stone.
  • subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
  • 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.
  • switched on — turned-on (def 1).
  • switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
  • synchoresis — the act or an instance of conceding an argument in order to make a stronger one
  • synchronise — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
  • synchronize — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
  • synecdochic — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
  • terpsichore — Classical Mythology. the Muse of dancing and choral song.
  • 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
  • theomachist — a person who battles against the gods or resists the will of the gods
  • thermionics — the branch of physics that deals with thermionic phenomena.
  • 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.
  • vichyssoise — a cream soup of potatoes and leeks, usually served chilled and often garnished with chopped chives.
  • welsh corgi — one of either of two Welsh breeds of dogs having short legs, erect ears, and a foxlike head. Compare Cardigan (def 2), Pembroke (def 3).
  • whichsoever — Whichever.
  • white stock — a stock of veal bones, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings: used as the basis for sauces and soups.
  • wholestitch — a type of stitch producing an effect similar to woven cloth
  • youskevitch — Igor [ee-gawr] /ˈi gɔr/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, U.S. ballet dancer, born in Russia.
  • zootechnics — the breeding and domestication of animals; the technology of animal husbandry.
  • zootheistic — of or relating to zootheism
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