11-letter words containing c, h, o, i, s
- 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.
- sub-chronic — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
- subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
- subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
- 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.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- switched on — turned-on (def 1).
- switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
- sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- symposiarch — the president, director, or master of a symposium.
- synchoresis — the act or an instance of conceding an argument in order to make a stronger one
- synchromism — a movement of the early 20th century led by American artists and manifested in their experimentation with nonfigurative or entirely abstract paintings containing shapes and volumes of pure color. Compare Orphism (def 2).
- synchronise — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- synchronism — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
- 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.
- tchaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), or Pëtr Ilich [Russian pyawtr ee-lyeech] /Russian ˈpyɔtr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1840–93, Russian composer.
- 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.
- thrasonical — boastful; vainglorious.
- 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.
- trichinosis — a disease resulting from infestation with Trichinella spiralis, occurring in humans, caused by ingestion of infested, undercooked pork, and characterized by fever, muscle weakness, and diarrhea.
- tristichous — arranged in three rows.
- ulotrichous — belonging to a group of people having woolly or crisply curly hair.
- vichyssoise — a cream soup of potatoes and leeks, usually served chilled and often garnished with chopped chives.
- waistcloths — Plural form of waistcloth.
- 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
- workaholics — Plural form of workaholic.
- xiphocostal — Pertaining to the xiphoid process and the ribs.
- youskevitch — Igor [ee-gawr] /ˈi gɔr/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, U.S. ballet dancer, born in Russia.
- zincographs — Plural form of zincograph.
- zootechnics — the breeding and domestication of animals; the technology of animal husbandry.
- zootheistic — of or relating to zootheism