11-letter words containing c, h, r, e, m
- mr. charlie — a white man or white men collectively
- multichrome — chromium.
- mycorrhizae — Plural form of mycorrhiza.
- nephrectomy — excision of a kidney.
- oligochrome — the brand name of a light filtering device used in photography
- orchiectomy — excision of one or both testes; castration.
- orthometric — (crystallography) having axes at right angles.
- pachydermal — having the characteristics of a pachyderm
- pachydermia — an abnormal thickening of the skin
- pachydermic — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- paper match — book match.
- parenchymal — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- pct theorem — the proposition that all the laws of physics are unchanged by the combined operations of charge conjugation (C), space inversion (P), and time reversal (T).
- pedomorphic — a speeding up of the rate of development, resulting in an adult form that has the appearance of its larval or juvenile ancestor.
- perithecium — the fruiting body of ascomycetous fungi, typically a minute, more or less completely closed, globose or flask-shaped body enclosing the asci.
- petrarchism — the poetic style introduced by Petrarch and characteristic of his work, marked by complex grammatical structure, elaborate conceits, and conventionalized diction.
- photometric — the measurement of the intensity of light or of relative illuminating power.
- phytochrome — a plant pigment that is associated with the absorption of light in the photoperiodic response and that may regulate various types of growth and development.
- pitchometer — an instrument embodying a clinometer, for measuring the pitch of a ship's propeller
- pleochroism — the property of certain crystals of exhibiting different colors when viewed from different directions under transmitted light. Compare dichroism (def 1), trichroism.
- pleomorphic — of, relating to, or characterized by pleomorphism; polymorphous.
- pre-homeric — of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
- pretty much — mostly
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
- psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
- quechumaran — a proposed language stock comprising Quechua and Aymara
- red chamber — the Canadian Senate chamber.
- remote echo — (communications) (Obsolete: "full-duplex") A mode of operation of communicating programs or devices in which the sending system does not display the characters the user enters, but only sends them to the remote system which then "echoes" them back to be displayed to the user. This lets the operator see not only typing errors, but also transmission errors. This is now the usual mode of most systems with remote users. Contrast: local echo.
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
- rheumaticky — affected with rheumatism
- roche limit — the minimum distance below which a moon orbiting a celestial body would be disrupted by tidal forces or below which a moon would not have formed.
- route march — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
- sarcenchyme — the connective tissue of some sponges
- scaramouche — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
- schmierkase — cottage cheese.
- schorlomite — a mineral that is black in colour and belongs to the garnet group
- schwarmerei — excessive enthusiasm or sentimentality.
- scrimshoner — a person who makes scrimshaw
- search term — Computers. a word or other term used to electronically retrieve data, Web pages, or other information from files, databases, etc.: When you search the shopping website, ads relating to your search terms will appear along with your search results.
- semispheric — shaped like half a sphere; hemispheric.
- sir michael — Sir Michael (Kemp) 1905–98, British composer.
- smokechaser — a person who fights forest fires, especially one with lightweight equipment.
- speech form — linguistic form.
- speechmaker — a person who delivers speeches.
- spermatheca — a small sac or cavity in female or hermaphroditic invertebrates used to store sperm for fertilizing eggs, as in the queen bee.
- stenochrome — a printed design made using stenochromy
- stenochromy — the art of printing designs made of more than one colour using a single impression
- 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.
- synchromesh — noting or pertaining to a synchronized shifting mechanism.