11-letter words containing c, h, y, a
- eschatology — The part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind.
- eye-catcher — something that especially attracts one's attention
- eyecatching — Alternative spelling of eye-catching.
- flycatchers — Plural form of flycatcher.
- french navy — a dark dull navy blue
- geophysical — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- glycyrrhiza — Any legume (such as liquorice) of the genus [Glycyrrhiza]].
- glyptotheca — a space devoted to sculpture
- grand duchy — a territory ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess.
- graphically — giving a clear and effective picture; vivid: a graphic account of an earthquake.
- gymnasiarch — (in ancient Greece) a magistrate who superintended the gymnasia and public games in certain cities.
- gynecopathy — any disease occurring only in women.
- hadley cell — an atmospheric convection pattern in which a current of hot equatorial air rises, divides, cools as it moves toward the poles, descends, and warms as it returns to the equator
- haemocyanin — a blue copper-containing respiratory pigment in crustaceans and molluscs that functions as haemoglobin
- haines city — a town in central Florida.
- hairy vetch — a plant, Vicia villosa, of the legume family, native to Eurasia, having hairy stems and violet and white flowers, widely grown as forage and as a cover crop.
- hairy-faced — having a face covered with hair.
- haltom city — a city in N Texas, near Fort Worth.
- heavy chain — a type of polypeptide chain present in an immunoglobulin molecule
- heavy cream — thick cream having a high percentage of butterfat.
- heavy crude — a type of crude oil that does not flow easily and has greater viscosity and specific density than other types of crude
- hedonically — of, characterizing, or pertaining to pleasure: a hedonic thrill.
- hematocryal — cold-blooded; poikilothermal.
- hemodynamic — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- hepatectomy — excision of part of the liver.
- hepatocytes — Plural form of hepatocyte.
- hepatoscopy — medical examination of the liver.
- heretically — of, relating to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy.
- heterocarpy — the production of more than one kind of fruit in one plant.
- hexadactyly — Sexdactyly.
- hoary cress — a perennial Mediterranean plant, Cardaria (or Lepidium) draba, with small white flowers: a widespread troublesome weed: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- homicidally — In a homicidal manner.
- homoallylic — (organic chemistry) Containing a homoallyl radical.
- homotypical — (biology) homotypal.
- horny coral — a gorgonian.
- hue and cry — Early English Law. the pursuit of a felon or an offender with loud outcries or clamor to give an alarm.
- hyacinthine — of or like the hyacinth.
- hydnocarpic — of or relating to hydnocarpic acid
- hydrocarbon — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
- hydrocorals — any colonial marine animal of the hydrozoan order Stylasterina having a calcareous skeleton resembling that of the true corals.
- hydrocyanic — of or derived from hydrocyanic acid.
- hydromancer — One who practices hydromancy.
- hydropathic — Relating to hydropathy.
- hydrostatic — of or relating to hydrostatics.
- hyoscyamine — a poisonous alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from henbane and other solanaceous plants, used as a sedative, analgesic, mydriatic, and antispasmodic.
- hypallactic — relating to a hypallage
- hyperactive — unusually or abnormally active: a company's hyperactive growth; the child's hyperactive imagination.
- hyperacuity — an extreme acuteness (of the senses)
- hyperacusis — (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds.
- hypercapnia — Excessive carbon dioxide in the bloodstream, typically caused by inadequate respiration.