11-letter words containing c, h
- archaeornis — an extinct primitive Jurassic bird, formerly placed in the genus Archaeornis but now thought to be a species of archaeopteryx
- archaeozoic — Archeozoic
- archaically — marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
- archaicisms — Plural form of archaicism.
- archangelic — Theology. a chief or principal angel; in medieval angelology one of the nine orders of celestial attendants on God. Compare angel (def 1).
- archbishops — Plural form of archbishop.
- archdeacons — Plural form of archdeacon.
- archdiocese — An archdiocese is the area over which an archbishop has control.
- archduchess — the wife or widow of an archduke
- archduchies — Plural form of archduchy.
- archdukedom — the territory ruled by an archduke or archduchess
- archegonial — relating to an archegonium
- archegonium — a female sex organ, occurring in mosses, spore-bearing vascular plants, and gymnosperms, that produces a single egg cell in its swollen base
- archenemies — Plural form of archenemy.
- archenteric — Of or pertaining to an archenteron.
- archenteron — the cavity within an embryo at the gastrula stage of development that eventually becomes the digestive cavity
- archeologic — (American spelling) alternative spelling of archaeologic.
- archeometry — the branch of archaeology that deals with the dating of archaeological specimens through specific techniques, as radiocarbon dating and amino-acid dating.
- archicortex — (anatomy) Part of the allocortex, specifically three layered hippocampal cortexes necessary for hippocampus formation.
- archilochus — 7th century bc, Greek poet of Paros, notable for using his own experience as subject matter
- archimedean — of, relating to, or discovered by Archimedes.
- archipelago — An archipelago is a group of islands, especially small islands.
- architected — a person who engages in the profession of architecture.
- architector — (obsolete) An architect.
- architraved — having an architrave or architraves
- architraves — Plural form of architrave.
- archliberal — extremely liberal, especially in political thinking.
- archnemesis — A chief nemesis.
- archpriests — Plural form of archpriest.
- archtraitor — A chief or transcendent traitor.
- archvillain — A supreme villain; the most evil or powerful villain.
- arctic char — a char, Salvelinus alpinus, that occurs in northern and arctic seas
- arctic hare — a large hare, Lepus arcticus, of the Canadian Arctic whose fur is white in winter
- arctophilia — the practice of collecting teddy bears
- areographic — relating to areography
- aristarchus — a crater in the NE quadrant of the moon, having a diameter of about 37 kilometres, which is the brightest formation on the moon
- arith-matic — (language) An extension of Grace Hopper's A-2 programming language, developed in about 1955. ARITH-MATIC was originally known as A-3, but was renamed by the marketing department of Remington Rand UNIVAC.
- arithmetics — Plural form of arithmetic.
- arthrectomy — surgical excision of a joint
- arthritical — Also, arthritical. of, relating to, or afflicted with arthritis.
- arthroscope — a tubular instrument that is inserted into the capsule of a joint to examine the joint, extract tissue, etc
- arthroscopy — the use of an arthroscope to diagnose an injury to or disease of a joint or to perform minor surgery on a joint.
- aschelminth — in some systems of classification, any of a phylum (Aschelminthes) of wormlike animals, including rotifers, gastrotrichs, gordian worms, and nematodes: these animals are usually considered to be in separate phyla
- ashen-faced — Someone who is ashen-faced looks very pale, especially because they are ill, shocked, or frightened.
- asplanchnic — having no gut
- asthmatical — Dated form of asthmatic.
- atchafalaya — a river in S central Louisiana, flowing S to an inlet (Atchafalaya Bay) on the Gulf of Mexico; a heavily engineered distributary of the Mississippi. 225 miles (362 km).
- atheistical — pertaining to or characteristic of atheists or atheism; containing, suggesting, or disseminating atheism: atheistic literature; atheistic people.
- atherectomy — the removal of plaque from an artery by means of a tiny rotating cutting blade inserted through a catheter.
- atherogenic — causing atheroma