11-letter words containing c, i, b, a, h
- brachyprism — the four faces parallel to the brachyaxis in a crystal
- brahmachari — a student of the Vedas, especially one committed to brahmacharya.
- brahminical — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
- brain child — a product of one's creative work or thought.
- branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
- branch wilt — a disease of walnut trees, characterized by sudden wilting of the leaves, and cankers and discoloration of the bark and branches, caused by a fungus, Hendersonula toruloidea.
- branchiform — shaped like a gill.
- branchiopod — any crustacean of the mainly freshwater subclass Branchiopoda, having flattened limblike appendages for swimming, feeding, and respiration. The group includes the water fleas
- brickshaped — resembling the shape of a brick
- bright coal — coal consisting of alternating layers of clarain and vitrain.
- brochantite — a mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 4 (OH) 6 SO 4 , occurring in green fibrous masses and similar in physical properties to antlerite: formerly a major ore of copper.
- cainophobia — The fear of newness and/or of things that are new.
- calico bush — mountain laurel
- canoe birch — paper birch.
- cashability — money or an equivalent, as a check, paid at the time of making a purchase.
- catch basin — a pit in a drainage system in which matter that might otherwise block a sewer is collected so that it may periodically be removed
- ceramic hob — (on an electric cooker) a flat ceramic cooking surface having heating elements fitted on the underside, usually patterned to show the areas where heat is produced
- chair table — an article of furniture, produced especially in colonial America, that can serve as either a table or a chair, having, as a chair, a large, usually circular, hinged back that can be pulled down and rested on the arms to form a tabletop.
- chamberlain — A chamberlain is the person who is in charge of the household affairs of a king, queen, or person of high social rank.
- chambermaid — A chambermaid is a woman who cleans and tidies the bedrooms in a hotel.
- chamfer bit — a bit for beveling the edge of a hole.
- channelbill — a large, gray Australian cuckoo, Scythrops novaehollandiae, with a grooved bill.
- charbroiled — Charbroiled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
- charbroiler — a grill or other equipment used for charbroiling
- chelyabinsk — an industrial city in SW Russia; in 2013 a large meteor exploded in an airburst over the city's surrounding district. Pop: 1 067 000 (2005 est)
- cherishable — to hold or treat as dear; feel love for: to cherish one's native land.
- chibougamau — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- chickabiddy — a term of endearment, esp for a child
- chief rabbi — the chief religious minister of a national Jewish community
- chilblained — Afflicted with a chilblain.
- child abuse — physical, sexual, or emotional ill-treatment or neglect of a child, esp by those responsible for its welfare
- child labor — the regular, full-time employment of children under a legally defined age in factories, stores, offices, etc.: in the U.S., the minimum legal age under federal law is 16 (in hazardous occupations, 18)
- chip basket — a wire basket for holding potato chips, etc, while frying in deep fat
- chrysarobin — a tasteless odourless powder containing anthraquinone derivatives of araroba, formerly used medicinally to treat chronic skin conditions
- clubmanship — the status of belonging to an active club
- coach-built — (of a vehicle) having specially built bodywork
- cohabitants — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohabitated — cohabit.
- cohabitates — cohabit.
- cohabitator — One who cohabits.
- coprophobia — an abnormal fear of feces.
- cyberphobia — an irrational fear of computers
- dithyrambic — of, relating to, or of the nature of a dithyramb, or an impassioned oration.
- flitch beam — a beam composed of planks bolted together side by side and often reinforced with a plate of iron or steel.
- germaphobic — Alternative form of germophobic.
- hackberries — Plural form of hackberry.
- hermit crab — any of numerous crabs, especially of the genera Pagurus and Eupagurus, that protect their soft uncovered abdomen by occupying the castoff shell of a univalve mollusk.
- hib vaccine — a vaccine against meningitis, pneumonia, and other illnesses caused by the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae type b: usually administered during infancy.
- hibernacula — Plural form of hibernaculum.
- holoblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing total cleavage, resulting in equal blastomeres.