11-letter words containing c, i, t, h
- catholicity — a wide range of interests, tastes, etc; liberality
- catholicize — to make or become catholic
- cattishness — The property of being cattish.
- cenesthesia — the mass of undifferentiated sensations that make one aware of the body and its condition, as in the feeling of well-being or illness
- centrarchid — (zoology) Any member of the Centrarchidae.
- cephalothin — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
- cesarevitch — the eldest son of a czar.
- chain grate — a type of mechanical stoker for a furnace, in which the grate consists of an endless chain that draws the solid fuel into the furnace as it rotates
- chain plate — any of the metal plates secured to the hull of a sailing vessel or elsewhere to hold shrouds and backstays at their lower ends.
- chain store — A chain store is one of several similar shops that are owned by the same person or company, especially one that sells a variety of things.
- chain-react — to undergo a chain reaction
- chainplates — Plural form of chainplate.
- 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.
- chalkstripe — clothing with a pattern of thin white stripes on a dark background
- chamfer bit — a bit for beveling the edge of a hole.
- champerties — Plural form of champerty.
- chanticleer — a name for a cock, used esp in fables
- chaotically — completely confused or disordered: a chaotic mass of books and papers.
- chaoticness — The state or quality of being chaotic.
- chaptalized — Simple past tense and past participle of chaptalize.
- charcuterie — cooked cold meats
- charge with — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- charientism — (rhetoric) A figure of speech wherein a taunting expression is softened by a jest; an insult veiled in grace.
- charioteers — Plural form of charioteer.
- charismatic — A charismatic person attracts, influences, and inspires people by their personal qualities.
- charityware — careware
- charlatanic — of or relating to a charlatan
- charpentier — Gustave (ɡystav). 1860–1956, French composer, whose best-known work is the opera Louise (1900)
- chart music — songs that feature in the music charts
- chatelaines — Plural form of chatelaine.
- chauvinists — zealous and aggressive patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glory.
- check digit — a digit derived from and appended to a string of data digits, used to detect corruption of the data string during transmission or transcription
- checkmating — Present participle of checkmate.
- checkpoints — Plural form of checkpoint.
- checkwriter — a machine for printing amounts on checks, as by perforations, so as to prevent alterations.
- cheese mite — a white soft-bodied free-living mite, Tyrophagus (or Tyroglyphus) longior, sometimes found in decaying cheese
- chelicerate — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chelicerata, a subphylum of arthropods, including arachnids and the horseshoe crab, in which the first pair of limbs are modified as chelicerae
- chemiotaxis — Dated form of chemotaxis.
- chemisettes — Plural form of chemisette.
- chemistries — Plural form of chemistry.
- chemotactic — oriented movement toward or away from a chemical stimulus.
- cherishment — the act or process of cherishing
- chest voice — a voice of the lowest speaking or singing register
- chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
- chiasmatypy — the process of chiasma formation, which is the basis for crossing over.
- chiastolite — a variety of andalusite containing carbon impurities
- chicken out — If someone chickens out of something they were intending to do, they decide not to do it because they are afraid.
- chickenshit — If you say that someone or something is chickenshit, you mean that they are worthless.
- chieftaincy — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
- chieftainry — the area governed by a chieftain