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11-letter words containing c, o, h, i, n, a

  • ion chamber — an apparatus for detecting and analyzing ionizing radiation, consisting of a vessel filled with a gas at normal or lower than normal pressure and fitted with two electrodes such that the current between the electrodes is a function of the amount of ionization of the gas.
  • john calvinJohn (Jean Chauvin or Caulvin) 1509–64, French theologian and reformer in Switzerland: leader in the Protestant Reformation.
  • kantorovich — Leonid Vitalyevich [ley-uh-nid vi-tal-yuh-vich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet vyi-tah-lyuh-vyich] /ˈleɪ ə nɪd vɪˈtæl yə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit vyɪˈtɑ lyə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1912–86, Soviet mathematician and economist: Nobel Prize in Economics 1975.
  • koilonychia — an abnormal condition in which the outer surfaces of the nails are concave; spoon nail.
  • launch into — begin enthusiastically
  • leuconychia — White discoloration appearing on nails. Also known as white nails.
  • leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
  • machination — an act or instance of machinating.
  • machinators — Plural form of machinator.
  • macintoshes — Plural form of macintosh.
  • marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
  • match point — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) the point that if won would enable the scorer or the scorer's side to win the match.
  • mechatronic — relating to mechatronics
  • melancholia — a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings.
  • melancholic — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
  • melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
  • mesognathic — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
  • mochaccinos — Plural form of mochaccino.
  • monarchical — of, like, or pertaining to a monarch or monarchy.
  • monarchists — Plural form of monarchist.
  • monochasial — Relating to the monochasium.
  • monochasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which the main axis produces only a single branch.
  • monographic — a treatise on a particular subject, as a biographical study or study of the works of one artist.
  • mythomaniac — lying or exaggerating to an abnormal degree.
  • nanomachine — nanobot.
  • nanophysics — the physics of structures and artefacts with dimensions in the nanometre range or of phenomena occurring in nanoseconds
  • neanthropic — of or relating to modern forms of humans as compared with extinct species of the genus Homo.
  • necrophagia — the eating of dead bodies; esp., the practice of feeding on carrion
  • necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
  • necrophobia — an abnormal fear of death; thanatophobia.
  • neo-hebraic — Hebrew as spoken and written since the Diaspora
  • neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
  • nicholas ii — (Gérard de Bourgogne) died 1061, pope 1058–61.
  • nicholas iv — (Girolamo Masci) died 1292, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1288–92.
  • night coach — the class of airline coach at a lower fare than regularly offered, often restricted to late-night journeys.
  • nitro-chalk — a chemical fertilizer containing calcium carbonate and ammonium nitrate
  • nitrostarch — an orange powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 8 O 2 6 , soluble in ethanol, used in explosives.
  • noctiphobia — Fear of night; nyctophobia.
  • nonachiever — a student who fares poorly in the classroom or has failing grades.
  • nonathletic — physically active and strong; good at athletics or sports: an athletic child.
  • nonchanging — Unchanging.
  • nonchemical — Not chemical.
  • nonemphatic — lacking emphasis, not emphatic
  • nonharmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
  • nonmatching — not matching: a nonmatching set of furniture.
  • nonphysical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
  • nonteaching — the act or profession of a person who teaches.
  • nyctophobia — an abnormal fear of night or darkness.
  • omnichannel — Using every channel.
  • orchestrina — (musical instruments) orchestrion.
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