11-letter words containing c, o, h, i
- biophysical — the branch of biology that applies the methods of physics to the study of biological structures and processes.
- bioresearch — the investigation of the nature of living organisms; biological research.
- bondi beach — a beach in Sydney, Australia, popular with surfers
- brachiation — locomotion accomplished by swinging by the arms from one hold to another.
- brachiosaur — any of a genus (Brachiosaurus) of huge Jurassic sauropods having longer forelegs than hind legs and nostrils high on the forehead
- 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
- breconshire — (until 1974) a county of SE Wales, now mainly in Powys: over half its area forms the Brecon Beacons National Park
- 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.
- brood bitch — a female dog used for breeding.
- cachinatory — Alternative form of cachinnatory.
- cachinnator — One who laughs loudly and immoderately.
- cacographic — Displaying the properties of bad spelling or bad handwriting or both.
- cacophonies — Plural form of cacophony.
- cainophobia — The fear of newness and/or of things that are new.
- calathiform — cup-shaped; concave.
- calico bush — mountain laurel
- camphor ice — an ointment consisting of camphor, white wax, spermaceti, and castor oil, used to treat skin ailments, esp chapped skin
- camphor oil — a colorless liquid obtained from the wood of the camphor tree by distillation and separation from the solid camphor, used in varnish, soaps, and shoe polish, and in medicine chiefly as a rubefacient.
- canoe birch — paper birch.
- canophilist — a person who loves dogs
- cardiograph — an instrument for recording the mechanical force and form of heart movements
- cardiopathy — a heart disease or disorder
- cartophilic — relating to cartophily
- cash income — income received in the form of cash during a specified period, esp that of rural and farming households
- casing shoe — A casing shoe is the bottom of the casing string, including the cement around it.
- cataphonics — catacoustics
- catholicate — the legal power of the leader of an Armenian church
- catholicism — Catholicism is the traditions, the behaviour, and the set of Christian beliefs that are held by Catholics.
- catholicity — a wide range of interests, tastes, etc; liberality
- catholicize — to make or become catholic
- cephalothin — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
- 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
- chain coral — coral of the extinct genus Halysites, from the Ordovician and Silurian periods, consisting of oval, laterally compressed corallites united to form a chainlike structure.
- 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-smoke — Someone who chain-smokes smokes cigarettes or cigars continuously.
- chairpeople — a person who presides over a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- chairperson — The chairperson of a meeting, committee, or organization is the person in charge of it.
- chalcedonic — Of or pertaining to chalcedony.
- chalcophile — (of a chemical element in the earth) having an affinity for sulfur.
- chameleonic — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.
- champignons — Plural form of champignon.
- championess — a female champion
- championing — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
- champollion — Jean François (ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃swa). 1790–1832, French Egyptologist, who deciphered the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta stone
- chansonnier — a writer of chansons
- chaotically — completely confused or disordered: a chaotic mass of books and papers.
- chaoticness — The state or quality of being chaotic.
- chaperoning — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.