11-letter words containing c, o, s, t, h
- spirochaete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- state coach — a horse-drawn coach used by royalty on state occasions
- stench bomb — a small bomb made to emit a foul smell on exploding.
- stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
- stenochrome — a printed design made using stenochromy
- stenochromy — the art of printing designs made of more than one colour using a single impression
- stenohygric — able to withstand only a narrow range of humidity
- stethoscope — an instrument used in auscultation to convey sounds in the chest or other parts of the body to the ear of the examiner.
- stichometry — the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms.
- stock horse — a horse or pony used in herding cattle.
- stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
- stockholder — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
- stomachache — pain in the stomach or abdomen; colic.
- stomachless — lacking or not having a stomach
- stone china — hard earthenware containing china stone.
- stop chorus — a solo during which the rhythm section plays only the first beat of each phrase of music
- storm watch — watch (def 20).
- stretch out — lie down, sprawl
- switch over — If you switch over when you are watching television, you change to another channel.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- switched on — turned-on (def 1).
- switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
- sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- synchrotron — a type of cyclotron consisting of magnetic sections alternately spaced with sections in which particles are electrostatically accelerated.
- tachysterol — an isomer of ergosterol, C28H44O, formed during the production of calciferol by the irradiation of ergosterol
- tchaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), or Pëtr Ilich [Russian pyawtr ee-lyeech] /Russian ˈpyɔtr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1840–93, Russian composer.
- technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
- technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
- terpsichore — Classical Mythology. the Muse of dancing and choral song.
- the cornish — the natives or inhabitants of Cornwall
- the schools — the medieval Schoolmen collectively
- the tropics — that part of the earth's surface between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn; the Torrid Zone
- the tussock — country where tussock grass grows
- theomachist — a person who battles against the gods or resists the will of the gods
- thermionics — the branch of physics that deals with thermionic phenomena.
- thermoscope — a device that indicates a change in temperature, esp one that does not measure the actual temperature
- thoughtcast — a mode of thought
- thrasonical — boastful; vainglorious.
- tischendorf — Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin von [loh-buh-gawt free-drikh kawn-stahn-teen fuh n] /ˈloʊ bəˌgɔt ˈfri drɪx ˌkɔn stɑnˈtin fən/ (Show IPA), 1815–74, German Biblical critic.
- touchscreen — a touch-sensitive display screen on a computer or other electronic device: touching different portions of the screen with a finger or stylus will cause the device to take actions determined by a computer program.
- track shoes — light running shoes fitted with steel spikes for better grip
- tract house — a house forming part of a real-estate development, usually having a plan and appearance common to some or all of the houses in the development.
- treacherous — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
- trichinosis — a disease resulting from infestation with Trichinella spiralis, occurring in humans, caused by ingestion of infested, undercooked pork, and characterized by fever, muscle weakness, and diarrhea.
- tristichous — arranged in three rows.
- tschernosem — chernozem.
- ulotrichous — belonging to a group of people having woolly or crisply curly hair.
- waistcloths — Plural form of waistcloth.
- watchtowers — Plural form of watchtower.
- white stock — a stock of veal bones, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings: used as the basis for sauces and soups.