11-letter words containing c, r, a, s, h
- cystography — radiography of the urinary bladder using a contrast medium
- dauerschlaf — a form of therapy, now rarely used, that involves the use of drugs to induce long periods of deep sleep.
- dawn chorus — The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn.
- decahedrons — Plural form of decahedron.
- deutschmark — the former standard monetary unit of Germany, divided into 100 pfennigs; replaced by the euro in 2002: until 1990 the standard monetary unit of West Germany
- diachronism — the passage of a geological formation across time planes, as occurs when a marine sediment laid down by an advancing sea is noticeably younger in the direction of advancement
- diastrophic — Also called tectonism. the action of the forces that cause the earth's crust to be deformed, producing continents, mountains, changes of level, etc.
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- disc harrow — a harrow with sharp-edged slightly concave discs mounted on horizontal shafts and used to cut clods or debris on the surface of the soil or to cover seed after planting
- discharging — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- discography — a selective or complete list of phonograph recordings, typically of one composer, performer, or conductor.
- discophoran — a member of the Discophora group
- disharmonic — lacking harmony; disharmonious; discordant.
- dispatchers — Plural form of dispatcher.
- dogcatchers — Plural form of dogcatcher.
- dysharmonic — relating to abnormal bone development
- eames chair — Also called LCM chair. a side chair designed by Charles Eames in 1946, having a slender tubular steel frame with a seat and back of molded plywood panels.
- ecclesiarch — a sacristan, especially of a monastery.
- enchantress — A woman who uses magic or sorcery, esp. to put someone or something under a spell.
- encroachers — Plural form of encroacher.
- enfranchise — Give the right to vote to.
- erev pesach — the day before Passover
- escarmouche — a skirmish
- escharotomy — A surgical procedure in which an incision is made through eschar to expose the fatty tissue below.
- escherichia — a genus of Gram-negative rodlike bacteria that are found in the intestines of humans and many animals, esp E. coli, which is sometimes pathogenic and is widely used in genetic research
- eucharistic — (Theosophy) Pertaining to the Eucharist.
- farm cheese — a mild, firm pressed cheese
- flashpacker — a backpacker who has a considerable disposable income
- flycatchers — Plural form of flycatcher.
- franchisees — Plural form of franchisee.
- franchisers — Plural form of franchiser.
- franchising — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- french seam — a seam in which the raw edges of the cloth are completely covered by sewing them together, first on the right side, then on the wrong.
- fresh-faced — having a healthy or ruddy appearance
- gas chamber — an enclosure used for the execution of prisoners by means of a poisonous gas.
- gastrotrich — any of the microscopic, multicellular animals of the class or phylum Gastrotricha, of fresh or salt waters, characterized by bands of cilia on the ventral surface of the bottle-shaped or ribbony body and by a protrusible feeding apparatus at the mouth.
- gatecrashed — Simple past tense and past participle of gatecrash.
- gatecrasher — a person who attends or enters a social function without an invitation, a theater without a ticket, etc.
- gopherspace — (networking) The sum of all files that can be reached using gopher.
- graphicness — The quality of being graphic: grotesqueness or vividness.
- grass cloth — a cloth made from plant fibres, such as jute or hemp
- grass finch — any of several Australian weaverbirds, especially of the genus Poephila.
- gymnasiarch — (in ancient Greece) a magistrate who superintended the gymnasia and public games in certain cities.
- hackberries — Plural form of hackberry.
- hackerspace — A place where hackers meet to work on programming and hardware projects together, and to share their knowledge.
- halocarbons — Plural form of halocarbon.
- hammerlocks — Plural form of hammerlock.
- hand scroll — a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
- handicrafts — Plural form of handicraft.
- handscrolls — Plural form of handscroll.