11-letter words containing c, s, h, e
- hucksterism — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- hydroscopes — Plural form of hydroscope.
- hygroscopes — Plural form of hygroscope.
- hyoscyamine — a poisonous alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from henbane and other solanaceous plants, used as a sedative, analgesic, mydriatic, and antispasmodic.
- hyperacusis — (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds.
- hypercasual — Extremely casual.
- hypermnesic — the condition of having an unusually vivid or precise memory.
- hyperplasic — Relating to hyperplasia.
- hyperscript — Informix. The object-based programming language for Wingz, used for creating charts, graphs, graphics, and customised data entry.
- hyperstatic — redundant (def 5b).
- hyperstrict — A function which is hyperstrict in some argument will fully evaluate that argument. To fully evaluate an object, evaluate it to WHNF and if it is a constructed data object (e.g. a list or tuple) then fully evaluate every component and so on recursively. Thus a hyperstrict function will fail to terminate if its argument or any component or sub-component of its argument fails to terminate (i.e. if its argument is not "total").
- hypocenters — Plural form of hypocenter.
- hypocretins — Plural form of hypocretin.
- hypocrisies — a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
- hypodermics — Plural form of hypodermic.
- hypsometric — Of or relating to the use of the hypsometer; hypsographic.
- ice fishing — the act or practice of fishing through a hole cut in the ice.
- iconophiles — a connoisseur of icons or images.
- icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
- icosahedron — a solid figure having 20 faces.
- in chambers — in the privacy of a judge's chambers
- in stitches — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- indehiscent — not dehiscent; not opening at maturity.
- indochinese — of or relating to Indochina or its inhabitants.
- inherencies — inherence.
- interschool — Occurring or taking place between two or more schools.
- ionospheric — Of or pertaining to the ionosphere.
- isenthalpic — pertaining to or characterized by constant enthalpy.
- isocephalic — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isochronize — to make isochronal.
- isolecithal — homolecithal.
- issacharite — a member of the tribe of Issachar.
- jack cheese — a mild, moist cheddar, made from whole, skimmed, or partially skimmed milk: first made in Monterey County, California.
- jackhammers — Plural form of jackhammer.
- john scopes — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- justiceship — the office of a justice.
- kinesthetic — the sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense.
- lake school — Lake Poets.
- lancet fish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- landsknecht — a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.
- launch shoe — an attachment to an aircraft from which a missile is launched
- lech walesa — Lech [lek] /lɛk/ (Show IPA), born 1943, Polish labor leader: a leader of Solidarity 1980; president 1990–96; Nobel Peace Prize 1983.
- lecherously — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- lecithinase — An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of lecithin.
- lectureship — the office of lecturer.
- leprechauns — a dwarf or sprite.
- leschetizky — Theodor [tey-uh-dawr,, -dohr,, thee-] /ˈteɪ əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr,, ˈθi-/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Polish pianist and composer.
- lickerishly — In a lickerish manner.
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- lobachevsky — Nikolai Ivanovich [nyi-kuh-lahy ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1856, Russian mathematician.