11-letter words containing d, c, h
- hydrometric — Concerning or applying hydrometry.
- hydropathic — Relating to hydropathy.
- hydrophilic — having a strong affinity for water.
- hydrophobic — of or relating to hydrophobia.
- hydroponics — the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants. Compare aeroculture, geoponics (def 2).
- hydroscopes — Plural form of hydroscope.
- hydroscopic — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hydrostatic — of or relating to hydrostatics.
- hydrotropic — Biology. turning or tending in a particular direction with reference to moisture.
- hyperdactyl — having an excessive number of fingers or toes
- hypoacidity — acidity in a lesser degree than is usual or normal, as of the gastric juice.
- hypocycloid — a curve generated by the motion of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls internally, without slipping, on a given circle.
- hypodermics — Plural form of hypodermic.
- hypodynamic — diminished strength; adynamia.
- ichthyoidal — Like a fish; ichthyoid.
- ichthyopsid — relating to the class Ichthyopsida, which contains amphibians, fishes, and fish-like vertebrates
- icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
- icosahedron — a solid figure having 20 faces.
- ideographic — an ideogram.
- idiographic — pertaining to or involving the study or explication of individual cases or events (opposed to nomothetic).
- idiomorphic — Also, euhedral. (in a rock) noting or pertaining to a mineral constituent having its own characteristic outward crystalline form unaltered by the other constituents of the rock; automorphic.
- in the cold — outside, exposed to cold weather
- in the dock — the place in a courtroom where a prisoner is placed during trial.
- indehiscent — not dehiscent; not opening at maturity.
- indochinese — of or relating to Indochina or its inhabitants.
- inner child — Some psychologists refer to a person's childish feelings as his or her inner child.
- ischidrosis — Anhidrosis.
- judge lynch — the personification of lynch law.
- kitchenmaid — a female servant who assists the cook.
- knucklehead — a stupid, bumbling, inept person.
- kurdaitchas — Plural form of kurdaitcha.
- lady chapel — a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary, attached to a church, and generally behind the high altar at the extremity of the apse.
- lady orchid — a tall graceful orchid, Orchis purpurea, with faintly scented purple-brown and green flowers with a pinkish or white lip
- landsknecht — a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.
- light-faced — (of type) having a weight of type characterized by light thin lines
- loch lomond — Loch, a lake in W Scotland. 23 miles (37 km) long; 27 sq. mi. (70 sq. km).
- lord cobham — title of Sir John Oldcastle
- low-pitched — pitched in a low register or key: a low-pitched aria for the basso.
- lüdenscheid — a city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia: manufacturing centre for aluminium and plastics. Pop: 79 829 (2003 est)
- march-order — to prepare (personnel, arms, and equipment) for a march.
- matchboards — Plural form of matchboard.
- melchizedek — a priest and king of Salem. Gen. 14:18.
- merchandise — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandize — Alternative spelling of merchandise.
- methodistic — Of or relating to methodists, or the Methodists.
- michigander — a native or inhabitant of Michigan.
- micromethod — the use of magnification, usually by using a microscope, for study or for performing mechanical operations on a very small scale.
- midas touch — the ability to turn any business venture one is associated with into an extremely profitable one.
- middlemarch — a novel (1871–72) by George Eliot.
- monodelphic — having a sole set of reproductive organs