11-letter words containing d, c, h
- second-hand — the hand that indicates the seconds on a clock or watch.
- sedan chair — an enclosed vehicle for one person, borne on poles by two bearers and common during the 17th and 18th centuries.
- shade cloth — a covering made of cloth or plastic, especially one used to control the amount of sunlight to which plants are exposed.
- shared care — an arrangement between a welfare agency and a family with a dependent handicapped member, whereby the agency takes the handicapped person into a home for respite care or in emergencies
- shipwrecked — the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
- shit-scared — very scared
- shock radio — broadcasting by a commercial radio station whose humor includes tasteless jokes, sexual innuendo, and ethnic insults.
- shockheaded — having a shock or thick mass of hair on the head.
- sixth chord — an inversion of a triad in which the second note (next above the root) is in the bass.
- sound check — an on-the-spot rehearsal by a band before a gig to enable the sound engineer to set up the mixer
- speed check — a method of checking the speed at which vehicles are travelling, used by police
- speed chess — a form of chess in which each player's game is limited to a total stipulated time, usually half an hour; the first player to exceed the time limit loses
- static head — Static head is the pressure resulting from a column of liquid acting under gravity.
- stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
- stockholder — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
- strathclyde — a region in SW Scotland. 5300 sq. mi. (13,727 sq. km).
- subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
- subchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- swiss chard — chard.
- switch yard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
- 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).
- synecdochic — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- tachycardia — excessively rapid heartbeat.
- tented arch — a particular arch-like pattern in a fingerprint
- tetradrachm — an ancient coin with a value of four drachmas
- tetrahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) tetrahydroxy.
- the academy — the public park near Athens where Plato taught and founded a school for the study of philosophy
- the accused — the defendant or defendants appearing on a criminal charge
- the defence — the action of protecting oneself, one's goal, or one's allotted part of the playing area against an opponent's attacks
- thermoduric — (of certain microorganisms) able to survive high temperatures, as during pasteurization.
- thickheaded — (of a person) dull-witted; stupid.
- third force — a political faction or party, etc., occupying an intermediate position between two others representing opposite extremes.
- third reich — Germany during the Nazi regime 1933–45.
- third space — the coffee shop considered as an alternative to a bar or restaurant as a place to socialize outside the home
- third-class — of the lowest or poorest class or quality; inferior.
- thunderclap — a crash of thunder.
- 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.
- tooth decay — dental caries.
- touch judge — one of the two linesmen in rugby
- touch-ready — (of software) ready to work on touch-screen computers and devices
- trichloride — a chloride having three atoms of chlorine, as ferric chloride, FeCl 3 .
- trichomonad — any flagellate protozoan of the genus Trichomonas, parasitic in humans or animals.
- trichonotid — any fish of the family Trichonotidae, comprising the sand divers.
- truncheoned — the club carried by a police officer; billy.
- unchanneled — the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
- unchartered — without a charter.
- unchastened — to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise.