11-letter words containing d, e, l, h
- chalcedonyx — a variety of chalcedony characterized by alternate stripes of black and white
- chandeliers — Plural form of chandelier.
- chandelling — Present participle of chandelle.
- chandleries — Plural form of chandlery.
- chandlering — the work of a chandler
- channelised — Simple past tense and past participle of channelise.
- channelized — Simple past tense and past participle of channelize.
- chaptalized — Simple past tense and past participle of chaptalize.
- charbroiled — Charbroiled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
- chargrilled — Simple past tense and past participle of chargrill.
- cheerleader — A cheerleader is one of the people who leads the crowd in cheering at a large public event, especially a sports event.
- chilblained — Afflicted with a chilblain.
- child abuse — physical, sexual, or emotional ill-treatment or neglect of a child, esp by those responsible for its welfare
- child bride — a very young bride, esp when the groom is considerably older
- childminder — A childminder is someone whose job it is to look after children when the children's parents are away or are at work. Childminders usually work in their own homes.
- chili verde — a stew of beef or pork, or both, flavored with hot green peppers.
- chilled out — relaxed
- chippendale — Chippendale is a style of furniture from the eighteenth century.
- chlamydeous — (of plants) relating to or possessing sepals and petals
- chlordecone — a highly toxic pesticide, C 10 H 10 O, causing nerve damage in humans, that is believed to contaminate waterways: no longer widely used.
- chlorinated — Chlorinated water, for example drinking water or water in a swimming pool, has been cleaned by adding chlorine to it.
- chol hamoed — the middle days of the festivals of Passover and Sukkoth, on which necessary work is permitted
- choledochal — Related to the bile duct.
- chrysalides — the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly; an obtect pupa.
- chrysomelid — a vibrantly-coloured beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae that eats the leaves of plants
- chucklehead — a stupid person; blockhead; dolt
- chugalugged — Simple past tense and past participle of chugalug.
- civil death — (formerly) the loss of all civil rights because of a serious conviction
- clean hands — freedom from guilt
- cleanhanded — free from guilt
- clearheaded — having or indicating a clear mind; lucid; unconfused
- clodhoppers — a large heavy shoe or boot
- closed shop — If a factory, shop, or other business is a closed shop, the employees must be members of a particular trade union.
- closehauled — having the sails adjusted for heading as nearly as possible into the wind
- cloth-eared — deaf
- cold chisel — a toughened steel chisel
- cold shower — shower: in cold water
- cold-chisel — to work upon (metal) with a cold chisel.
- coldhearted — lacking sympathy; unfeeling
- cool-headed — If you describe someone as cool-headed, you mean that they stay calm in difficult situations.
- copyholders — Plural form of copyholder.
- crankhandle — a handle for starting a motor
- daisy wheel — a component of a computer printer in the shape of a wheel with many spokes that prints characters using a disk with characters around the circumference as the print element
- dame school — (formerly) a small school, often in a village, usually run by an elderly woman in her own home to teach young children to read and write
- dame-school — a school in which the rudiments of reading, writing, and arithmetic were taught to neighborhood children by a woman in her own home.
- danish blue — a strong-tasting white cheese with blue veins
- dasht-e-lut — vast desert region of central and SE Iran, extending southward from the Dasht-e-Kavir
- dauerschlaf — a form of therapy, now rarely used, that involves the use of drugs to induce long periods of deep sleep.
- de la beche — Henry. 1796–1855, English geologist. His work led to the founding of the Geological Survey (1835)
- de la roche — Mazo [mey-zoh] /ˈmeɪ zoʊ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1961, Canadian novelist.