11-letter words containing d, e, n, h
- case-harden — to form a hard surface layer of high carbon content on (a steel component) by heating in a carburizing environment with subsequent quenching or heat treatment
- casehardens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caseharden.
- centrarchid — (zoology) Any member of the Centrarchidae.
- chain drive — a chain of links passing over sprockets that transmits rotation from one shaft to another
- chalcedonic — Of or pertaining to chalcedony.
- chalcedonyx — a variety of chalcedony characterized by alternate stripes of black and white
- chamberhand — a worker in the cold storage area of a slaughterhouse
- chandeliers — Plural form of chandelier.
- chandelling — Present participle of chandelle.
- chandleries — Plural form of chandlery.
- chandlering — the work of a chandler
- change down — When you change down, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a lower gear.
- changeround — the process of changing position
- channelised — Simple past tense and past participle of channelise.
- channelized — Simple past tense and past participle of channelize.
- chenopodium — (botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Chenopodium.
- chickenfeed — If you think that an amount of money is so small it is hardly worth having or considering, you can say that it is chickenfeed.
- chickenhead — (slang, hip-hop, derogatory) A woman who readily performs fellatio; by extension, an unintelligent and promiscuous woman.
- chilblained — Afflicted with a chilblain.
- 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.
- chindonesia — China, India, and Indonesia: seen collectively as the most important developing economies with the best growth markets for investors
- chinese red — a bright red colour
- chippendale — Chippendale is a style of furniture from the eighteenth century.
- 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.
- chondrified — Simple past tense and past participle of chondrify.
- chondrocyte — A cell that makes up the tissue of cartilage.
- chordophone — any musical instrument producing sounds through the vibration of strings, such as the piano, harp, violin, or guitar
- christendom — All the Christian people and countries in the world can be referred to as Christendom.
- chrysoidine — a red-brown or greenish-black, crystalline solid, C 12 H 13 N 4 Cl, that yields orange colors in aqueous or alcohol solution: used chiefly in dyeing cotton and silk.
- citizenhood — The state of being a citizen.
- clean hands — freedom from guilt
- cleanhanded — free from guilt
- comprehends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comprehend.
- cooch dance — a sinuous, quasi-Oriental dance performed by a woman and characterized chiefly by suggestive gyrating and shaking of the body.
- crankhandle — a handle for starting a motor
- dampishness — the quality of being dampish
- danish blue — a strong-tasting white cheese with blue veins
- dante chair — a chair of the Renaissance having two transverse pairs of curved legs crossing beneath the seat and rising to support the arms and back.
- death angel — Azrael.
- death grant — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a grant payable to a relative, executor, etc, after the death of a person
- death knell — something that heralds death or destruction
- deathliness — The state or quality of being deathly.
- debauchment — The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
- debouchment — the act or an instance of debouching
- decahedrons — Plural form of decahedron.
- deccan hemp — kenaf.
- deciphering — Present participle of decipher.
- declutching — Present participle of declutch.
- decoherence — the process in which a system's behaviour changes from that which can be explained by quantum mechanics to that which can be explained by classical mechanics