11-letter words containing e, c, h, i
- cheliferous — bearing chelae
- chelyabinsk — an industrial city in SW Russia; in 2013 a large meteor exploded in an airburst over the city's surrounding district. Pop: 1 067 000 (2005 est)
- chemigraphy — any technique for making engravings or etchings using chemicals and without the aid of photography.
- chemiotaxis — Dated form of chemotaxis.
- chemisettes — Plural form of chemisette.
- chemisorbed — Simple past tense and past participle of chemisorb.
- chemistries — Plural form of chemistry.
- chemosmosis — chemical action between substances that are separated by a semipermeable membrane
- chemotactic — oriented movement toward or away from a chemical stimulus.
- chenopodium — (botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Chenopodium.
- chequerwise — in the manner of a chequerboard
- cherishable — to hold or treat as dear; feel love for: to cherish one's native land.
- cherishment — the act or process of cherishing
- chernozemic — of or relating to a chernozem
- cherry hill — city in SW N.J., east of Camden: pop. 70,000
- cherry-pick — If someone cherry-picks people or things, they choose the best ones from a group of them, often in a way that other people consider unfair.
- chessboxing — a sport in which participants contest alternating rounds of chess and boxing, of four and two minutes respectively
- chesspieces — Plural form of chesspiece.
- chest voice — a voice of the lowest speaking or singing register
- chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
- chewing gum — Chewing gum is a kind of sweet that you can chew for a long time. You do not swallow it.
- chiastolite — a variety of andalusite containing carbon impurities
- chicaneries — Plural form of chicanery.
- chichihaerh — Qiqihar
- chichivache — (in early English literature) a mythical animal, usually depicted as a cow verging on starvation, that existed solely by devouring virtuous women.
- chicken out — If someone chickens out of something they were intending to do, they decide not to do it because they are afraid.
- chicken pox — a disease, commonly of children, caused by the varicella zoster virus and characterized by mild headache and fever, malaise, and eruption of blisters on the skin and mucous membranes.
- chicken run — the departure of white residents from South Africa
- chicken-fry — to dip (meat, vegetables, etc.) in batter and fry, usually in deep fat: chicken-fried steak.
- 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.
- chickenhawk — Also called hen hawk. (not used scientifically) any of various hawks said to prey on poultry.
- chickenhead — (slang, hip-hop, derogatory) A woman who readily performs fellatio; by extension, an unintelligent and promiscuous woman.
- chickenshit — If you say that someone or something is chickenshit, you mean that they are worthless.
- chief rabbi — the chief religious minister of a national Jewish community
- chieftaincy — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
- chieftainry — the area governed by a chieftain
- chiffoniers — Plural form of chiffonier.
- chiffonnier — a high chest of drawers or bureau, often having a mirror on top.
- chifforobes — Plural form of chifforobe.
- chilaquiles — (in Mexican cooking) a dish of fried tortilla strips typically topped with a spicy tomato sauce and cheese.
- 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.
- chile-bells — a vine, Lapageria rosea, native to Chile, having leathery evergreen leaves and showy reddish flowers: the national flower of Chile.
- chili sauce — a spiced sauce of chopped tomatoes, green and red sweet peppers, onions, etc.
- chili verde — a stew of beef or pork, or both, flavored with hot green peppers.
- chiliburger — a hamburger served with a topping of chili con carne.
- chilipepper — an edible, crimson rockfish, Sebastes goodei, of coastal waters off California.
- chilled out — relaxed