11-letter words containing e, c, h, o
- hypothecary — of or relating to a hypothec.
- hypothecate — to pledge to a creditor as security without delivering over; mortgage.
- hypothecium — the layer of hyphal tissue directly beneath the hymenium of an apothecium.
- hypothermic — Pathology. subnormal body temperature.
- hypovolemic — Of, pertaining to, or characterized by low volume of blood in the circulatory system; as hypovolemic shock.
- hypsometric — Of or relating to the use of the hypsometer; hypsographic.
- ichthyolite — a fossil fish.
- iconophiles — a connoisseur of icons or images.
- icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
- icosahedron — a solid figure having 20 faces.
- ideographic — an ideogram.
- in the cold — outside, exposed to cold weather
- in the dock — the place in a courtroom where a prisoner is placed during trial.
- incoherence — the quality or state of being incoherent.
- incoherency — incoherence.
- indochinese — of or relating to Indochina or its inhabitants.
- interschool — Occurring or taking place between two or more schools.
- ion chamber — an apparatus for detecting and analyzing ionizing radiation, consisting of a vessel filled with a gas at normal or lower than normal pressure and fitted with two electrodes such that the current between the electrodes is a function of the amount of ionization of the gas.
- ionospheric — Of or pertaining to the ionosphere.
- isocephalic — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isochronize — to make isochronal.
- isolecithal — homolecithal.
- john scopes — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- johnny cake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- johnny-cake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- karate chop — a sharp blow used in karate, usually delivered by a slanting stroke with the side of the hand.
- karate-chop — a sharp blow used in karate, usually delivered by a slanting stroke with the side of the hand.
- kente cloth — a fabric made esp. in Ghana, woven in strips of brightly patterned bands interspersed with bands of black
- kinetochore — Biology. the place on either side of the centromere to which the spindle fibers are attached during cell division.
- kohl pencil — a thin cylindrical cosmetic instrument used to darken the area around the eyes
- la chorrera — a city in central Panama, just W of the Panama Canal.
- la rochelle — a department in W France. 2792 sq. mi. (7230 sq. km). Capital: La Rochelle.
- lackey moth — a bombycid moth, Malacosoma neustria, whose brightly striped larvae live at first in a communal web often on fruit trees, of which they may become a pest
- lake school — Lake Poets.
- launch shoe — an attachment to an aircraft from which a missile is launched
- leaf blotch — a symptom or phase of certain especially fungal diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic discoloration of the leaves.
- lecherously — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- lecythiform — (biology, mycology) shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.
- leuconychia — White discoloration appearing on nails. Also known as white nails.
- leucorrhoea — a white or yellowish discharge of mucous material from the vagina, often an indication of infection
- leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
- lichenology — the branch of biology that studies lichens.
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- lobachevsky — Nikolai Ivanovich [nyi-kuh-lahy ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1856, Russian mathematician.
- loch linnhe — Loch, Loch Linnhe.
- lochaber ax — a Scottish battle-ax of the 16th century, having a tall, cleaverlike blade with a hook at its upper end.
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
- logorrhoeic — Alternative form of logorrheic.
- low-pitched — pitched in a low register or key: a low-pitched aria for the basso.