11-letter words containing e, c, h, o

omnichannel — Using every channel.
omphalocele — A hernia of the navel.
on schedule — with no delay
on the case — If you say that someone is on the case, you mean that they are aware of a particular problem and are trying to resolve it.
on the club — away from work due to sickness, esp when receiving sickness benefit
on the coat — in disfavour
on the cuff — a fold or band serving as a trimming or finish for the bottom of a sleeve.
on the cusp — If you say that someone or something is on the cusp, you mean they are between two states, or are about to be in a particular state.
on the rack — If you say that someone is on the rack, you mean that they are suffering either physically or mentally.
on thin ice — the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
onychectomy — The surgical removal of claws.
open cheque — an uncrossed cheque that can be cashed at the drawee bank
open switch — (IBM, probably from railways) An unresolved question, issue, or problem.
ophicalcite — a type of marble containing serpentine and calcite
ophicleides — Plural form of ophicleide.
orchestrate — Arrange or score (music) for orchestral performance.
orchestrina — (musical instruments) orchestrion.
orchestrion — a mechanical musical instrument, resembling a barrel organ but more elaborate, for producing the effect of an orchestra.
orchid tree — a tree, Bauhinia variegata, of the legume family, native to southeastern Asia, having lavender or purple flowers clustered in the leaf axils, cultivated in warm regions.
orchiectomy — excision of one or both testes; castration.
orecchiette — small ear-shaped pasta pieces
orthocenter — the point of intersection of the three altitudes of a triangle.
orthocentre — Point at which the perpendiculars from the angles of a triangle intersect.
orthoclases — Plural form of orthoclase.
orthogenics — the treatment of mentally and emotionally disturbed children
orthometric — (crystallography) having axes at right angles.
orthopaedic — of or relating to orthopedics.
orthopedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
orthopnoeic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
osteopathic — Of or pertaining to osteopathy or osteopathic medicine.
osteophytic — a small osseous excrescence or outgrowth on bone.
ostrich egg — the large egg produced by a fast-running flightless African bird, Struthio camelus, that is the largest living bird, with stout two-toed feet and dark feathers, except on the naked head, neck, and legs: order Struthioniformes
ostrichlike — a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
outreaching — Present participle of outreach.
overachieve — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
overarching — forming an arch above: great trees with overarching branches.
overcharged — Simple past tense and past participle of overcharge.
overcharges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcharge.
overclothes — clothing worn outside other garments.
overreacher — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
overstretch — to stretch excessively.
oxbow chest — a chest of drawers having a front convex at the sides and concave in the center without vertical divisions.
oxychloride — a compound having oxygen and chlorine atoms bonded to another element, as bismuth oxychloride, BiOCl.
paleolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the cultures of the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs, or early phase of the Stone Age, which appeared first in Africa and are marked by the steady development of stone tools and later antler and bone artifacts, engravings on bone and stone, sculpted figures, and paintings and engravings on the walls of caves and rock-shelters: usually divided into three periods (Lower Paleolithic, c2,000,000–c200,000 b.c., Middle Paleolithic, c150,000–c40,000 b.c., Upper Paleolithic, c40,000–c10,000 b.c.)
panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
pantothenic — denoting an acid which is a growth-promoting vitamin of vitamin B complex
pate a chou — French Cookery. cream puff paste.
pct theorem — the proposition that all the laws of physics are unchanged by the combined operations of charge conjugation (C), space inversion (P), and time reversal (T).
peach stone — the stone in the centre of the fruit the peach
pechora sea — the SE part of the Barents Sea, northwest of Russia

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