11-letter words containing e, c, h, o
- cryotherapy — medical treatment in which all or part of the body is subjected to cold temperatures, as by means of ice packs
- cryptophyte — any perennial plant that bears its buds below the soil or water surface
- ctenophoran — of a ctenophore
- ctenophores — Plural form of ctenophore.
- cuitlacoche — corn smut.
- culver hole — a hole for receiving a timber.
- cushionless — without a cushion
- customhouse — a building or office where customs or duties are paid and ships are cleared for entering or leaving
- cyberphobia — an irrational fear of computers
- cycadophyte — any plant belonging to the phylum Cycadophyta
- cyclohexane — a colourless insoluble flammable liquid cycloalkane with a pungent odour, made by hydrogenation of benzene and used as a paint remover and solvent. Formula: C6H12
- cyclohexene — (organic compound) A cyclic hydrocarbon containing six carbon atoms and one double bond; any of its derivatives.
- cytochromes — Plural form of cytochrome.
- czestochowa — an industrial city in S Poland, on the River Warta: pilgrimage centre. Pop: 293 000 (2005 est)
- dacryorrhea — excessive flow of tears.
- 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.
- de la roche — Mazo [mey-zoh] /ˈmeɪ zoʊ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1961, Canadian novelist.
- debouchment — the act or an instance of debouching
- decahedrons — Plural form of decahedron.
- 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
- deinonychus — a genus of carnivorous dinosaur which existed in the early Cretaceous period, notable for the unusually large curved claws on the second toe of its feet
- demographic — Demographic means relating to or concerning demography.
- deschooling — to abolish or phase out traditional schools from, so as to replace them with alternative methods and forms of education.
- diaphoretic — relating to or causing sweat
- diarrhoetic — Alternative form of diarrhetic.
- dicephalous — having two heads
- dichlobenil — a nonselective preemergence herbicide, C 7 H 3 Cl 2 N, used primarily as a weed and grass killer.
- dichotomies — Botany. a mode of branching by constant forking, as in some stems, in veins of leaves, etc.
- dichotomise — to divide or separate into two parts, kinds, etc.
- dichotomize — to divide or become divided into two parts or classifications
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- dichroscope — an instrument for investigating the dichroism of solutions or crystals
- dimethicone — Polydimethylsiloxane.
- diotheletic — relating to diothelism
- discotheque — a nightclub for dancing to live or recorded music and often featuring sophisticated sound systems, elaborate lighting, and other effects.
- dog-catcher — a person employed by a municipal pound, humane society, or the like, to find and impound stray or homeless dogs, cats, etc.
- dogcatchers — Plural form of dogcatcher.
- domenichino — (Domenico Zampieri (Le Dominiquin)) 1581–1641, Italian painter.
- donkeypunch — Alternative form of donkey punch.
- donut peach — fruit
- door charge — an entrance fee.
- dot etching — a method of making corrections in halftone positives or negatives by using chemicals to reduce the size of halftone dots.
- double chin — a fold of fat beneath the chin.
- doublecheck — Alternative form of double-check.
- douchecanoe — (vulgar, slang, pejorative) A rude, obnoxious, or contemptible person.
- dower chest — a Pennsylvania Dutch hope chest bearing the initials of the owner.
- duotheistic — Of or relating to duotheism.
- dyotheletic — relating to Dyotheletes
- earth-color — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.