11-letter words containing e, c, t, o, h, r
- ctenophores — Plural form of ctenophore.
- cytochromes — Plural form of cytochrome.
- diaphoretic — relating to or causing sweat
- diarrhoetic — Alternative form of diarrhetic.
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- 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.
- dower chest — a Pennsylvania Dutch hope chest bearing the initials of the owner.
- 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.
- echolocator — An organism capable of echolocation.
- echotexture — (medicine) The patterning of echogenicity in a diagnostic image.
- ectomorphic — having a thin body build, roughly characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic ectoderm (contrasted with endomorphic, mesomorphic).
- ectothermal — coldblooded (sense 1)
- ectothermic — a cold-blooded animal.
- ectotrophic — (of a mycorrhiza) growing outside the root or between the cells.
- emery cloth — a cloth covered with abrasive emery particles, used for sanding
- endothermic — (of a reaction or process) accompanied by or requiring the absorption of heat.
- endotrophic — obtaining nourishment from within another plant
- epitrochoid — A geometric curve traced by a fixed point on one circle which rotates around the perimeter of another circle. Examples include the shape of the Wankel engine.
- erythrocyte — A red blood cell that (in humans) is typically a biconcave disc without a nucleus. Erythrocytes contain the pigment hemoglobin, which imparts the red color to blood, and transport oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from the tissues.
- escharotomy — A surgical procedure in which an incision is made through eschar to expose the fatty tissue below.
- euchromatin — the part of a chromosome that constitutes the major genes and does not stain strongly with basic dyes when the cell is not dividing
- fifth force — a theoretical force in nature in addition to the strong and weak forces, gravitation, and the electromagnetic force.
- fletschhorn — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. 13,110 feet (3999 meters).
- fourchettes — Plural form of fourchette.
- french foot — Also called knurl toe, scroll foot, whorl foot. a foot of the mid-18th century having the form of a scroll, continuing the leg downward and outward, supported by a shoe.
- french knot — an ornamental stitch made by looping the thread three or four times around the needle before putting it into the fabric
- front bench — (used with a singular verb) (in the House of Commons) either of two seats near the Speaker, on which the leaders of the major parties sit.
- geostrophic — of or relating to the balance between the Coriolis force and the horizontal pressure force in the atmosphere.
- growth cone — a flattened area at the end of a growing axon or dendrite, having radiating filopodia and lemellopodia that function as guides for the outgrowth of embryonic nerve fibers.
- haematocrit — Alternative spelling of hematocrit.
- hammercloth — a cloth covering for the driver's seat on a horse-drawn carriage.
- hard sector — (storage) An archaic floppy disk format employing multiple synchronisation holes in the media to define the sectors.
- hard-coated — having a coarsely textured coat, as a dog.
- head doctor — chief medical officer
- heart block — a defect in the electrical impulses of the heart resulting in any of various arrhythmias or irregularities in the heartbeat.
- heat source — sth that generates warmth
- hectoliters — Plural form of hectoliter.
- hectometers — Plural form of hectometer.
- hectoringly — So as to hector or bully.
- helicopters — Plural form of helicopter.
- heliometric — Of or relating to the heliometer, or to heliometry.
- heliotropic — turning or growing toward the light.
- hematocryal — cold-blooded; poikilothermal.
- hemotrophic — the material from the maternal bloodstream and placenta that nourishes a mammalian embryo.
- herb doctor — a person who practices healing by the use of herbs.
- heterocarpy — the production of more than one kind of fruit in one plant.
- heterocercy — the condition or state of having a heterocercal tail
- heteroclite — irregular or abnormal; anomalous.
- heterocycle — (organic chemistry) A heterocyclic compound or ring.