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11-letter words containing e, n, t, h, r

  • brochantite — a mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 4 (OH) 6 SO 4 , occurring in green fibrous masses and similar in physical properties to antlerite: formerly a major ore of copper.
  • brown earth — an intrazonal soil of temperate humid regions typically developed under deciduous forest into a dark rich layer (mull): characteristic of much of southern and central England
  • brown heart — a brown discoloration of the flesh of stored apples, resulting from high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
  • burnishment — the act or process of burnishing
  • burnt shale — carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making
  • buttonholer — a person who buttonholes
  • cantharides — a diuretic and urogenital stimulant or irritant prepared from the dried bodies of Spanish fly (family Meloidae, not Cantharidae), once thought to be an aphrodisiac
  • cashierment — the action of rejecting or dismissing
  • catarrhines — Plural form of catarrhine.
  • catherine i — ?1684–1727, second wife of Peter the Great, whom she succeeded as empress of Russia (1725–27)
  • centerpunch — to mark with a center punch.
  • centrarchid — (zoology) Any member of the Centrarchidae.
  • centre half — a defender who plays in the middle of the defence
  • chain grate — a type of mechanical stoker for a furnace, in which the grate consists of an endless chain that draws the solid fuel into the furnace as it rotates
  • chain store — A chain store is one of several similar shops that are owned by the same person or company, especially one that sells a variety of things.
  • chain-react — to undergo a chain reaction
  • chanterelle — any saprotrophic basidiomycetous fungus of the genus Cantharellus, esp C. cibarius, having an edible yellow funnel-shaped mushroom: family Cantharellaceae
  • chanticleer — a name for a cock, used esp in fables
  • charientism — (rhetoric) A figure of speech wherein a taunting expression is softened by a jest; an insult veiled in grace.
  • charlestown — oldest part of Boston, at the mouth of the Charles River: site of the battle of Bunker Hill
  • charpentier — Gustave (ɡystav). 1860–1956, French composer, whose best-known work is the opera Louise (1900)
  • cherishment — the act or process of cherishing
  • cherrystone — a small or not fully-grown edible clam of the genus Mercenaria, found in the waters off the Atlantic coast of North America
  • chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
  • chieftainry — the area governed by a chieftain
  • china aster — a related Chinese plant, Callistephus chinensis, widely cultivated for its showy brightly coloured flowers
  • chiropteran — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chiroptera, an order of placental mammals comprising the bats
  • chitterling — part of the small intestine of swine
  • chlorinated — Chlorinated water, for example drinking water or water in a swimming pool, has been cleaned by adding chlorine to it.
  • chlorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chlorinate.
  • cholesterin — a sterol, C 27 H 46 O, that occurs in all animal tissues, especially in the brain, spinal cord, and adipose tissue, functioning chiefly as a protective agent in the skin and myelin sheaths of nerve cells, a detoxifier in the bloodstream, and as a precursor of many steroids: deposits of cholesterol form in certain pathological conditions, as gallstones and atherosclerotic plaques.
  • chondrocyte — A cell that makes up the tissue of cartilage.
  • christendom — All the Christian people and countries in the world can be referred to as Christendom.
  • christening — A christening is a Christian ceremony in which a baby is made a member of the Christian church and is officially given his or her name. Compare baptism.
  • christingle — (in Britain) a Christian service for children held shortly before Christmas, in which each child is given a decorated fruit with a lighted candle in it
  • chronometer — A chronometer is an extremely accurate clock that is used especially by sailors at sea.
  • chronometre — (nonstandard, and, now, largely obsolete) Alternative form of chronometer.
  • chronometry — the science or technique of measuring time with extreme accuracy
  • coat hanger — A coat hanger is a curved piece of wood, metal, or plastic that you hang a piece of clothing on.
  • coinheritor — a fellow inheritor
  • cool hunter — a person who is employed to identify future trends, esp in fashion or the media
  • countermyth — a myth that conflicts with another myth
  • countershot — a sequence of frames seen from the perspective of the subject of the previous shot
  • crochetings — a collection of crochet-work
  • crown ether — a type of cyclic ether consisting of a ring of carbon and oxygen atoms, with two or more carbon atoms between each oxygen atom
  • crown vetch — a trailing leguminous European plant, Coronilla varia, with clusters of white or pink flowers: cultivated in North America as a border plant
  • crunch time — the critical moment
  • ctenophoran — of a ctenophore
  • ctenophores — Plural form of ctenophore.
  • dante chair — a chair of the Renaissance having two transverse pairs of curved legs crossing beneath the seat and rising to support the arms and back.
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