11-letter words containing e, p, o, c, h
- chenopodium — (botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Chenopodium.
- cherepovets — city in NE Russia, on the Rybinsk Reservoir: pop. 319,000
- chicken pox — a disease, commonly of children, caused by the varicella zoster virus and characterized by mild headache and fever, malaise, and eruption of blisters on the skin and mucous membranes.
- chimney pot — A chimney pot is a short pipe which is fixed on top of a chimney.
- chiropteran — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chiroptera, an order of placental mammals comprising the bats
- chisel plow — a soil tillage device pulled by a tractor or animal, used to break up and stir soil a foot or more beneath the surface without turning it.
- chlorophyte — A lower plant of the division Chlorophyta, which comprises the green algae.
- chloroprene — a colourless liquid derivative of butadiene that is used in making neoprene rubbers; 2-chloro-1,2-butadiene. Formula: CH2:CHCCl:CH2
- chlorphenol — chlorophenol.
- choke point — a place of greatest congestion and often hazard; bottleneck.
- chokepoints — Plural form of chokepoint.
- chop stroke — (in tennis, cricket, etc.) a stroke made with a sharp downward movement of the racket, bat, etc., imparting a backspin to the ball.
- chordophone — any musical instrument producing sounds through the vibration of strings, such as the piano, harp, violin, or guitar
- choreograph — When someone choreographs a ballet or other dance, they invent the steps and movements and tell the dancers how to perform them.
- christopher — Saint. 3rd century ad, Christian martyr; patron saint of travellers
- chromascope — An instrument for showing the optical effects of colour.
- chrome tape — magnetic recording tape coated with chrome dioxide
- chromeplate — to plate with chromium.
- chromophile — Also, chromophilic, chromophilous [kroh-mof-uh-luh s] /kroʊˈmɒf ə ləs/ (Show IPA), chromatophilic, chromatophilous. staining readily.
- chromophobe — a cell that does not take a stain easily
- chromophore — a group of atoms in a chemical compound that are responsible for the colour of the compound
- chromoscope — a piece of equipment that is used to examine different aspects of colour including, for example, intensity
- chronoscope — an instrument that registers small intervals of time on a dial, cathode-ray tube, etc
- chrysophyte — any of the golden alga species
- chrysoprase — an apple-green variety of chalcedony: a gemstone
- chug report — (humour) From "chug" - to drink heavily. A bug report whose the submitter is thought to have had one too many. Not as bad as a drug report.
- cleethorpes — a resort in E England, in North East Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire. Pop: 31 853 (2001)
- clodhoppers — a large heavy shoe or boot
- closed shop — If a factory, shop, or other business is a closed shop, the employees must be members of a particular trade union.
- clothes peg — A clothes peg is a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line.
- clothes-peg — a clothespin.
- clothes-pin — a device, such as a forked piece of wood or plastic, for fastening articles to a clothesline.
- clothespins — Plural form of clothespin.
- clothespole — a pole for supporting a clothesline
- coffee shop — A coffee shop is a kind of restaurant that sells coffee, tea, cakes, and sometimes sandwiches and light meals.
- colophonies — Plural form of colophony.
- color phase — a variant, atypical coloration of fur, feathers, skin, etc. occurring in an individual or an animal group
- complaineth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'complain'.
- comprehends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comprehend.
- comradeship — Comradeship is friendship between a number of people who are doing the same work or who share the same difficulties or dangers.
- copperheads — Plural form of copperhead.
- coppersmith — a person who works copper or copper alloys
- copublisher — a publisher that publishes a work in conjunction with another publisher
- copyholders — Plural form of copyholder.
- copyrighted — Copyrighted material is protected by a copyright.
- copyrighter — One who obtains the copyright on a work.
- corner shop — A corner shop is a small shop, usually on the corner of a street, that sells mainly food and household goods.
- cosmosphere — a device consisting of a glass globe on which the stars are shown, and within which is another globe representing the Earth, that shows the position of the Earth, at any given time, in relation to the stars
- cowpunchers — Plural form of cowpuncher.
- cpt 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).