11-letter words containing e, t, c, h, s
- chlorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chlorinate.
- choanocytes — Plural form of choanocyte.
- choirmaster — A choirmaster is a person whose job is to train a choir.
- chokepoints — Plural form of chokepoint.
- cholecystic — gallbladder.
- cholestasis — the medical condition characterized by the inability of bile to pass normally out of the liver due to blockage or impairment
- cholestatic — of or relating to cholestasis
- cholesteric — resulting from the reaction of nitric acid and cholesterin and producing cholesterates
- 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.
- cholesterol — Cholesterol is a substance that exists in the fat, tissues, and blood of all animals. Too much cholesterol in a person's blood can cause heart disease.
- 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.
- chris evert — Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- 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
- christopher — Saint. 3rd century ad, Christian martyr; patron saint of travellers
- chrysophyte — any of the golden alga species
- citizenship — If you have citizenship of a country, you are legally accepted as belonging to it.
- clean sheet — an instance of conceding no goals or points in a match or competition (esp in the phrase keep a clean sheet)
- cleethorpes — a resort in E England, in North East Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire. Pop: 31 853 (2001)
- cleisthenes — 6th century bc, Athenian statesman: democratized the political structure of Athens
- 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.
- clothesless — Without clothes.
- clothesline — A clothesline is a thin rope on which you hang washing so that it can dry.
- clothespins — Plural form of clothespin.
- clothespole — a pole for supporting a clothesline
- coelacanths — Plural form of coelacanth.
- cohabitates — cohabit.
- coltishness — The state or condition of being coltish.
- coppersmith — a person who works copper or copper alloys
- cosmothetic — positing the existence of the external world
- cough sweet — a lozenge to relieve a cough
- countershot — a sequence of frames seen from the perspective of the subject of the previous shot
- courthouses — Plural form of courthouse.
- cover sheet — top page of a document
- cowcatchers — Plural form of cowcatcher.
- crapshooter — a person who plays the game of craps
- creatorship — a person or thing that creates.
- crime sheet — a record of an individual's offences against regulations
- crochetings — a collection of crochet-work
- ctenophores — Plural form of ctenophore.
- cultishness — the quality of being cultish
- customhouse — a building or office where customs or duties are paid and ships are cleared for entering or leaving
- cyberethics — Ethics in cyberspace.
- cytochromes — Plural form of cytochrome.
- czestochowa — an industrial city in S Poland, on the River Warta: pilgrimage centre. Pop: 293 000 (2005 est)
- decathletes — Plural form of decathlete.
- despatching — Present participle of despatch.