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11-letter words containing h, e, l, n, a

  • bethanechol — a substance, C 7 H 17 ClN 2 O 2 , used to treat urinary retention, especially postoperatively.
  • blackhander — a member of a Black Hand group
  • blank check — If someone is given a blank check, they are given the authority to spend as much money as they need or want.
  • blank shell — a shotgun shell containing powder but no shot.
  • blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
  • blunderhead — Informal. a blunderer; nincompoop.
  • branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
  • bridle hand — (of a horseback rider) the hand, usually the left hand, that holds both reins or both pairs of reins, leaving the other hand free to manage a whip, crop, lariat, or the like.
  • bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
  • bundelkhand — a region of central India: formerly native states, now mainly part of Madhya Pradesh
  • 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
  • bushelwoman — a woman who alters clothes
  • calf-length — Calf-length skirts, dresses, and coats come to halfway between your knees and ankles.
  • calisthenic — Of, or relating to calisthenics.
  • candlelight — Candlelight is the light that a candle produces.
  • centre half — a defender who plays in the middle of the defence
  • cephalothin — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
  • chaenomeles — any of a genus of deciduous shrubs within the family Rosaceae, native to East Asia
  • chain plate — any of the metal plates secured to the hull of a sailing vessel or elsewhere to hold shrouds and backstays at their lower ends.
  • chain wheel — sprocket (def 1).
  • chainplates — Plural form of chainplate.
  • chalcedonic — Of or pertaining to chalcedony.
  • chalcedonyx — a variety of chalcedony characterized by alternate stripes of black and white
  • chalkstones — Plural form of chalkstone.
  • challengers — Plural form of challenger.
  • challenging — A challenging task or job requires great effort and determination.
  • chamberlain — A chamberlain is the person who is in charge of the household affairs of a king, queen, or person of high social rank.
  • chameleonic — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.
  • chancellery — A chancellery is the building where a chancellor has his offices.
  • chancellors — Plural form of chancellor.
  • chancellory — Alternative spelling of chancellery.
  • chancellour — Archaic form of chancellor.
  • chandeliers — Plural form of chandelier.
  • chandelling — Present participle of chandelle.
  • chandleries — Plural form of chandlery.
  • chandlering — the work of a chandler
  • changefully — In a changeful manner.
  • changelings — Plural form of changeling.
  • channel-hop — to change television channels repeatedly using a remote control device
  • channelbill — a large, gray Australian cuckoo, Scythrops novaehollandiae, with a grooved bill.
  • channelised — Simple past tense and past participle of channelise.
  • channelized — Simple past tense and past participle of channelize.
  • channelling — Architecture, Furniture. ornamentation with flutes or channels.
  • chantefable — (in medieval French literature) a prose narrative interspersed with verse.
  • 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
  • charlemagne — ?742–814 ad, king of the Franks (768–814) and, as Charles I, Holy Roman Emperor (800–814). He conquered the Lombards (774), the Saxons (772–804), and the Avars (791–799). He instituted many judicial and ecclesiastical reforms, and promoted commerce and agriculture throughout his empire, which extended from the Ebro to the Elbe. Under Alcuin his court at Aachen became the centre of a revival of learning
  • charlestown — oldest part of Boston, at the mouth of the Charles River: site of the battle of Bunker Hill
  • chatelaines — Plural form of chatelaine.
  • chelsea bun — a rolled yeast currant bun decorated with sugar
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