11-letter words containing h, g
- charge with — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- chargebacks — Plural form of chargeback.
- chargrilled — Simple past tense and past participle of chargrill.
- 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
- chasmogamic — relating or pertaining to chasmogamy
- chateauguay — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, on the St. Lawrence.
- chattanooga — a city in SE Tennessee, on the Tennessee River: scene of two battles during the Civil War, in which the North defeated the Confederates, cleared Tennessee, and opened the way to Georgia (1863). Pop: 154 887 (2003 est)
- chaulmoogra — a tropical Asian tree, Taraktogenos (or Hydnocarpus) kurzii: family Flacourtiaceae
- che guevara — Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- check digit — a digit derived from and appended to a string of data digits, used to detect corruption of the data string during transmission or transcription
- checkmating — Present participle of checkmate.
- cheektowaga — a town in NW New York, near Buffalo.
- chemigraphy — any technique for making engravings or etchings using chemicals and without the aid of photography.
- chessboxing — a sport in which participants contest alternating rounds of chess and boxing, of four and two minutes respectively
- chewing gum — Chewing gum is a kind of sweet that you can chew for a long time. You do not swallow it.
- chibougamau — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- chickamauga — creek in NW Ga.: site of a Civil War battle (Sept., 1863) in which Confederate forces routed the Union army
- chikungunya — A viral disease resembling dengue, transmitted by mosquitoes and endemic in East Africa and parts of Asia.
- chiliburger — a hamburger served with a topping of chili con carne.
- chimichanga — a savoury deep-fried filled tortilla
- chinese lug — a lugsail stiffened by battens and kept flat when hoisted: used in Chinese sailing vessels.
- chinese tag — a variety of the game of tag in which the tagged player must hold one hand on the part of the body where he or she was tagged.
- chingtechen — Jingdezhen.
- chinwangtao — Qinhuangdao
- chirography — handwriting; penmanship
- chirrupings — Plural form of chirruping.
- chirurgeons — Plural form of chirurgeon.
- chirurgical — relating to, carrying out or expert in surgery
- chisellings — a series of chiselled or engraved markings
- chitterling — part of the small intestine of swine
- choir organ — a part of the full church organ, used for accompanying the choir
- cholangitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the bile duct.
- cholinergic — denoting nerve fibres that release acetylcholine when stimulated
- choplogical — (rare) Characterized by equivocation or by overly complex or specious argumentation; improperly reasoned.
- chord organ — an electronic organ having a small keyboard for the right hand and for the left hand a set of buttons each of which produces a full chord when pushed.
- choreograph — When someone choreographs a ballet or other dance, they invent the steps and movements and tell the dancers how to perform them.
- chorography — the technique of mapping regions
- chorus frog — any of several small North American frogs of the genus Pseudacris, having a loud call commonly heard in the early spring.
- chorus girl — A chorus girl is a young woman who sings or dances as part of a group in a show or film.
- 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
- christogram — a symbol of Christ, especially the Chi-Rho.
- christology — the branch of theology concerned with the person, attributes, and deeds of Christ
- chromogenic — producing colour
- chromograph — (obsolete) chromolithograph.
- chronicling — a chronological record of events; a history.
- chronograms — Plural form of chronogram.
- chronograph — an accurate instrument for recording small intervals of time
- chronologer — A chronologist.
- chronologic — arranged in the order of time: a chronological list of events.