11-letter words containing h, i, c
- moss stitch — a knitting stitch made up of alternate plain and purl stitches
- moth orchid — any orchid of the genus Phalaenopsis, having thick, leathery leaves and loose clusters of flowers, usually white or tinged with rose or purple.
- moustachial — (of a stripe on a beak or snout of an animal) resembling a moustache
- mouthpieces — Plural form of mouthpiece.
- mr. charlie — a white man or white men collectively
- multichoice — Multiple-choice.
- multichrome — chromium.
- multiethnic — involving or pertaining to two or more distinct ethnic groups.
- multiphasic — having many phases, stages, aspects, or the like.
- multischeme — An implementation of Multilisp built on MIT's C-Scheme, for the BBN Butterfly.
- munich pact — the pact signed by Great Britain, France, Italy, and Germany on September 29, 1938, by which the Sudetenland was ceded to Germany: often cited as an instance of unwise and unprincipled appeasement of an aggressive nation.
- musk orchid — a small Eurasian orchid, Herminium monorchis, with dense spikes of musk-scented greenish-yellow flowers
- mustachioed — a mustache.
- mycophagist — a fungus-eating organism.
- mycorrhizae — Plural form of mycorrhiza.
- mycorrhizas — Plural form of mycorrhiza.
- mycotrophic — (of a plant) symbiotic with a fungus, esp a mycorrhizal fungus
- myelopathic — any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
- mythicizing — Present participle of mythicize.
- mythomaniac — lying or exaggerating to an abnormal degree.
- mythopoetic — of or relating to the making of myths; causing, producing, or giving rise to myths.
- nakhichevan — an autonomous republic, an exclave of Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, Turkey, and Iran. 2124 sq. mi. (5500 sq. km). Capital: Nakhichevan.
- nanomachine — nanobot.
- nanophysics — the physics of structures and artefacts with dimensions in the nanometre range or of phenomena occurring in nanoseconds
- neanthropic — of or relating to modern forms of humans as compared with extinct species of the genus Homo.
- neckerchief — a cloth or scarf worn round the neck.
- necrophagia — the eating of dead bodies; esp., the practice of feeding on carrion
- necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophilic — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophobia — an abnormal fear of death; thanatophobia.
- nemathecium — a wartlike protuberance on the thallus of certain red algae, containing tetraspores, antheridia, or cystocarps.
- neo-hebraic — Hebrew as spoken and written since the Diaspora
- nephritical — Alternative form of nephritic.
- nephrogenic — (medicine, anatomy) that forms the tissues of the kidney.
- nephrotoxic — Damaging or destructive to the kidneys.
- neuroethics — The ethics of neuroscience and neurotechnology.
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- nicholas ii — (Gérard de Bourgogne) died 1061, pope 1058–61.
- nicholas iv — (Girolamo Masci) died 1292, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1288–92.
- nicht wahr? — isn't that so?
- nietzschean — the philosophy of Nietzsche, emphasizing the will to power as the chief motivating force of both the individual and society.
- night coach — the class of airline coach at a lower fare than regularly offered, often restricted to late-night journeys.
- night court — a criminal court that convenes at night for the quick disposition of charges and the granting of bail.
- night latch — a door lock operated from the inside by a knob and from the outside by a key.
- night stick — a special club carried by a policeman; billy.
- night watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
- night-watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
- nightscopes — Plural form of nightscope.
- nightsticks — Plural form of nightstick.
- nimzowitsch — Aaron Isayevich (ɪˈzaɪjɛvɪtʃ) 1886–1935, Latvian chess player and theorist; influential in enunciating the principles of the hypermodern school, of which he was the main instigator