11-letter words containing h, i, d, n
- cap in hand — If you go cap in hand to someone, you ask them very humbly to give you something or to do something for you.
- centrarchid — (zoology) Any member of the Centrarchidae.
- chain drive — a chain of links passing over sprockets that transmits rotation from one shaft to another
- chalcedonic — Of or pertaining to chalcedony.
- chandeliers — Plural form of chandelier.
- chandelling — Present participle of chandelle.
- chandleries — Plural form of chandlery.
- chandlering — the work of a chandler
- channelised — Simple past tense and past participle of channelise.
- channelized — Simple past tense and past participle of channelize.
- characinoid — of or like a characin
- chenopodium — (botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Chenopodium.
- chickenfeed — If you think that an amount of money is so small it is hardly worth having or considering, you can say that it is chickenfeed.
- chickenhead — (slang, hip-hop, derogatory) A woman who readily performs fellatio; by extension, an unintelligent and promiscuous woman.
- chilblained — Afflicted with a chilblain.
- childminder — A childminder is someone whose job it is to look after children when the children's parents are away or are at work. Childminders usually work in their own homes.
- chindonesia — China, India, and Indonesia: seen collectively as the most important developing economies with the best growth markets for investors
- chinese red — a bright red colour
- chinic acid — quinic acid.
- chippendale — Chippendale is a style of furniture from the eighteenth century.
- chironomids — Plural form of chironomid.
- chlorinated — Chlorinated water, for example drinking water or water in a swimming pool, has been cleaned by adding chlorine to it.
- chondrified — Simple past tense and past participle of chondrify.
- chondroitin — an element that is present in cartilage
- christendom — All the Christian people and countries in the world can be referred to as Christendom.
- chrysoidine — a red-brown or greenish-black, crystalline solid, C 12 H 13 N 4 Cl, that yields orange colors in aqueous or alcohol solution: used chiefly in dyeing cotton and silk.
- churn drill — a portable drill rig using a bit fashioned on a massive steel cylinder that is alternately lifted and dropped to drill a hole in earth and rock.
- citizenhood — The state of being a citizen.
- clodhopping — loutish; boorish.
- cyanohydrin — any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyanide group and a hydroxyl group bound to the same carbon atom
- daisy chain — A daisy chain is a string of daisies that have been joined together by their stems to make a necklace.
- dampishness — the quality of being dampish
- danish blue — a strong-tasting white cheese with blue veins
- danish loaf — a large white loaf with a centre split having the top crust dusted with flour, esp one baked on the sole of the oven
- dante chair — a chair of the Renaissance having two transverse pairs of curved legs crossing beneath the seat and rising to support the arms and back.
- deathliness — The state or quality of being deathly.
- deciphering — Present participle of decipher.
- declutching — Present participle of declutch.
- deganawidah — ("The Peacemaker") flourished 1550–1600, Huron prophet, cofounder of the Iroquois Confederacy.
- dehortation — an exhortation against a course of action
- dehumanised — Past participle of dehumanise.
- dehumanises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehumanise.
- dehumanized — Past participle of dehumanize.
- dehumanizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehumanize.
- dehydrating — Present participle of dehydrate.
- dehydration — the act or process of dehydrating.
- dehypnotize — to bring out of the hypnotic state
- deinonychus — a genus of carnivorous dinosaur which existed in the early Cretaceous period, notable for the unusually large curved claws on the second toe of its feet
- delphiniums — Plural form of delphinium.
- demi-hunter — a watch having a hinged case with a hole in the lid permitting the time to be seen even when the lid is closed.