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11-letter words containing h, i, t, r

  • british lop — a breed of large white pig with large drooping ears, originating from Wales, Cumberland, and Ulster
  • brittlebush — any of several composite plants of the genus Encelia, of desert regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having alternate leaves and yellow ray flowers with a yellow or purple center.
  • brochantite — a mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 4 (OH) 6 SO 4 , occurring in green fibrous masses and similar in physical properties to antlerite: formerly a major ore of copper.
  • brood bitch — a female dog used for breeding.
  • brotherlike — like a brother
  • brown shirt — (in Nazi Germany) a storm trooper
  • bullfighter — A bullfighter is the person who tries to injure or kill the bull in a bullfight.
  • bullshitter — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
  • burnishment — the act or process of burnishing
  • burns night — (in Scotland) 25 January, the traditional date for holding a celebratory meal (Burns supper) in honour of Robert Burns
  • butcherbird — a shrike, esp one of the genus Lanius
  • butter dish — a small dish designed to hold butter
  • cachinatory — Alternative form of cachinnatory.
  • cachinnator — One who laughs loudly and immoderately.
  • calathiform — cup-shaped; concave.
  • cantharidal — relating to or made of cantharides
  • cantharides — a diuretic and urogenital stimulant or irritant prepared from the dried bodies of Spanish fly (family Meloidae, not Cantharidae), once thought to be an aphrodisiac
  • cantharidic — cantharidal
  • cantharidin — the compound C10H12O4, which is the active ingredient in cantharides and is secreted by many species of blister beetle
  • cardiopathy — a heart disease or disorder
  • carpathians — a mountain range in central Europe, extending from N Slovakia to central Romania. Highest peak, Gerlachovka, 8737 feet (2663 meters).
  • carry light — a searchlight used to illuminate a target while it is tracked and fired upon.
  • cartophilic — relating to cartophily
  • cashierment — the action of rejecting or dismissing
  • catachresis — the incorrect use of words, as luxuriant for luxurious
  • catarrhines — Plural form of catarrhine.
  • cathartical — Cathartic.
  • cathedratic — relating to the seat of the bishop
  • catherine i — ?1684–1727, second wife of Peter the Great, whom she succeeded as empress of Russia (1725–27)
  • catheterize — to insert a catheter into
  • centrarchid — (zoology) Any member of the Centrarchidae.
  • cesarevitch — the eldest son of a czar.
  • chain grate — a type of mechanical stoker for a furnace, in which the grate consists of an endless chain that draws the solid fuel into the furnace as it rotates
  • chain store — A chain store is one of several similar shops that are owned by the same person or company, especially one that sells a variety of things.
  • chain-react — to undergo a chain reaction
  • chair table — an article of furniture, produced especially in colonial America, that can serve as either a table or a chair, having, as a chair, a large, usually circular, hinged back that can be pulled down and rested on the arms to form a tabletop.
  • chalkstripe — clothing with a pattern of thin white stripes on a dark background
  • chamfer bit — a bit for beveling the edge of a hole.
  • champerties — Plural form of champerty.
  • chanticleer — a name for a cock, used esp in fables
  • charcuterie — cooked cold meats
  • charge with — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
  • charientism — (rhetoric) A figure of speech wherein a taunting expression is softened by a jest; an insult veiled in grace.
  • charioteers — Plural form of charioteer.
  • charismatic — A charismatic person attracts, influences, and inspires people by their personal qualities.
  • charityware — careware
  • charlatanic — of or relating to a charlatan
  • charpentier — Gustave (ɡystav). 1860–1956, French composer, whose best-known work is the opera Louise (1900)
  • chart music — songs that feature in the music charts
  • checkwriter — a machine for printing amounts on checks, as by perforations, so as to prevent alterations.
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