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11-letter words containing h, o, l, c, n

  • chlorphenol — chlorophenol.
  • chlorpicrin — chloropicrin
  • cholangitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the bile duct.
  • cholesterin — a sterol, C 27 H 46 O, that occurs in all animal tissues, especially in the brain, spinal cord, and adipose tissue, functioning chiefly as a protective agent in the skin and myelin sheaths of nerve cells, a detoxifier in the bloodstream, and as a precursor of many steroids: deposits of cholesterol form in certain pathological conditions, as gallstones and atherosclerotic plaques.
  • cholinergic — denoting nerve fibres that release acetylcholine when stimulated
  • chordotonal — (of an insect) responsive to sound vibrations, as certain organs or parts.
  • chorus line — the group of dancers who perform routines in a musical
  • chou en-lai — 1898–1976, Chinese Communist statesman; foreign minister of the People's Republic of China (1949–58) and premier (1949–76)
  • chronically — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
  • chroniclers — Plural form of chronicler.
  • chronicling — a chronological record of events; a history.
  • chronologer — A chronologist.
  • chronologic — arranged in the order of time: a chronological list of events.
  • chum salmon — a large salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) with pale flesh, found in the N Pacific
  • chylomicron — a minute droplet of fat, found in blood and chyle, that is the form in which dietary fat is carried in these fluids
  • cladanthous — pleurocarpous.
  • clean house — to clean and put a home in order
  • clinochlore — a mineral similar to chlorite in appearance
  • clodhopping — loutish; boorish.
  • clothes-pin — a device, such as a forked piece of wood or plastic, for fastening articles to a clothesline.
  • clothesline — A clothesline is a thin rope on which you hang washing so that it can dry.
  • clothespins — Plural form of clothespin.
  • cloven hoof — Animals that have cloven hooves have feet that are divided into two parts. Cows, sheep, and goats have cloven hooves.
  • clown white — white facial makeup used by performers, as clowns.
  • coelacanths — Plural form of coelacanth.
  • collenchyma — a strengthening and supporting tissue in plants, consisting of elongated living cells whose walls are thickened with cellulose and pectins
  • collenchyme — Botany. a gelatinous, thickened, and usually elongated cell that is part of a layer of modified tissue in some plants.
  • colocynthis — Obsolete form of colocynth.
  • colophonian — a native of Colophon.
  • colophonies — Plural form of colophony.
  • coltishness — The state or condition of being coltish.
  • column inch — a unit of measurement for advertising space, one inch deep and one column wide
  • complaineth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'complain'.
  • conchylious — Archaic form of conchylaceous.
  • convex hull — the smallest convex set containing a given set; the intersection of all convex sets that contain a given set.
  • cool hunter — a person who is employed to identify future trends, esp in fashion or the media
  • crown wheel — the wheel next to the winding knob that has one set of teeth at right angles to the other
  • cushionless — without a cushion
  • cyclohexane — a colourless insoluble flammable liquid cycloalkane with a pungent odour, made by hydrogenation of benzene and used as a paint remover and solvent. Formula: C6H12
  • cyclohexene — (organic compound) A cyclic hydrocarbon containing six carbon atoms and one double bond; any of its derivatives.
  • cynophilist — a person with a love of dogs
  • deschooling — to abolish or phase out traditional schools from, so as to replace them with alternative methods and forms of education.
  • diaphonical — Diacoustic; diaphonic.
  • dichlobenil — a nonselective preemergence herbicide, C 7 H 3 Cl 2 N, used primarily as a weed and grass killer.
  • diplophonic — a condition in which the voice simultaneously produces two sounds of different pitch.
  • double chin — a fold of fat beneath the chin.
  • encephaloid — resembling the brain or brain matter
  • encephaloma — a brain tumour
  • endochylous — having water-storing cells
  • euchologion — a collection of prayers
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