11-letter words containing h, o, r, t
- cardiopathy — a heart disease or disorder
- carpet moth — any of several geometrid moths with black- (or brown-)and-white mottled wings
- cartography — Cartography is the art or activity of drawing maps and geographical charts.
- cartophilic — relating to cartophily
- cast anchor — to anchor a vessel
- catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
- catastrophy — Alternative form of catastrophe.
- cathode ray — a flow of electrons emanating from a cathode in a vacuum tube and focused into a narrow beam.
- cell theory — a basic tenet of modern biology, first stated by Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann in 1838–39, that cells are the basic units of structure and function in living organisms.
- 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.
- chamber pot — A chamber pot is a round container shaped like a very large cup. Chamber pots used to be kept in bedrooms so that people could urinate in them instead of having to leave their room during the night.
- chamber-pot — a portable container, especially for urine, used in bedrooms.
- champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
- charactonym — a name given to a literary character that is descriptive of a quality or trait of the character.
- charioteers — Plural form of charioteer.
- charlestown — oldest part of Boston, at the mouth of the Charles River: site of the battle of Bunker Hill
- chart house — a room or deckhouse for storing and working with charts, navigational instruments, etc.
- chartaceous — of the nature of paper; papery
- chateauroux — a town in central France: 10th-century castle (Château-Raoul). Pop: 46 386 (2009)
- chatterbots — Plural form of chatterbot.
- checkerspot — any of several butterflies of the genus Melitaea, having black wings with yellowish-brown, checkerlike markings.
- cherepovets — city in NE Russia, on the Rybinsk Reservoir: pop. 319,000
- cherrystone — a small or not fully-grown edible clam of the genus Mercenaria, found in the waters off the Atlantic coast of North America
- chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
- child actor — an actor who is a child
- chiromantic — relating to chiromancy
- chiropodist — A chiropodist is a person whose job is to treat and care for people's feet.
- chiropteran — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chiroptera, an order of placental mammals comprising the bats
- chloracetic — an acid made by chlorinating acetic acid
- chlorimeter — a device used to determine the amount of chlorine present in a preparation
- chlorimetry — the methods and procedures used to determine the amount of chlorine present in a preparation
- chlorinated — Chlorinated water, for example drinking water or water in a swimming pool, has been cleaned by adding chlorine to it.
- chlorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chlorinate.
- chlorinator — That which chlorinates.
- chlorophyte — A lower plant of the division Chlorophyta, which comprises the green algae.
- chloroplast — a plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments, occurring in plants and algae that carry out photosynthesis
- chocolatier — a person or company that makes or sells chocolate
- choirmaster — A choirmaster is a person whose job is to train a choir.
- choirstalls — fixed seats in the choir of a church, generally of carved wood
- cholesteric — resulting from the reaction of nitric acid and cholesterin and producing cholesterates
- 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.
- cholesterol — Cholesterol is a substance that exists in the fat, tissues, and blood of all animals. Too much cholesterol in a person's blood can cause heart disease.
- chondrocyte — A cell that makes up the tissue of cartilage.
- chondroitin — an element that is present in cartilage
- chop stroke — (in tennis, cricket, etc.) a stroke made with a sharp downward movement of the racket, bat, etc., imparting a backspin to the ball.
- chord chart — a chart indicating by means of symbols the identity, sequence, and duration of the musical chords occurring in the accompaniment to a melody.
- chordotonal — (of an insect) responsive to sound vibrations, as certain organs or parts.
- choroiditis — a medical condition consisting of pain and swelling of the choroid
- chou pastry — cream puff paste.
- chrismation — a rite of initiation involving anointing with chrism and taking place at the same time as baptism