11-letter words containing h, p, c
- canophilist — a person who loves dogs
- 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.
- cap-haitien — a port in N Haiti: capital during the French colonial period. Pop: 134 000 (2005 est)
- cape helles — a cape in NW Turkey, at the S end of the Gallipoli Peninsula
- capiz shell — whitish, translucent shell of the Philippines, used in making lamp shades, decorative articles, etc.
- capped hock — any swelling, inflammatory or otherwise, on the point of the hock of horses.
- captainship — captaincy.
- card hopper — a device that allows cards of varying thicknesses to be fed individually through an outlet opening in a printer without adjustment
- cardiograph — an instrument for recording the mechanical force and form of heart movements
- cardiopathy — a heart disease or disorder
- cardophagus — a donkey
- cardsharper — (rare) alternative spelling of cardsharp.
- carpathians — a mountain range in central Europe, extending from N Slovakia to central Romania. Highest peak, Gerlachovka, 8737 feet (2663 meters).
- carpet moth — any of several geometrid moths with black- (or brown-)and-white mottled wings
- carpophores — Plural form of carpophore.
- carpophorus — an epithet of both Demeter and her daughter, Persephone, meaning “fruit-bearer.”.
- cartography — Cartography is the art or activity of drawing maps and geographical charts.
- cartophilic — relating to cartophily
- cataphonics — catacoustics
- catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
- catastrophy — Alternative form of catastrophe.
- catch up on — to engage in more (work, sleep, etc.) so as to compensate for earlier neglect
- catchphrase — A catchphrase is a sentence or phrase which becomes popular or well-known, often because it is frequently used by a famous person.
- cebocephaly — A developmental anomaly of the head, characterized by a monkey-like head with a defective small, flattened nose with a single nostril or absent nose and closely set eyes.
- centerpunch — to mark with a center punch.
- cephalalgia — headache (def 1).
- cephalalgic — relating to or affected by headache
- cephalocele — a protrusion of the brain or cranial matter through an opening in the skull
- cephalogram — An X-ray of the craniofacial area.
- cephalopode — Archaic form of cephalopod.
- cephalopods — Plural form of cephalopod.
- cephalothin — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
- cephalotomy — the dissection of the head
- chain plate — any of the metal plates secured to the hull of a sailing vessel or elsewhere to hold shrouds and backstays at their lower ends.
- chainplates — Plural form of chainplate.
- chairpeople — a person who presides over a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- chairperson — The chairperson of a meeting, committee, or organization is the person in charge of it.
- chalcophile — (of a chemical element in the earth) having an affinity for sulfur.
- chalkstripe — clothing with a pattern of thin white stripes on a dark background
- chamaephyte — a plant whose buds are close to the ground
- chamber pop — pop music that incorporates orchestral arrangements
- 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.
- champerties — Plural form of champerty.
- 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.
- champignons — Plural form of champignon.
- championess — a female champion
- championing — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
- champollion — Jean François (ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃swa). 1790–1832, French Egyptologist, who deciphered the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta stone
- channel-hop — to change television channels repeatedly using a remote control device