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11-letter words containing h, t, s

  • bucket shop — an unregistered firm of stockbrokers that engages in speculation with clients' funds
  • bullshitter — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
  • bumbershoot — an umbrella
  • 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
  • burnt shale — carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making
  • bus shelter — A bus shelter is a bus stop that has a roof and at least one open side.
  • bush jacket — a casual jacket or shirt having four patch pockets and a belt
  • bush oyster — a bull's testicle when cooked and eaten
  • bush tucker — any wild animal, insect, plant or plant extract, etc traditionally used as food by native Australians
  • butt chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade less than 4 inches (10 cm) long.
  • butt-cheeks — the flesh of the buttocks
  • butter dish — a small dish designed to hold butter
  • cactus moth — a moth, Cactoblastis cactorum, native to South America and introduced into Australia to control prickly pear cactus, on which the larvae feed.
  • calisthenic — Of, or relating to calisthenics.
  • calochortus — any plant of the genus Calochortus, of the lily family, as the mariposa lily and the sego lily.
  • calycanthus — any of several shrubs of the genus Calycanthus, found in North America
  • camphorates — Plural form of camphorate.
  • cannon-shot — the range of a cannon
  • canophilist — a person who loves dogs
  • 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
  • captainship — captaincy.
  • carpathians — a mountain range in central Europe, extending from N Slovakia to central Romania. Highest peak, Gerlachovka, 8737 feet (2663 meters).
  • case method — Also called case-study method [keys-stuhd-ee] /ˈkeɪsˈstʌd i/ (Show IPA). the teaching or elucidation of a subject or issue through analysis and discussion of actual cases, as in business education.
  • case*method — An analysis and design method from Oracle targeted at information management applications.
  • cash letter — a deposit list from one bank to another containing items to be credited to the account of the depositing bank.
  • cashability — money or an equivalent, as a check, paid at the time of making a purchase.
  • cashierment — the action of rejecting or dismissing
  • cast anchor — to anchor a vessel
  • castlereagh — a district of E Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 66 076 (2003 est). Area: 85 sq km (33 sq miles)
  • catachresis — the incorrect use of words, as luxuriant for luxurious
  • cataphonics — catacoustics
  • catarrhines — Plural form of catarrhine.
  • catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
  • catastrophy — Alternative form of catastrophe.
  • catch basin — a pit in a drainage system in which matter that might otherwise block a sewer is collected so that it may periodically be removed
  • catch flies — any of various plants, especially of the genera Silene and Lychnis, having a viscid secretion on the stem and calyx in which small insects are sometimes caught.
  • catchphrase — A catchphrase is a sentence or phrase which becomes popular or well-known, often because it is frequently used by a famous person.
  • catechetics — the branch of theology that deals with catechesis
  • catechising — Present participle of catechise.
  • catechismal — Of or pertaining to a catechism; having the form of questions and answers; catechical.
  • catechistic — a person who catechizes.
  • catechumens — Plural form of catechumen.
  • catholicism — Catholicism is the traditions, the behaviour, and the set of Christian beliefs that are held by Catholics.
  • cattishness — The property of being cattish.
  • cattle shed — a shed for cattle
  • cattle show — a competitive event at which farmers show their best cattle
  • cedar chest — a chest made of cedar, in which woolens, furs, etc. are stored for protection against moths
  • cenesthesia — the mass of undifferentiated sensations that make one aware of the body and its condition, as in the feeling of well-being or illness
  • cesarevitch — the eldest son of a czar.
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