11-letter words containing h, y, a
- chao phraya — a river in N Thailand, rising in the N highlands and flowing south to the Gulf of Thailand. Length: (including the headstreams Nan and Ping) 1200 km (750 miles)
- chaotically — completely confused or disordered: a chaotic mass of books and papers.
- charactonym — a name given to a literary character that is descriptive of a quality or trait of the character.
- chardonnays — Plural form of chardonnay.
- charityware — careware
- charlatanry — charlatanism.
- charmlessly — in a charmless manner
- chateauguay — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, on the St. Lawrence.
- cheap money — money lent at a low rate of interest
- chelyabinsk — an industrial city in SW Russia; in 2013 a large meteor exploded in an airburst over the city's surrounding district. Pop: 1 067 000 (2005 est)
- chemigraphy — any technique for making engravings or etchings using chemicals and without the aid of photography.
- cherry coal — a type of bituminous coal that burns readily and gives a hot fire.
- chessplayer — a player of chess
- chevy chase — (The Ballad of Chevy Chase) a 15th-century English ballad describing the battle of Otterburn between the Percys and the Douglases.
- chiasmatypy — the process of chiasma formation, which is the basis for crossing over.
- chickabiddy — a term of endearment, esp for a child
- chieftaincy — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
- chieftainry — the area governed by a chieftain
- chikungunya — A viral disease resembling dengue, transmitted by mosquitoes and endemic in East Africa and parts of Asia.
- chiloplasty — cheiloplasty.
- chimney cap — a raised cover for the top of a chimney, usually in the form of a slab or cornice.
- chirography — handwriting; penmanship
- chlamydeous — (of plants) relating to or possessing sepals and petals
- choanocytes — Plural form of choanocyte.
- chorography — the technique of mapping regions
- chou pastry — cream puff paste.
- chrismatory — a small receptacle containing the three kinds of consecrated oil used in the sacraments
- christianly — like a Christian; Christianlike.
- christmassy — Something that is Christmassy is typical of or suitable for Christmas.
- chronically — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
- chrysalidal — relating to a chrysalis or stage in the development of an insect
- chrysalides — the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly; an obtect pupa.
- chrysalises — Plural form of chrysalis.
- chrysarobin — a tasteless odourless powder containing anthraquinone derivatives of araroba, formerly used medicinally to treat chronic skin conditions
- chrysocolla — a mineral that is a silicate of copper and occurs in shades of blue or green and is reputed to have calming properties
- chrysocracy — a form of government by the rich
- chrysograph — a manuscript, especially of the Middle Ages, written in gold or gold and silver ink.
- chrysomonad — any golden-yellow to brown freshwater algae of the class Chrysomonadales (phylum Chrysophyta), living singly or in colonies; blooms may color the water brown.
- chrysoprase — an apple-green variety of chalcedony: a gemstone
- church army — a voluntary Anglican organization founded in 1882 to assist the parish clergy
- churchyards — Plural form of churchyard.
- chymopapain — papain, esp. when injected into a slipped disk to dissolve pain-causing soft cartilage
- city father — You can refer to a member of a city council or city's government as a city father.
- cladophylls — Plural form of cladophyll.
- coach party — a group of people who travel together on a coach trip
- coenenchyma — gelatinous material uniting the polyps of an anthozoan colony
- collagraphy — A printmaking process in which materials are applied to a rigid substrate (such as cardboard or wood).
- collenchyma — a strengthening and supporting tissue in plants, consisting of elongated living cells whose walls are thickened with cellulose and pectins
- cosmography — a representation of the world or the universe
- crack hardy — to disguise one's discomfort, etc; put on a bold front