11-letter words containing i, d, o, c, h, r
- orthodontic — Of, or relating to the dental speciality of orthodontics.
- orthodromic — relating to orthodromy
- orthopaedic — of or relating to orthopedics.
- orthopedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- oxychloride — a compound having oxygen and chlorine atoms bonded to another element, as bismuth oxychloride, BiOCl.
- pedomorphic — a speeding up of the rate of development, resulting in an adult form that has the appearance of its larval or juvenile ancestor.
- perchloride — the chloride of any particular element or group with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
- pondicherry — a union territory of India, on the Coromandel Coast: formerly the chief settlement of French India; territory includes Mahé (on the Malabar Coast), Karikal, and Yanaon. 181 sq. mi. (469 sq. km).
- radio shack — a room or structure, as on a ship, for housing radio equipment.
- radiophonic — a radiotelephone.
- rhapsodical — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- richard hoe — Richard, 1812–86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of printing-press equipment.
- richard roe — a fictitious name used in legal proceedings for a male party whose true name is not known, used especially as the second such name when two male persons are involved whose real names have not been ascertained.
- schrödinbug — (jargon, programming) /shroh'din-buhg/ (MIT, from the Schrödinger's Cat thought-experiment in quantum physics) A design or implementation bug that doesn't manifest until someone reading the source code or using the program in an unusual way notices that it never should have worked, at which point it stops working until fixed. Though (like bit rot) this sounds impossible, it happens; some programs have harboured schrödinbugs for years. Compare heisenbug, Bohr bug, mandelbug.
- schrodinger — Erwin [er-vin] /ˈɛr vɪn/ (Show IPA), 1887–1961, German physicist: Nobel prize 1933.
- scripholder — a person who owns a scrip or scrips
- shock radio — broadcasting by a commercial radio station whose humor includes tasteless jokes, sexual innuendo, and ethnic insults.
- sixth chord — an inversion of a triad in which the second note (next above the root) is in the bass.
- subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- thermoduric — (of certain microorganisms) able to survive high temperatures, as during pasteurization.
- third force — a political faction or party, etc., occupying an intermediate position between two others representing opposite extremes.
- tischendorf — Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin von [loh-buh-gawt free-drikh kawn-stahn-teen fuh n] /ˈloʊ bəˌgɔt ˈfri drɪx ˌkɔn stɑnˈtin fən/ (Show IPA), 1815–74, German Biblical critic.
- trichloride — a chloride having three atoms of chlorine, as ferric chloride, FeCl 3 .
- trichomonad — any flagellate protozoan of the genus Trichomonas, parasitic in humans or animals.
- trichonotid — any fish of the family Trichonotidae, comprising the sand divers.
- witchdoctor — Alternative form of witch doctor.
- woodchipper — a motor-driven machine that cuts wood into chips.