11-letter words containing l, a, c, h, e
- black death — a deadly disease, probably bubonic plague, which devastated Europe and Asia in the 14th cent.
- black house — a type of thatched house, usually made of turf, formerly found in the highlands and islands of Scotland
- black perch — a livebearing surfperch, Embiotoca jacksoni, occurring in abundance along the coast of California, having brownish-black scales often tinged with blue or yellow and a thick, reddish mouth.
- black sheep — If you describe someone as the black sheep of their family or of a group that they are a member of, you mean that they are considered bad or worthless by other people in that family or group.
- black whale — a black, dolphinlike whale, Globicephala melaena, of the North Atlantic.
- blackhander — a member of a Black Hand group
- blank check — If someone is given a blank check, they are given the authority to spend as much money as they need or want.
- blastochyle — the fluid in a blastocoel
- bleacherite — someone who sits in the bleachers at a sports stadium
- branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
- bullwhacker — (especially in the early 19th century) the driver of a team of oxen.
- cache block — cache line
- cachectical — cachetic
- cadet cloth — a heavy woolen cloth of double-cloth construction and bluish-gray color, used especially for uniforms at military schools.
- calf-length — Calf-length skirts, dresses, and coats come to halfway between your knees and ankles.
- calisthenic — Of, or relating to calisthenics.
- candlelight — Candlelight is the light that a candle produces.
- 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.
- cardholders — Plural form of cardholder.
- cartwheeled — Simple past tense and past participle of cartwheel.
- cartwheeler — a person who performs cartwheels
- cash letter — a deposit list from one bank to another containing items to be credited to the account of the depositing bank.
- castlereagh — a district of E Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 66 076 (2003 est). Area: 85 sq km (33 sq miles)
- 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.
- catechismal — Of or pertaining to a catechism; having the form of questions and answers; catechical.
- catholicate — the legal power of the leader of an Armenian church
- catholicize — to make or become catholic
- cattle shed — a shed for cattle
- cattle show — a competitive event at which farmers show their best cattle
- cavalierish — like a cavalier
- 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.
- cellar sash — a window sash of relatively small size, having two or three panes horizontally arranged.
- centre half — a defender who plays in the middle of the defence
- 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
- chaenomeles — any of a genus of deciduous shrubs within the family Rosaceae, native to East Asia
- 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.
- chain wheel — sprocket (def 1).
- chainplates — Plural form of chainplate.
- chair table — an article of furniture, produced especially in colonial America, that can serve as either a table or a chair, having, as a chair, a large, usually circular, hinged back that can be pulled down and rested on the arms to form a tabletop.
- chairpeople — a person who presides over a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- chalcedonic — Of or pertaining to chalcedony.
- chalcedonyx — a variety of chalcedony characterized by alternate stripes of black and white