11-letter words containing m, a, c, h
- chomo lhari — a peak on the Bhutan-Tibet border, in the Himalaya Mountains: sacred to Tibetans. 23,997 feet (7314 meters).
- choreodrama — dance drama performed by a group
- chrismation — a rite of initiation involving anointing with chrism and taking place at the same time as baptism
- chrismatory — a small receptacle containing the three kinds of consecrated oil used in the sacraments
- christmassy — Something that is Christmassy is typical of or suitable for Christmas.
- christogram — a symbol of Christ, especially the Chi-Rho.
- chromascope — An instrument for showing the optical effects of colour.
- chromatinic — Of or pertaining to chromatin.
- chrome alum — a violet-red crystalline substance, used as a mordant in dyeing. Formula: KCr(SO4)2.12H2O
- chrome tape — magnetic recording tape coated with chrome dioxide
- chromeplate — to plate with chromium.
- chrominance — the quality of light that causes the sensation of colour. It is determined by comparison with a reference source of the same brightness and of known chromaticity
- chromograph — (obsolete) chromolithograph.
- chromoplasm — chromatin.
- chromoplast — a coloured plastid in a plant cell, esp one containing carotenoids
- chromosomal — Chromosomal means relating to or connected with chromosomes.
- chronograms — Plural form of chronogram.
- 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.
- chum salmon — a large salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) with pale flesh, found in the N Pacific
- church army — a voluntary Anglican organization founded in 1882 to assist the parish clergy
- churchwoman — a female practising member of a church
- chymopapain — papain, esp. when injected into a slipped disk to dissolve pain-causing soft cartilage
- clam shells — the shell of a clam.
- claw hammer — a hammer with a cleft at one end of the head for extracting nails
- clubmanship — the status of belonging to an active club
- co-chairman — one of two or more joint chairmen.
- cochlearium — In Ancient Rome, a small spoon with a long tapering handle.
- coenenchyma — gelatinous material uniting the polyps of an anthozoan colony
- collenchyma — a strengthening and supporting tissue in plants, consisting of elongated living cells whose walls are thickened with cellulose and pectins
- cologarithm — the logarithm of the reciprocal of a number; the negative value of the logarithm
- complaineth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'complain'.
- comradeship — Comradeship is friendship between a number of people who are doing the same work or who share the same difficulties or dangers.
- cosmography — a representation of the world or the universe
- cram school — a private institution, especially in East Asia, that uses an accelerated curriculum to prepare students for university entrance exams.
- crampfishes — Plural form of crampfish.
- crithomancy — a form of divination in which grain or meal used in a sacrifice is analysed
- cross-match — to test the compatibility of (a donor's and recipient's blood) by checking that the red cells of each do not agglutinate in the other's serum
- cryptarithm — a type of mathematical puzzle in which the digits of an equation have been substituted by letters
- cyclothymia — a condition characterized by periodical swings of mood between excitement and depression, activity and inactivity
- cymophanous — lustrous; brilliant
- dame school — (formerly) a small school, often in a village, usually run by an elderly woman in her own home to teach young children to read and write
- dame-school — a school in which the rudiments of reading, writing, and arithmetic were taught to neighborhood children by a woman in her own home.
- death march — a long-distance forced march, usually undertaken by prisoners, on which a lot of the marchers die
- debauchment — The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
- deccan hemp — kenaf.
- demographic — Demographic means relating to or concerning demography.
- detachments — Plural form of detachment.
- deutschmark — the former standard monetary unit of Germany, divided into 100 pfennigs; replaced by the euro in 2002: until 1990 the standard monetary unit of West Germany
- diachronism — the passage of a geological formation across time planes, as occurs when a marine sediment laid down by an advancing sea is noticeably younger in the direction of advancement
- diaphragmic — Which uses, or which is located in or near, the diaphragm.