11-letter words containing m, a, n, c, h
- chiromancer — A palm reader, one who practices chiromancy.
- chiromantic — relating to chiromancy
- chloramines — Plural form of chloramine.
- chrismation — a rite of initiation involving anointing with chrism and taking place at the same time as baptism
- chromatinic — Of or pertaining to chromatin.
- 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
- 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
- churchwoman — a female practising member of a church
- chymopapain — papain, esp. when injected into a slipped disk to dissolve pain-causing soft cartilage
- clubmanship — the status of belonging to an active club
- co-chairman — one of two or more joint chairmen.
- 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
- complaineth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'complain'.
- crithomancy — a form of divination in which grain or meal used in a sacrifice is analysed
- cymophanous — lustrous; brilliant
- debauchment — The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
- deccan hemp — kenaf.
- detachments — Plural form of detachment.
- 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
- disharmonic — lacking harmony; disharmonious; discordant.
- dysharmonic — relating to abnormal bone development
- encephaloma — a brain tumour
- enchainment — The act of enchaining, or state of being enchained.
- enchantment — A feeling of great pleasure; delight.
- enchondroma — A cartilage cyst found in the bone marrow.
- enhancement — An increase or improvement in quality, value, or extent.
- escheatment — (legal) The process of transferring unclaimed or abandoned property to a state authority, especially when a person dies intestate.
- euchromatin — the part of a chromosome that constitutes the major genes and does not stain strongly with basic dyes when the cell is not dividing
- fax machine — facsimile machine
- french seam — a seam in which the raw edges of the cloth are completely covered by sewing them together, first on the right side, then on the wrong.
- frenchwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of the French nation.
- game-change — a dramatic change in course, strategy, basic character, etc.: Her feelings for him have undergone a game-change.
- gamechanger — A visionary, innovative person who changes the way people think of a situation.
- grand march — the opening ceremonies of a formal ball, in which guests promenade into or around the ballroom.
- gymnasiarch — (in ancient Greece) a magistrate who superintended the gymnasia and public games in certain cities.
- haemocyanin — a blue copper-containing respiratory pigment in crustaceans and molluscs that functions as haemoglobin
- harmonicist — Someone who plays the harmonica.
- harmonistic — pertaining to a harmonist or harmony.
- hatchet man — a professional murderer.
- hegemonical — having hegemony, or dominance: the ruling party's hegemonic control of all facets of society.
- hemianoptic — suffering from hemiopia, blind in half the field of vision
- hemicranial — Relating to hemicrania.
- hemodynamic — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- herculaneum — an ancient city in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: buried along with Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in a.d. 79; partially excavated.
- hispanicism — an idiom peculiar to Spanish.
- homonuclear — a homonuclear molecule is composed of atoms of the same element or isotope and all of its nuclei are alike
- humectation — A moistening.