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11-letter words containing n, i, h, c

  • subchairman — a subordinate or substitute chairman.
  • subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
  • súgán chair — a chair with a seat made from woven súgáns
  • switch cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • switched on — turned-on (def 1).
  • switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
  • sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • synanthetic — relating to synanthesis
  • synchoresis — the act or an instance of conceding an argument in order to make a stronger one
  • synchromism — a movement of the early 20th century led by American artists and manifested in their experimentation with nonfigurative or entirely abstract paintings containing shapes and volumes of pure color. Compare Orphism (def 2).
  • synchronise — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
  • synchronism — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
  • synchronize — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
  • synecdochic — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • synesthetic — a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied to another modality, as when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color.
  • synthetical — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
  • tachina fly — any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Tachinidae, the larvae of which are parasitic on caterpillars, beetles, and other insects.
  • tautophonic — having or repeating the same sound
  • technically — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
  • technicolor — (often lowercase) flamboyant or lurid, as in color, meaning, or detail.
  • technologic — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • technomania — an obsessional enthusiasm for technology
  • technophile — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
  • technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
  • tectibranch — a mollusc of the suborder Tectibranchia (or Tectibranchiata) (order: Opisthobranchia) which includes the sea slugs and sea hares
  • tent stitch — a short, slanting stitch used in embroidery. Compare gros point (def 1), petit point (def 1).
  • teotihuacan — the ruins of an ancient Mesoamerican city in central Mexico, near Mexico City, that flourished a.d. c200–c750 and is the site of the pyramids of the Sun and Moon and of many temples, palaces, and dwellings.
  • the cornish — the natives or inhabitants of Cornwall
  • the council — the local governing authority of a town, county, etc
  • the curtain — the end of a scene of a play, opera, etc, marked by the fall or closing of the curtain
  • the miocene — this epoch or rock series
  • the titanic — a luxury British liner that struck an iceberg near Newfoundland on its maiden voyage on the night of April 14–15, 1912, with the loss of 1513 lives
  • theocentric — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
  • theogonical — of or relating to theogony
  • theotechnic — relating to or belonging to theotechny
  • thermionics — the branch of physics that deals with thermionic phenomena.
  • thermocline — a layer of water in an ocean or certain lakes, where the temperature gradient is greater than that of the warmer layer above and the colder layer below.
  • thermogenic — causing or pertaining to the production of heat.
  • thin client — a computer on a network where most functions are carried out on a central server
  • think piece — an article analyzing and giving the background of a news event, often with the author's opinions and forecast for the future.
  • think twice — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
  • think-piece — an article analyzing and giving the background of a news event, often with the author's opinions and forecast for the future.
  • thiocyanate — a salt or ester of thiocyanic acid, as sodium thiocyanate, NaSCN.
  • thrasonical — boastful; vainglorious.
  • tichorrhine — an extinct woolly rhinoceros with a bony nasal septum
  • 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.
  • titanomachy — the unsuccessful revolt of the family of the Titan Iapetus against Zeus
  • tocharian a — the eastern dialect of Tocharian
  • tocharian b — the western dialect of Tocharian
  • trachearian — of or relating to the Trachearia, which is a division of arachnids that breathe through the trachea
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