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11-letter words containing o, h, m, i

  • boatmanship — boatsmanship.
  • bodhidharma — 6th century ad, Indian Buddhist monk, who taught in China (from 520): considered to be the founder of Zen Buddhism
  • bohemianism — unconventional behaviour or appearance, esp of an artist
  • bondmanship — the state of being a bondman; serfdom
  • bottom fish — any fish that feeds or lives near the bottom of a body of water, as a flounder or catfish
  • bottom-fish — to fish with a weighted line for fish that feed close to the bottom.
  • branchiform — shaped like a gill.
  • calathiform — cup-shaped; concave.
  • camphor ice — an ointment consisting of camphor, white wax, spermaceti, and castor oil, used to treat skin ailments, esp chapped skin
  • camphor oil — a colorless liquid obtained from the wood of the camphor tree by distillation and separation from the solid camphor, used in varnish, soaps, and shoe polish, and in medicine chiefly as a rubefacient.
  • cash income — income received in the form of cash during a specified period, esp that of rural and farming households
  • catholicism — Catholicism is the traditions, the behaviour, and the set of Christian beliefs that are held by Catholics.
  • ceramic hob — (on an electric cooker) a flat ceramic cooking surface having heating elements fitted on the underside, usually patterned to show the areas where heat is produced
  • chain-smoke — Someone who chain-smokes smokes cigarettes or cigars continuously.
  • chameleonic — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.
  • champignons — Plural form of champignon.
  • championess — a female champion
  • championing — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
  • champollion — Jean François (ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃swa). 1790–1832, French Egyptologist, who deciphered the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta stone
  • chasmogamic — relating or pertaining to chasmogamy
  • chemiotaxis — Dated form of chemotaxis.
  • chemisorbed — Simple past tense and past participle of chemisorb.
  • chemosmosis — chemical action between substances that are separated by a semipermeable membrane
  • chemotactic — oriented movement toward or away from a chemical stimulus.
  • chenopodium — (botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Chenopodium.
  • chernozemic — of or relating to a chernozem
  • chibougamau — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
  • chimney pot — A chimney pot is a short pipe which is fixed on top of a chimney.
  • chiromancer — A palm reader, one who practices chiromancy.
  • chiromantic — relating to chiromancy
  • chironomids — Plural form of chironomid.
  • chittamwood — American smoke tree.
  • chloramines — Plural form of chloramine.
  • chlorimeter — a device used to determine the amount of chlorine present in a preparation
  • chlorimetry — the methods and procedures used to determine the amount of chlorine present in a preparation
  • choirmaster — A choirmaster is a person whose job is to train a choir.
  • chomo lhari — a peak on the Bhutan-Tibet border, in the Himalaya Mountains: sacred to Tibetans. 23,997 feet (7314 meters).
  • 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
  • christendom — All the Christian people and countries in the world can be referred to as Christendom.
  • christogram — a symbol of Christ, especially the Chi-Rho.
  • 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
  • chromium 51 — the radioactive isotope of chromium having a mass number 51 and a half-life of 27.8 days: used as a tracer.
  • chromogenic — producing colour
  • chromomeric — relating to chromomeres or pieces of chromatin that are part of a chromosome
  • chromophile — Also, chromophilic, chromophilous [kroh-mof-uh-luh s] /kroʊˈmɒf ə ləs/ (Show IPA), chromatophilic, chromatophilous. staining readily.
  • chrysomelid — a vibrantly-coloured beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae that eats the leaves of plants
  • chylomicron — a minute droplet of fat, found in blood and chyle, that is the form in which dietary fat is carried in these fluids
  • chymiferous — containing chyme
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