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11-letter words containing r, a, n, c, h

  • cantharidic — cantharidal
  • cantharidin — the compound C10H12O4, which is the active ingredient in cantharides and is secreted by many species of blister beetle
  • carpathians — a mountain range in central Europe, extending from N Slovakia to central Romania. Highest peak, Gerlachovka, 8737 feet (2663 meters).
  • case-harden — to form a hard surface layer of high carbon content on (a steel component) by heating in a carburizing environment with subsequent quenching or heat treatment
  • casehardens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caseharden.
  • cashierment — the action of rejecting or dismissing
  • cast anchor — to anchor a vessel
  • catarrhines — Plural form of catarrhine.
  • catherine i — ?1684–1727, second wife of Peter the Great, whom she succeeded as empress of Russia (1725–27)
  • centrarchid — (zoology) Any member of the Centrarchidae.
  • centre half — a defender who plays in the middle of the defence
  • chain coral — coral of the extinct genus Halysites, from the Ordovician and Silurian periods, consisting of oval, laterally compressed corallites united to form a chainlike structure.
  • chain drive — a chain of links passing over sprockets that transmits rotation from one shaft to another
  • chain grate — a type of mechanical stoker for a furnace, in which the grate consists of an endless chain that draws the solid fuel into the furnace as it rotates
  • chain store — A chain store is one of several similar shops that are owned by the same person or company, especially one that sells a variety of things.
  • chain-react — to undergo a chain reaction
  • chairperson — The chairperson of a meeting, committee, or organization is the person in charge of it.
  • challengers — Plural form of challenger.
  • chamberhand — a worker in the cold storage area of a slaughterhouse
  • chamberlain — A chamberlain is the person who is in charge of the household affairs of a king, queen, or person of high social rank.
  • chancellery — A chancellery is the building where a chancellor has his offices.
  • chancellors — Plural form of chancellor.
  • chancellory — Alternative spelling of chancellery.
  • chancellour — Archaic form of chancellor.
  • chandeliers — Plural form of chandelier.
  • chandleries — Plural form of chandlery.
  • chandlering — the work of a chandler
  • change over — If you change over from one thing to another, you stop doing one thing and start doing the other.
  • changemaker — a person or thing that changes bills or coins for ones of smaller denominations.
  • changeovers — Plural form of changeover.
  • changeround — the process of changing position
  • chansonnier — a writer of chansons
  • chanterelle — any saprotrophic basidiomycetous fungus of the genus Cantharellus, esp C. cibarius, having an edible yellow funnel-shaped mushroom: family Cantharellaceae
  • chanticleer — a name for a cock, used esp in fables
  • chaperonage — The state of being a chaperon.
  • chaperoning — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
  • chaperonins — Plural form of chaperonin.
  • char-a-banc — a large bus used on sightseeing tours, especially one with open sides and no center aisle.
  • characinoid — of or like a characin
  • charactonym — a name given to a literary character that is descriptive of a quality or trait of the character.
  • chardonnays — Plural form of chardonnay.
  • charientism — (rhetoric) A figure of speech wherein a taunting expression is softened by a jest; an insult veiled in grace.
  • charlatanic — of or relating to a charlatan
  • charlatanry — charlatanism.
  • charlemagne — ?742–814 ad, king of the Franks (768–814) and, as Charles I, Holy Roman Emperor (800–814). He conquered the Lombards (774), the Saxons (772–804), and the Avars (791–799). He instituted many judicial and ecclesiastical reforms, and promoted commerce and agriculture throughout his empire, which extended from the Ebro to the Elbe. Under Alcuin his court at Aachen became the centre of a revival of learning
  • charlestown — oldest part of Boston, at the mouth of the Charles River: site of the battle of Bunker Hill
  • charpentier — Gustave (ɡystav). 1860–1956, French composer, whose best-known work is the opera Louise (1900)
  • chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
  • chicaneries — Plural form of chicanery.
  • chieftainry — the area governed by a chieftain
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