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11-letter words containing r, a, s, c

  • charles iii — known as Charles the Fat. 839–888 ad, Holy Roman Emperor (881–887) and, as Charles II, king of France (884–887). He briefly reunited the empire of Charlemagne
  • charles vii — 1403–61, king of France (1422–61), son of Charles VI. He was excluded from the French throne by the Treaty of Troyes, but following Joan of Arc's victory over the English at Orléans (1429), was crowned
  • charles xii — 1682–1718, king of Sweden (1697–1718), who inflicted defeats on Denmark, Russia, and Poland during the Great Northern War (1700–21)
  • charles xiv — the title as king of Sweden and Norway of Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte
  • charlestown — oldest part of Boston, at the mouth of the Charles River: site of the battle of Bunker Hill
  • charmlessly — in a charmless manner
  • chart house — a room or deckhouse for storing and working with charts, navigational instruments, etc.
  • chart music — songs that feature in the music charts
  • chartaceous — of the nature of paper; papery
  • chartbuster — A popular singer or group that makes a best-selling recording.
  • chaste tree — a small ornamental verbenaceous tree, Vitex agnus-castus, of S Europe and SW Asia, with spikes of pale blue flowers
  • chatterbots — Plural form of chatterbot.
  • cheek strap — (of a bridle) one of two straps passing over the cheeks of the horse and connecting the crown piece with the bit or noseband.
  • cheeseboard — A cheeseboard is a board from which cheese is served at a meal.
  • cheesemaker — a person or thing that makes cheese.
  • cheeseparer — a skinflint or miser
  • cherishable — to hold or treat as dear; feel love for: to cherish one's native land.
  • chess-board — the board, identical with a checkerboard, used for playing chess.
  • chessboards — Plural form of chessboard.
  • chessplayer — a player of chess
  • chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
  • chiaroscuro — Chiaroscuro is the use of light and shade in a picture, or the effect produced by light and shade in a place.
  • chicaneries — Plural form of chicanery.
  • china aster — a related Chinese plant, Callistephus chinensis, widely cultivated for its showy brightly coloured flowers
  • chloramines — Plural form of chloramine.
  • chlorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chlorinate.
  • chloroplast — a plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments, occurring in plants and algae that carry out photosynthesis
  • choirmaster — A choirmaster is a person whose job is to train a choir.
  • choirstalls — fixed seats in the choir of a church, generally of carved wood
  • chou pastry — cream puff paste.
  • 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
  • christian x — 1890–1947, king of Denmark (1912–47) and Iceland (1918–44)
  • christiania — Christie1
  • christianly — like a Christian; Christianlike.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • chrysalidal — relating to a chrysalis or stage in the development of an insect
  • chrysalides — the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly; an obtect pupa.
  • chrysalises — Plural form of chrysalis.
  • chrysarobin — a tasteless odourless powder containing anthraquinone derivatives of araroba, formerly used medicinally to treat chronic skin conditions
  • chrysocolla — a mineral that is a silicate of copper and occurs in shades of blue or green and is reputed to have calming properties
  • chrysocracy — a form of government by the rich
  • chrysograph — a manuscript, especially of the Middle Ages, written in gold or gold and silver ink.
  • 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.
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