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11-letter words containing r, e, s, h

  • cash letter — a deposit list from one bank to another containing items to be credited to the account of the depositing bank.
  • cashierment — the action of rejecting or dismissing
  • castlereagh — a district of E Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 66 076 (2003 est). Area: 85 sq km (33 sq miles)
  • catachresis — the incorrect use of words, as luxuriant for luxurious
  • catarrhines — Plural form of catarrhine.
  • catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
  • catchphrase — A catchphrase is a sentence or phrase which becomes popular or well-known, often because it is frequently used by a famous person.
  • cavalierish — like a cavalier
  • cedar chest — a chest made of cedar, in which woolens, furs, etc. are stored for protection against moths
  • cellar sash — a window sash of relatively small size, having two or three panes horizontally arranged.
  • cesarevitch — the eldest son of a czar.
  • cesca chair — a chair, with or without arms, designed by Marcel Breuer in 1928, having a cantilevered frame of chromium-plated or stainless tubular steel and a seat and back of bentwood-framed canework.
  • 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.
  • chairperson — The chairperson of a meeting, committee, or organization is the person in charge of it.
  • chalkstripe — clothing with a pattern of thin white stripes on a dark background
  • challengers — Plural form of challenger.
  • champerties — Plural form of champerty.
  • champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
  • chancellors — Plural form of chancellor.
  • chandeliers — Plural form of chandelier.
  • chandleries — Plural form of chandlery.
  • changeovers — Plural form of changeover.
  • chansonnier — a writer of chansons
  • chaperonins — Plural form of chaperonin.
  • charchemish — an ancient city in S Turkey, on the upper Euphrates: important city in the Mitanni kingdom; later the capital of the Hittite empire.
  • chargebacks — Plural form of chargeback.
  • charientism — (rhetoric) A figure of speech wherein a taunting expression is softened by a jest; an insult veiled in grace.
  • charioteers — Plural form of charioteer.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • checkerspot — any of several butterflies of the genus Melitaea, having black wings with yellowish-brown, checkerlike markings.
  • checkerwise — Alternative spelling of chequerwise.
  • 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.
  • cheerlessly — In a cheerless manner.
  • 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
  • cheesepress — the equipment used to press cheese curd
  • cheliferous — bearing chelae
  • chemisorbed — Simple past tense and past participle of chemisorb.
  • chemistries — Plural form of chemistry.
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