11-letter words containing s, a, c, h
- 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.
- chasmogamic — relating or pertaining to chasmogamy
- chaste tree — a small ornamental verbenaceous tree, Vitex agnus-castus, of S Europe and SW Asia, with spikes of pale blue flowers
- chastenment — the process of chastening
- chatelaines — Plural form of chatelaine.
- chatterbots — Plural form of chatterbot.
- chauvinists — zealous and aggressive patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glory.
- cheap skate — a person who is stingy and miserly.
- cheapskates — Plural form of cheapskate.
- cheat sheet — exam: notes for cheating
- 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.
- cheese-head — denoting or relating to a screw or bolt with a cylindrical slotted head
- cheeseboard — A cheeseboard is a board from which cheese is served at a meal.
- cheesecakes — Plural form of cheesecake.
- cheesemaker — a person or thing that makes cheese.
- cheeseparer — a skinflint or miser
- cheesesteak — a sandwich filled with grilled beef and cheese
- chelsea bun — a rolled yeast currant bun decorated with sugar
- chelyabinsk — an industrial city in SW Russia; in 2013 a large meteor exploded in an airburst over the city's surrounding district. Pop: 1 067 000 (2005 est)
- chemiotaxis — Dated form of chemotaxis.
- 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.
- chevy chase — (The Ballad of Chevy Chase) a 15th-century English ballad describing the battle of Otterburn between the Percys and the Douglases.
- chiaroscuro — Chiaroscuro is the use of light and shade in a picture, or the effect produced by light and shade in a place.
- chiasmatypy — the process of chiasma formation, which is the basis for crossing over.
- chiastolite — a variety of andalusite containing carbon impurities
- chicaneries — Plural form of chicanery.
- chiffchaffs — Plural form of chiffchaff.
- chilaquiles — (in Mexican cooking) a dish of fried tortilla strips typically topped with a spicy tomato sauce and cheese.
- child abuse — physical, sexual, or emotional ill-treatment or neglect of a child, esp by those responsible for its welfare
- chili sauce — a spiced sauce of chopped tomatoes, green and red sweet peppers, onions, etc.
- chiloplasty — cheiloplasty.
- chimpanzees — Plural form of chimpanzee.
- chin cactus — any of various globular cacti of the genus Gymnocalycium, native to South America, having white or pinkish flowers and a chinlike protrusion below each cluster of spines.
- china aster — a related Chinese plant, Callistephus chinensis, widely cultivated for its showy brightly coloured flowers
- china stone — a type of kaolinized granitic rock containing unaltered plagioclase
- chinchillas — Plural form of chinchilla.
- chindonesia — China, India, and Indonesia: seen collectively as the most important developing economies with the best growth markets for investors
- chinese tag — a variety of the game of tag in which the tagged player must hold one hand on the part of the body where he or she was tagged.
- chinese wax — a yellowish wax secreted by an oriental scale insect, Ceroplastes ceriferus, and used commercially