11-letter words containing s, c, h, o
- bletcherous — /blech'*-r*s/ Disgusting in design or function; aesthetically unappealing. This word is seldom used of people. "This keyboard is bletcherous!" (Perhaps the keys don't work very well, or are misplaced.) The term bletcherous applies to the esthetics of the thing so described; similarly for cretinous. By contrast, something that is "losing" or "bagbiting" may be failing to meet objective criteria.
- block house — Stock Exchange. a firm that specializes in block trades.
- blue cohosh — either of two unrelated plants of the eastern U.S., Cimicifuga racemosa (black cohosh) of the buttercup family, or Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh) of the barberry family, both used medicinally.
- body search — If a person is body searched, someone such as a police officer searches them while they remain clothed. Compare strip-search.
- body-search — to search all parts of the body of: Police ordered the suspects to strip and then body-searched them for hidden caches of narcotics.
- brachiosaur — any of a genus (Brachiosaurus) of huge Jurassic sauropods having longer forelegs than hind legs and nostrils high on the forehead
- brachyurous — shorttailed, as a crab (opposed to macrurous).
- breconshire — (until 1974) a county of SE Wales, now mainly in Powys: over half its area forms the Brecon Beacons National Park
- bucket shop — an unregistered firm of stockbrokers that engages in speculation with clients' funds
- bush clover — any of several plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Lespedeza, of the legume family, having pinnately trifoliate leaves and heads of pink, purple, cream, or white flowers.
- cacophonies — Plural form of cacophony.
- cacophonous — If you describe a mixture of sounds as cacophonous, you mean that they are loud and unpleasant.
- cactus moth — a moth, Cactoblastis cactorum, native to South America and introduced into Australia to control prickly pear cactus, on which the larvae feed.
- calico bush — mountain laurel
- calochortus — any plant of the genus Calochortus, of the lily family, as the mariposa lily and the sego lily.
- camphorates — Plural form of camphorate.
- cannon-shot — the range of a cannon
- canophilist — a person who loves dogs
- cardholders — Plural form of cardholder.
- cardophagus — a donkey
- carpophores — Plural form of carpophore.
- carpophorus — an epithet of both Demeter and her daughter, Persephone, meaning “fruit-bearer.”.
- case method — Also called case-study method [keys-stuhd-ee] /ˈkeɪsˈstʌd i/ (Show IPA). the teaching or elucidation of a subject or issue through analysis and discussion of actual cases, as in business education.
- case*method — An analysis and design method from Oracle targeted at information management applications.
- cash income — income received in the form of cash during a specified period, esp that of rural and farming households
- casing shoe — A casing shoe is the bottom of the casing string, including the cement around it.
- cast anchor — to anchor a vessel
- cataphonics — catacoustics
- catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
- catastrophy — Alternative form of catastrophe.
- catholicism — Catholicism is the traditions, the behaviour, and the set of Christian beliefs that are held by Catholics.
- cattle show — a competitive event at which farmers show their best cattle
- cephalopods — Plural form of cephalopod.
- chaenomeles — any of a genus of deciduous shrubs within the family Rosaceae, native to East Asia
- 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-smoke — Someone who chain-smokes smokes cigarettes or cigars continuously.
- chairperson — The chairperson of a meeting, committee, or organization is the person in charge of it.
- chalkboards — Plural form of chalkboard.
- chalkstones — Plural form of chalkstone.
- 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.
- champignons — Plural form of champignon.
- championess — a female champion
- chancellors — Plural form of chancellor.
- changeovers — Plural form of changeover.
- chansonette — a little song
- chansonnier — a writer of chansons
- chaoticness — The state or quality of being chaotic.
- chaperonins — Plural form of chaperonin.
- chardonnays — Plural form of chardonnay.
- charioteers — Plural form of charioteer.