11-letter words containing s, h, c
- bioresearch — the investigation of the nature of living organisms; biological research.
- black hills — a group of mountains in W South Dakota and NE Wyoming: famous for the gigantic sculptures of US presidents on the side of Mount Rushmore. Highest peak: Harney Peak, 2207 m (7242 ft)
- black house — a type of thatched house, usually made of turf, formerly found in the highlands and islands of Scotland
- black shank — a disease of tobacco, characterized by wilting and by decayed, blackened roots and stems, caused by a fungus, Phytophthora parasitica nicotianae.
- black sheep — If you describe someone as the black sheep of their family or of a group that they are a member of, you mean that they are considered bad or worthless by other people in that family or group.
- black shirt — a member of any fascist organization (specif., the former Italian Fascist party) with a black-shirted uniform
- blastochyle — the fluid in a blastocoel
- 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.
- bleu cheese — blue cheese
- block house — Stock Exchange. a firm that specializes in block trades.
- blue cheese — cheese containing a blue mould, esp Stilton, Roquefort, or Danish blue
- 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.
- blue schist — a metamorphic rock formed under conditions of high pressure and relatively low temperature
- 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
- brachyprism — the four faces parallel to the brachyaxis in a crystal
- 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
- brickshaped — resembling the shape of a brick
- bucket shop — an unregistered firm of stockbrokers that engages in speculation with clients' funds
- bunch grass — any of various grasses that grow in tufts
- 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.
- bush jacket — a casual jacket or shirt having four patch pockets and a belt
- bush tucker — any wild animal, insect, plant or plant extract, etc traditionally used as food by native Australians
- bushwhacker — a person who travels around or lives in thinly populated woodlands
- butt chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade less than 4 inches (10 cm) long.
- butt-cheeks — the flesh of the buttocks
- 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.
- caddishness — the state of being caddish
- caipirinhas — Plural form of caipirinha.
- calico bush — mountain laurel
- calisthenic — Of, or relating to calisthenics.
- callimachus — late 5th century bc, Greek sculptor, reputed to have invented the Corinthian capital
- calochortus — any plant of the genus Calochortus, of the lily family, as the mariposa lily and the sego lily.
- calycanthus — any of several shrubs of the genus Calycanthus, found in North America
- camphorates — Plural form of camphorate.
- can crusher — a device which presses empty metal food containers in order to reduce their volume before they are disposed of
- cannon-shot — the range of a cannon
- canophilist — a person who loves dogs
- cantharides — a diuretic and urogenital stimulant or irritant prepared from the dried bodies of Spanish fly (family Meloidae, not Cantharidae), once thought to be an aphrodisiac
- cape helles — a cape in NW Turkey, at the S end of the Gallipoli Peninsula
- capiz shell — whitish, translucent shell of the Philippines, used in making lamp shades, decorative articles, etc.
- captainship — captaincy.
- cardholders — Plural form of cardholder.
- cardophagus — a donkey
- cardsharper — (rare) alternative spelling of cardsharp.
- carpathians — a mountain range in central Europe, extending from N Slovakia to central Romania. Highest peak, Gerlachovka, 8737 feet (2663 meters).