11-letter words containing s, t, c, h
- 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.
- charismatic — A charismatic person attracts, influences, and inspires people by their personal qualities.
- charlestown — oldest part of Boston, at the mouth of the Charles River: site of the battle of Bunker Hill
- 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
- 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
- checkerspot — any of several butterflies of the genus Melitaea, having black wings with yellowish-brown, checkerlike markings.
- checkpoints — Plural form of checkpoint.
- checksheets — Plural form of checksheet.
- 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 mite — a white soft-bodied free-living mite, Tyrophagus (or Tyroglyphus) longior, sometimes found in decaying cheese
- cheesecloth — Cheesecloth is cotton cloth that is very thin and light. There are tiny holes between the threads of the cloth.
- cheesesteak — a sandwich filled with grilled beef and cheese
- chemiotaxis — Dated form of chemotaxis.
- chemisettes — Plural form of chemisette.
- chemistries — Plural form of chemistry.
- cheque stub — the part of a cheque that is retained as a record of its purpose
- cherepovets — city in NE Russia, on the Rybinsk Reservoir: pop. 319,000
- cherishment — the act or process of cherishing
- cherrystone — a small or not fully-grown edible clam of the genus Mercenaria, found in the waters off the Atlantic coast of North America
- chest voice — a voice of the lowest speaking or singing register
- chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
- chiasmatypy — the process of chiasma formation, which is the basis for crossing over.
- chiastolite — a variety of andalusite containing carbon impurities
- chickenshit — If you say that someone or something is chickenshit, you mean that they are worthless.
- childbirths — Plural form of childbirth.
- chiloplasty — cheiloplasty.
- 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
- 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.
- chintziness — The quality of being chintzy.
- chip basket — a wire basket for holding potato chips, etc, while frying in deep fat
- chiropodist — A chiropodist is a person whose job is to treat and care for people's feet.
- 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
- choanocytes — Plural form of choanocyte.
- 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
- chokepoints — Plural form of chokepoint.