11-letter words containing t, e, n, r, h
- brochantite — a mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 4 (OH) 6 SO 4 , occurring in green fibrous masses and similar in physical properties to antlerite: formerly a major ore of copper.
- brown earth — an intrazonal soil of temperate humid regions typically developed under deciduous forest into a dark rich layer (mull): characteristic of much of southern and central England
- brown heart — a brown discoloration of the flesh of stored apples, resulting from high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
- burnishment — the act or process of burnishing
- burnt shale — carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making
- buttonholer — a person who buttonholes
- 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
- cashierment — the action of rejecting or dismissing
- catarrhines — Plural form of catarrhine.
- catherine i — ?1684–1727, second wife of Peter the Great, whom she succeeded as empress of Russia (1725–27)
- centerpunch — to mark with a center punch.
- centrarchid — (zoology) Any member of the Centrarchidae.
- centre half — a defender who plays in the middle of the defence
- chain grate — a type of mechanical stoker for a furnace, in which the grate consists of an endless chain that draws the solid fuel into the furnace as it rotates
- 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-react — to undergo a chain reaction
- chanterelle — any saprotrophic basidiomycetous fungus of the genus Cantharellus, esp C. cibarius, having an edible yellow funnel-shaped mushroom: family Cantharellaceae
- chanticleer — a name for a cock, used esp in fables
- charientism — (rhetoric) A figure of speech wherein a taunting expression is softened by a jest; an insult veiled in grace.
- charlestown — oldest part of Boston, at the mouth of the Charles River: site of the battle of Bunker Hill
- charpentier — Gustave (ɡystav). 1860–1956, French composer, whose best-known work is the opera Louise (1900)
- 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
- chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
- chieftainry — the area governed by a chieftain
- china aster — a related Chinese plant, Callistephus chinensis, widely cultivated for its showy brightly coloured flowers
- chiropteran — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chiroptera, an order of placental mammals comprising the bats
- chitterling — part of the small intestine of swine
- chlorinated — Chlorinated water, for example drinking water or water in a swimming pool, has been cleaned by adding chlorine to it.
- chlorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chlorinate.
- cholesterin — a sterol, C 27 H 46 O, that occurs in all animal tissues, especially in the brain, spinal cord, and adipose tissue, functioning chiefly as a protective agent in the skin and myelin sheaths of nerve cells, a detoxifier in the bloodstream, and as a precursor of many steroids: deposits of cholesterol form in certain pathological conditions, as gallstones and atherosclerotic plaques.
- chondrocyte — A cell that makes up the tissue of cartilage.
- christendom — All the Christian people and countries in the world can be referred to as Christendom.
- christening — A christening is a Christian ceremony in which a baby is made a member of the Christian church and is officially given his or her name. Compare baptism.
- christingle — (in Britain) a Christian service for children held shortly before Christmas, in which each child is given a decorated fruit with a lighted candle in it
- chronometer — A chronometer is an extremely accurate clock that is used especially by sailors at sea.
- chronometre — (nonstandard, and, now, largely obsolete) Alternative form of chronometer.
- chronometry — the science or technique of measuring time with extreme accuracy
- coat hanger — A coat hanger is a curved piece of wood, metal, or plastic that you hang a piece of clothing on.
- coinheritor — a fellow inheritor
- cool hunter — a person who is employed to identify future trends, esp in fashion or the media
- countermyth — a myth that conflicts with another myth
- countershot — a sequence of frames seen from the perspective of the subject of the previous shot
- crochetings — a collection of crochet-work
- crown ether — a type of cyclic ether consisting of a ring of carbon and oxygen atoms, with two or more carbon atoms between each oxygen atom
- crown vetch — a trailing leguminous European plant, Coronilla varia, with clusters of white or pink flowers: cultivated in North America as a border plant
- crunch time — the critical moment
- ctenophoran — of a ctenophore
- ctenophores — Plural form of ctenophore.
- dante chair — a chair of the Renaissance having two transverse pairs of curved legs crossing beneath the seat and rising to support the arms and back.