11-letter words containing t, h, a, c
- eyecatching — Alternative spelling of eye-catching.
- far-fetched — improbable; not naturally pertinent; being only remotely connected; forced; strained: He brought in a far-fetched example in an effort to prove his point.
- fast-twitch — of or relating to muscle fiber that contracts relatively rapidly, utilized especially in actions requiring maximum effort of short duration, as sprinting (distinguished from slow-twitch).
- feather cut — a woman's hair style in which the hair is cut in short and uneven lengths and formed into small curls with featherlike tips.
- feather-cut — a woman's hair style in which the hair is cut in short and uneven lengths and formed into small curls with featherlike tips.
- featherback — any freshwater fish of the family Notopteridae, of Asia and western Africa, having a small, feathery dorsal fin and a very long anal fin extending from close behind the head to the tip of the tail.
- feldspathic — of, relating to, or containing feldspar.
- fianchettos — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fianchetto.
- file attach — [FidoNet] 1. A file sent along with a mail message from one BBS to another. 2. Sending someone a file by using the File Attach option in a BBS mailer.
- firewatcher — A person who looks for the onset of fires, normally from a high vantage point.
- fish tackle — a tackle for fishing an anchor.
- flitch beam — a beam composed of planks bolted together side by side and often reinforced with a plate of iron or steel.
- flitchplate — an iron or steel plate for reinforcing a flitch beam.
- flycatchers — Plural form of flycatcher.
- focal depth — lens: distance of sharp focus
- freight car — any car for carrying freight.
- french fact — (in Canada) the presence of French Canada as a distinct cultural force within the Confederation
- french flat — a flat that can be raised to or hung from the flies, and that contains practicable doors, windows, etc.
- fruit ranch — a farm where fruit is the main produce.
- ftp archive — archive site
- fucoxanthin — a brown carotenoid pigment occurring in brown algae, diatoms, and dinoflagellates.
- furtherance — the act of furthering; promotion; advancement.
- gang switch — a collection of switches connected to separate circuits and operating simultaneously.
- gantt chart — a chart depicting progress in relation to time of projects, tasks, schedules, etc.
- gastrotrich — any of the microscopic, multicellular animals of the class or phylum Gastrotricha, of fresh or salt waters, characterized by bands of cilia on the ventral surface of the bottle-shaped or ribbony body and by a protrusible feeding apparatus at the mouth.
- gatecrashed — Simple past tense and past participle of gatecrash.
- gatecrasher — a person who attends or enters a social function without an invitation, a theater without a ticket, etc.
- ghost dance — a ritual dance intended to establish communion with the dead, especially such a dance as performed by various messianic western American Indian cults in the late 19th century.
- glochidiate — (botany) Having barbs.
- glyptotheca — a space devoted to sculpture
- gnatcatcher — any tiny insect-eating, New World warbler of the genus Polioptila, having a long, mobile tail and a slender bill.
- goat cheese — a cheese containing goat's milk, either alone or mixed with cow's milk, usually having a stronger flavor than one made of cow's milk alone.
- gothic arch — a pointed arch, especially one having only two centers and equal radii.
- granolithic — (of concrete) containing fine granite chippings or crushed granite, used to render floors and surfaces.
- grass cloth — a cloth made from plant fibres, such as jute or hemp
- gynecopathy — any disease occurring only in women.
- hack attack — (jargon) (Possibly by analogy with "Big Mac Attack" from advertisements for the McDonald's fast-food chain; the variant "big hack attack" is reported) Nearly synonymous with hacking run, though the latter more strongly implies an all-nighter.
- hack writer — a writer of undistinguished literary work produced to order
- hackmatacks — Plural form of hackmatack.
- haematocele — Alternative spelling of hematocele.
- haematocrit — Alternative spelling of hematocrit.
- haemostatic — That promotes haemostasis.
- haines city — a town in central Florida.
- haircutting — an act or instance of cutting the hair.
- hairy vetch — a plant, Vicia villosa, of the legume family, native to Eurasia, having hairy stems and violet and white flowers, widely grown as forage and as a cover crop.
- hall effect — the electromotive force generated in a strip of metal longitudinally conducting an electric current and subjected to a magnetic field normal to its major surface.
- hallucinant — a person who experiences hallucinations
- hallucinate — to have hallucinations.
- halo effect — a predisposition to admire all of a person's actions, work, etc., because of an estimable quality or action in the past.
- haltom city — a city in N Texas, near Fort Worth.