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11-letter words containing t, h, a, m

  • cephalotomy — the dissection of the head
  • chamaephyte — a plant whose buds are close to the ground
  • chamber pot — A chamber pot is a round container shaped like a very large cup. Chamber pots used to be kept in bedrooms so that people could urinate in them instead of having to leave their room during the night.
  • chamber-pot — a portable container, especially for urine, used in bedrooms.
  • chamfer bit — a bit for beveling the edge of a hole.
  • champerties — Plural form of champerty.
  • 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.
  • charactonym — a name given to a literary character that is descriptive of a quality or trait of the character.
  • charientism — (rhetoric) A figure of speech wherein a taunting expression is softened by a jest; an insult veiled in grace.
  • charismatic — A charismatic person attracts, influences, and inspires people by their personal qualities.
  • chart music — songs that feature in the music charts
  • chastenment — the process of chastening
  • checkmating — Present participle of checkmate.
  • chemiotaxis — Dated form of chemotaxis.
  • chemotactic — oriented movement toward or away from a chemical stimulus.
  • chiasmatypy — the process of chiasma formation, which is the basis for crossing over.
  • chiromantic — relating to chiromancy
  • chittamwood — American smoke tree.
  • choirmaster — A choirmaster is a person whose job is to train a choir.
  • chrismation — a rite of initiation involving anointing with chrism and taking place at the same time as baptism
  • chrismatory — a small receptacle containing the three kinds of consecrated oil used in the sacraments
  • christmassy — Something that is Christmassy is typical of or suitable for Christmas.
  • christogram — a symbol of Christ, especially the Chi-Rho.
  • chromatinic — Of or pertaining to chromatin.
  • chrome tape — magnetic recording tape coated with chrome dioxide
  • chromeplate — to plate with chromium.
  • chromoplast — a coloured plastid in a plant cell, esp one containing carotenoids
  • cologarithm — the logarithm of the reciprocal of a number; the negative value of the logarithm
  • complaineth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'complain'.
  • crithomancy — a form of divination in which grain or meal used in a sacrifice is analysed
  • cross-match — to test the compatibility of (a donor's and recipient's blood) by checking that the red cells of each do not agglutinate in the other's serum
  • cryptarithm — a type of mathematical puzzle in which the digits of an equation have been substituted by letters
  • cyclothymia — a condition characterized by periodical swings of mood between excitement and depression, activity and inactivity
  • dead-smooth — noting a double-cut metal file having the minimum commercial grade of coarseness.
  • death march — a long-distance forced march, usually undertaken by prisoners, on which a lot of the marchers die
  • death metal — a type of heavy-metal music characterized by extreme speed and lyrics dealing with violence, satanism, etc
  • debauchment — The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
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  • dephlegmate — to remove watery substances from (acids or spirits) in order to purify
  • detachments — Plural form of detachment.
  • deutschmark — the former standard monetary unit of Germany, divided into 100 pfennigs; replaced by the euro in 2002: until 1990 the standard monetary unit of West Germany
  • dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
  • dichromatic — having or consisting of only two colours
  • dithyrambic — of, relating to, or of the nature of a dithyramb, or an impassioned oration.
  • draughtsman — a checker, as used in the game of checkers.
  • draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
  • durum wheat — a wheat, Triticum turgidum, the grain of which yields flour used in making pasta.
  • dutch metal — an alloy of copper and zinc in the form of thin sheets, used as an imitation of gold leaf.
  • dysrhythmia — a disturbance of rhythm, as of speech or of brain waves recorded by an electroencephalograph.
  • earth mover — a vehicle, as a bulldozer, for pushing or carrying excavated earth from place to place.
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