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11-letter words containing t, h, e, c, a

  • catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
  • catch flies — any of various plants, especially of the genera Silene and Lychnis, having a viscid secretion on the stem and calyx in which small insects are sometimes caught.
  • catchphrase — A catchphrase is a sentence or phrase which becomes popular or well-known, often because it is frequently used by a famous person.
  • catchweight — of or relating to a contest in which normal weight categories have been waived by agreement
  • catechetics — the branch of theology that deals with catechesis
  • catechising — Present participle of catechise.
  • catechismal — Of or pertaining to a catechism; having the form of questions and answers; catechical.
  • catechistic — a person who catechizes.
  • catechizing — Present participle of catechize.
  • catechumens — Plural form of catechumen.
  • cathedratic — relating to the seat of the bishop
  • catherine i — ?1684–1727, second wife of Peter the Great, whom she succeeded as empress of Russia (1725–27)
  • catheterize — to insert a catheter into
  • cathode ray — a flow of electrons emanating from a cathode in a vacuum tube and focused into a narrow beam.
  • catholicate — the legal power of the leader of an Armenian church
  • catholicize — to make or become catholic
  • cattishness — The property of being cattish.
  • cattle shed — a shed for cattle
  • cattle show — a competitive event at which farmers show their best cattle
  • cedar chest — a chest made of cedar, in which woolens, furs, etc. are stored for protection against moths
  • cenesthesia — the mass of undifferentiated sensations that make one aware of the body and its condition, as in the feeling of well-being or illness
  • centrarchid — (zoology) Any member of the Centrarchidae.
  • centre half — a defender who plays in the middle of the defence
  • cephalothin — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
  • cephalotomy — the dissection of the head
  • cesarevitch — the eldest son of a czar.
  • chaetognath — any small wormlike marine invertebrate of the phylum Chaetognatha, including the arrowworms, having a coelom and a ring of bristles around the mouth
  • 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 plate — any of the metal plates secured to the hull of a sailing vessel or elsewhere to hold shrouds and backstays at their lower ends.
  • 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
  • chainplates — Plural form of chainplate.
  • chair table — an article of furniture, produced especially in colonial America, that can serve as either a table or a chair, having, as a chair, a large, usually circular, hinged back that can be pulled down and rested on the arms to form a tabletop.
  • chalkstones — Plural form of chalkstone.
  • chalkstripe — clothing with a pattern of thin white stripes on a dark background
  • 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.
  • change feet — to put on different shoes, boots, etc
  • chansonette — a little song
  • chantefable — (in medieval French literature) a prose narrative interspersed with verse.
  • 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
  • chaoticness — The state or quality of being chaotic.
  • chaptalized — Simple past tense and past participle of chaptalize.
  • chapultepec — a rocky hill in Mexico City: captured (Sept., 1847) in an American assault led by Gen. Winfield Scott in the Mexican War
  • charactered — Simple past tense and past participle of character.
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