11-letter words containing t, h, e, c, a
- java trench — a trench in the Indian Ocean, S of Java: deepest known part of Indian Ocean. 25,344 feet (7725 meters) deep.
- karate chop — a sharp blow used in karate, usually delivered by a slanting stroke with the side of the hand.
- karate-chop — a sharp blow used in karate, usually delivered by a slanting stroke with the side of the hand.
- kitchen tea — a prewedding party to which guests bring an item of kitchenware or other gifts for the bride; shower.
- kitchenalia — cooking equipment and other items found in a kitchen
- kitchenmaid — a female servant who assists the cook.
- kitchenware — cooking equipment or utensils.
- lackey moth — a bombycid moth, Malacosoma neustria, whose brightly striped larvae live at first in a communal web often on fruit trees, of which they may become a pest
- lancet arch — an arch having a head that is acutely pointed.
- lancet fish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- landsknecht — a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.
- late charge — a penalty charge in addition to the regularly scheduled payment, as of a loan, if such payment has not been made when due.
- leaf blotch — a symptom or phase of certain especially fungal diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic discoloration of the leaves.
- leatherback — a sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, having the shell embedded in a leathery skin, reaching a length of more than 7 feet (2.1 meter) and a weight of more than 1000 pounds (450 kg): the largest living sea turtle; an endangered species.
- leatherjack — Leatherjacket (fish in genus Oligoplites).
- leatherneck — a U.S. marine.
- lecithinase — An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of lecithin.
- lethargical — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- light cream — sweet cream with less butterfat than heavy cream.
- light-faced — (of type) having a weight of type characterized by light thin lines
- lubavitcher — a member of a missionary Hasidic movement founded in the 1700s by Rabbi Shneour Zalman of Lyady.
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- machicolate — to provide with machicolations.
- macintoshes — Plural form of macintosh.
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- mailcatcher — a device on a mail car that, while the train is moving, picks up mailbags suspended beside the track.
- massachuset — a member of an extinct tribe of North American Indians of eastern Massachusetts.
- match plate — a plate on which patterns are set to be molded.
- matchlessly — In a matchless manner.
- matchmakers — Plural form of matchmaker.
- mathematica — (tool, mathematics) A popular symbolic mathematics and graphics system, developed in 1988 by Stephen Wolfram and sold by Wolfram Research. The language emphasises rules and pattern-matching. The name was suggested by Steve Jobs. Mailing list: [email protected]
- mathematics — (used with a singular verb) the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically.
- mechanistic — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
- mechatronic — relating to mechatronics
- mechitarist — a member of an order of Armenian monks founded in Constantinople in the 18th century and following the rule of St. Benedict.
- melanchthon — Philipp [fil-ip;; German fee-lip] /ˈfɪl ɪp;; German ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), (Philipp Schwarzert) 1497–1560, German Protestant reformer.
- menthaceous — belonging to the Menthaceae, a former name for the plant family Labiatae.
- merchanting — the act of selling commodities
- merchantman — a trading ship.
- merchantmen — Plural form of merchantman.
- mesognathic — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- meta-ethics — the philosophy of ethics dealing with the meaning of ethical terms, the nature of moral discourse, and the foundations of moral principles.
- metachronal — Describing the wavelike beating of a group of cilia.
- metachrosis — the ability of some animals, such as chameleons, to change their colour
- metaethical — (ethics) Of or pertaining to metaethics.
- metamorphic — pertaining to or characterized by change of form, or metamorphosis.
- metanephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- metaphysics — metaphysics.
- metapsychic — relating to metapsychics