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11-letter words containing t, h, e, i

  • brain death — Brain death occurs when someone's brain stops functioning, even though their heart may be kept beating using a machine.
  • brake light — a red light attached to the rear of a motor vehicle that lights up when the brakes are applied, serving as a warning to following drivers
  • breadthwise — in the direction of the breadth
  • breatharian — a person who believes that it is possible to subsist healthily on air alone
  • breathiness — (of the voice) characterized by audible or excessive emission of breath.
  • bridewealth — (in some nonindustrial societies) the money or goods given to the family of a bride by the bridegroom or his family.
  • bridle path — A bridle path is a path intended for people riding horses.
  • bright idea — suggestion: clever
  • bright-eyed — eager; fresh and enthusiastic
  • bright-line — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
  • brittlebush — any of several composite plants of the genus Encelia, of desert regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having alternate leaves and yellow ray flowers with a yellow or purple center.
  • 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.
  • brotherlike — like a brother
  • bullfighter — A bullfighter is the person who tries to injure or kill the bull in a bullfight.
  • bullshitter — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
  • burnishment — the act or process of burnishing
  • butcherbird — a shrike, esp one of the genus Lanius
  • butt chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade less than 4 inches (10 cm) long.
  • butter dish — a small dish designed to hold butter
  • cachectical — cachetic
  • calisthenic — Of, or relating to calisthenics.
  • candlelight — Candlelight is the light that a candle produces.
  • 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
  • cap-haitien — a port in N Haiti: capital during the French colonial period. Pop: 134 000 (2005 est)
  • cashierment — the action of rejecting or dismissing
  • catachresis — the incorrect use of words, as luxuriant for luxurious
  • catarrhines — Plural form of catarrhine.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • catholicate — the legal power of the leader of an Armenian church
  • catholicize — to make or become catholic
  • cattishness — The property of being cattish.
  • 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.
  • cephalothin — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
  • cesarevitch — the eldest son of a czar.
  • 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.
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