11-letter words containing t, h, o
- case*method — An analysis and design method from Oracle targeted at information management applications.
- cast anchor — to anchor a vessel
- cataphonics — catacoustics
- catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
- catastrophy — Alternative form of catastrophe.
- catch up on — to engage in more (work, sleep, etc.) so as to compensate for earlier neglect
- 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
- catholicism — Catholicism is the traditions, the behaviour, and the set of Christian beliefs that are held by Catholics.
- catholicity — a wide range of interests, tastes, etc; liberality
- catholicize — to make or become catholic
- cattle show — a competitive event at which farmers show their best cattle
- cell theory — a basic tenet of modern biology, first stated by Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann in 1838–39, that cells are the basic units of structure and function in living organisms.
- cephalothin — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
- cephalotomy — the dissection of the head
- 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 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.
- chalkstones — Plural form of chalkstone.
- 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.
- 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.
- chansonette — a little song
- chaotically — completely confused or disordered: a chaotic mass of books and papers.
- chaoticness — The state or quality of being chaotic.
- charactonym — a name given to a literary character that is descriptive of a quality or trait of the character.
- charioteers — Plural form of charioteer.
- charlestown — oldest part of Boston, at the mouth of the Charles River: site of the battle of Bunker Hill
- chart house — a room or deckhouse for storing and working with charts, navigational instruments, etc.
- chartaceous — of the nature of paper; papery
- chateauroux — a town in central France: 10th-century castle (Château-Raoul). Pop: 46 386 (2009)
- chattanooga — a city in SE Tennessee, on the Tennessee River: scene of two battles during the Civil War, in which the North defeated the Confederates, cleared Tennessee, and opened the way to Georgia (1863). Pop: 154 887 (2003 est)
- chatterbots — Plural form of chatterbot.
- checkerspot — any of several butterflies of the genus Melitaea, having black wings with yellowish-brown, checkerlike markings.
- checkpoints — Plural form of checkpoint.
- cheek tooth — any of the three posterior chewing teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaws in human adults; molar.
- cheektowaga — a town in NW New York, near Buffalo.
- cheesecloth — Cheesecloth is cotton cloth that is very thin and light. There are tiny holes between the threads of the cloth.
- chemiotaxis — Dated form of chemotaxis.
- chemotactic — oriented movement toward or away from a chemical stimulus.
- cherepovets — city in NE Russia, on the Rybinsk Reservoir: pop. 319,000
- cherrystone — a small or not fully-grown edible clam of the genus Mercenaria, found in the waters off the Atlantic coast of North America
- chest voice — a voice of the lowest speaking or singing register
- chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
- chiastolite — a variety of andalusite containing carbon impurities
- chicken out — If someone chickens out of something they were intending to do, they decide not to do it because they are afraid.
- child actor — an actor who is a child
- chilled out — relaxed
- chillicothe — a city in S Ohio.
- chiloplasty — cheiloplasty.
- chimney pot — A chimney pot is a short pipe which is fixed on top of a chimney.