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11-letter words containing t, h, r, e, a, n

  • burnt shale — carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making
  • 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
  • cashierment — the action of rejecting or dismissing
  • catarrhines — Plural form of catarrhine.
  • catherine i — ?1684–1727, second wife of Peter the Great, whom she succeeded as empress of Russia (1725–27)
  • centrarchid — (zoology) Any member of the Centrarchidae.
  • centre half — a defender who plays in the middle of the defence
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • charientism — (rhetoric) A figure of speech wherein a taunting expression is softened by a jest; an insult veiled in grace.
  • charlestown — oldest part of Boston, at the mouth of the Charles River: site of the battle of Bunker Hill
  • charpentier — Gustave (ɡystav). 1860–1956, French composer, whose best-known work is the opera Louise (1900)
  • chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
  • chieftainry — the area governed by a chieftain
  • china aster — a related Chinese plant, Callistephus chinensis, widely cultivated for its showy brightly coloured flowers
  • chiropteran — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chiroptera, an order of placental mammals comprising the bats
  • chlorinated — Chlorinated water, for example drinking water or water in a swimming pool, has been cleaned by adding chlorine to it.
  • chlorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chlorinate.
  • coat hanger — A coat hanger is a curved piece of wood, metal, or plastic that you hang a piece of clothing on.
  • ctenophoran — of a ctenophore
  • dante chair — a chair of the Renaissance having two transverse pairs of curved legs crossing beneath the seat and rising to support the arms and back.
  • death grant — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a grant payable to a relative, executor, etc, after the death of a person
  • dehortation — an exhortation against a course of action
  • dehydrating — Present participle of dehydrate.
  • dehydration — the act or process of dehydrating.
  • dendrachate — a variety of agate with black or brown tree-like markings, caused by impurities
  • disenthrall — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
  • disheartens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dishearten.
  • dishearting — Present participle of disheart.
  • downhearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
  • draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
  • dreadnaught — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
  • dreadnought — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
  • early night — If you have an early night, you go to bed early. If you have a late night, you go to bed late.
  • earthenware — pottery of baked or hardened clay, especially any of the coarse, opaque varieties.
  • earthliness — of or relating to the earth, especially as opposed to heaven; worldly.
  • earthmoving — of or relating to earthmovers: earthmoving machinery.
  • earthperson — a human inhabitant or native of the planet Earth.
  • eleutherian — giving or protecting freedom
  • enarthrosis — A ball-and-socket joint.
  • enchantress — A woman who uses magic or sorcery, esp. to put someone or something under a spell.
  • endothermal — Endothermic.
  • enheartened — Simple past tense and past participle of enhearten.
  • enheritance — Obsolete form of inheritance.
  • enteropathy — A disease of the intestine, especially the small intestine.
  • enthralldom — The act of enthralling, or the state of being enthralled; slavery; bondage.
  • enthralling — Capturing and holding one's attention; fascinating.
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