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11-letter words containing t, r, o, c, h

  • breechcloth — a cloth worn about the loins; loincloth
  • breechclout — a cloth worn about the breech and loins; loincloth.
  • bright coal — coal consisting of alternating layers of clarain and vitrain.
  • 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.
  • brood bitch — a female dog used for breeding.
  • brood patch — a highly vascular, featherless area developed on the abdomen of certain brooding birds that is in direct contact with eggs during incubation and provides additional warmth.
  • brown patch — a fungus disease of turf grass that results in circular areas of brown, dead grass.
  • brunch coat — a knee-length housecoat.
  • cachinatory — Alternative form of cachinnatory.
  • cachinnator — One who laughs loudly and immoderately.
  • caecotrophy — (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and other lagomorphs, the consumption of food pellets which are naturally produced by means of digestion, retention in the caecum, and expulsion through the anus.
  • calathiform — cup-shaped; concave.
  • calochortus — any plant of the genus Calochortus, of the lily family, as the mariposa lily and the sego lily.
  • camphorated — impregnated or combined with camphor
  • camphorates — Plural form of camphorate.
  • cardiopathy — a heart disease or disorder
  • carpet moth — any of several geometrid moths with black- (or brown-)and-white mottled wings
  • cartography — Cartography is the art or activity of drawing maps and geographical charts.
  • cartophilic — relating to cartophily
  • cast anchor — to anchor a vessel
  • catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
  • catastrophy — Alternative form of catastrophe.
  • cathode ray — a flow of electrons emanating from a cathode in a vacuum tube and focused into a narrow beam.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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)
  • chatterbots — Plural form of chatterbot.
  • checkerspot — any of several butterflies of the genus Melitaea, having black wings with yellowish-brown, checkerlike markings.
  • 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
  • chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
  • child actor — an actor who is a child
  • chiromantic — relating to chiromancy
  • chiropodist — A chiropodist is a person whose job is to treat and care for people's feet.
  • chiropteran — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chiroptera, an order of placental mammals comprising the bats
  • chloracetic — an acid made by chlorinating acetic acid
  • chlorimeter — a device used to determine the amount of chlorine present in a preparation
  • chlorimetry — the methods and procedures used to determine the amount of chlorine present in a preparation
  • 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.
  • chlorinator — That which chlorinates.
  • chlorophyte — A lower plant of the division Chlorophyta, which comprises the green algae.
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