11-letter words containing y, c, h, r
- crazy horse — Native American name Ta-Sunko-Witko. ?1849–77, Sioux chief, remembered for his attempts to resist White settlement in Sioux territory
- crazy house — an asylum for people with psychiatric disorders
- crithomancy — a form of divination in which grain or meal used in a sacrifice is analysed
- crushworthy — (usually, of a, person) Suitable for a crush (infatuation): attractive.
- cryohydrate — a crystalline substance containing water and a salt in definite proportions at low temperatures: a eutectic crystallizing below the freezing point of water
- cryophysics — a branch of physics in which phenomena are studied at low temperatures
- cryotherapy — medical treatment in which all or part of the body is subjected to cold temperatures, as by means of ice packs
- cryptarithm — a type of mathematical puzzle in which the digits of an equation have been substituted by letters
- cryptograph — something written in code or cipher
- cryptophyte — any perennial plant that bears its buds below the soil or water surface
- cryptorchid — an animal or human in which the testes fail to descend into the scrotum
- cyanohydrin — any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyanide group and a hydroxyl group bound to the same carbon atom
- cyberethics — Ethics in cyberspace.
- cyberphobia — an irrational fear of computers
- cypherpunks — Plural form of cypherpunk.
- cystography — radiography of the urinary bladder using a contrast medium
- cytochromes — Plural form of cytochrome.
- cytopharynx — the gullet of a protozoan.
- dacryorrhea — excessive flow of tears.
- decahydrate — a hydrate that contains ten molecules of water, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- diphycercal — having a tail or caudal fin with the spinal column extending horizontally to the end of the tail, characteristic of lungfish, several other primitive fishes, and the juvenile stage of modern bony fishes.
- discography — a selective or complete list of phonograph recordings, typically of one composer, performer, or conductor.
- dithyrambic — of, relating to, or of the nature of a dithyramb, or an impassioned oration.
- dysharmonic — relating to abnormal bone development
- dysrhythmic — Having an unpleasing, irregular beat.
- emery cloth — a cloth covered with abrasive emery particles, used for sanding
- erythristic — Exhibiting erythrism.
- erythrocyte — A red blood cell that (in humans) is typically a biconcave disc without a nucleus. Erythrocytes contain the pigment hemoglobin, which imparts the red color to blood, and transport oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from the tissues.
- escharotomy — A surgical procedure in which an incision is made through eschar to expose the fatty tissue below.
- eurhythmics — Alternative spelling of eurythmics.
- everywhence — from all directions
- eye-catcher — something that especially attracts one's attention
- filthy rich — foul with, characterized by, or having the nature of filth; disgustingly or completely dirty.
- fire cherry — pin cherry.
- flycatchers — Plural form of flycatcher.
- french navy — a dark dull navy blue
- glycyrrhiza — Any legume (such as liquorice) of the genus [Glycyrrhiza]].
- grand duchy — a territory ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess.
- graphically — giving a clear and effective picture; vivid: a graphic account of an earthquake.
- gymnasiarch — (in ancient Greece) a magistrate who superintended the gymnasia and public games in certain cities.
- hairy vetch — a plant, Vicia villosa, of the legume family, native to Eurasia, having hairy stems and violet and white flowers, widely grown as forage and as a cover crop.
- hairy-faced — having a face covered with hair.
- heavy cream — thick cream having a high percentage of butterfat.
- heavy crude — a type of crude oil that does not flow easily and has greater viscosity and specific density than other types of crude
- hectoringly — So as to hector or bully.
- helichrysum — any of the numerous composite plants of the genus Helichrysum, having alternate leaves and solitary or clustered flower heads, including the strawflower.
- heliochromy — the process and practice of producing a photograph that reproduces the natural colours of the subject
- hematocryal — cold-blooded; poikilothermal.
- heretically — of, relating to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy.
- hermeticity — The condition of being hermetic (airtight).