11-letter words containing che
- lichenology — the branch of biology that studies lichens.
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- lobachevsky — Nikolai Ivanovich [nyi-kuh-lahy ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1856, Russian mathematician.
- low-pitched — pitched in a low register or key: a low-pitched aria for the basso.
- lubavitcher — a member of a missionary Hasidic movement founded in the 1700s by Rabbi Shneour Zalman of Lyady.
- lüdenscheid — a city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia: manufacturing centre for aluminium and plastics. Pop: 79 829 (2003 est)
- mailcatcher — a device on a mail car that, while the train is moving, picks up mailbags suspended beside the track.
- main gauche — a dagger of the 16th and 17th centuries, held in the left hand in dueling and used to parry the sword of an opponent.
- malebranche — Nicolas de [nee-kaw-lah duh] /ni kɔˈlɑ də/ (Show IPA), 1638–1715, French philosopher.
- marcheshvan — Heshvan.
- menoschesis — suppression of menstruation.
- microinches — Plural form of microinch.
- mischevious — Misconstruction of mischievous.
- multischeme — An implementation of Multilisp built on MIT's C-Scheme, for the BBN Butterfly.
- nacogdoches — a city in N Texas.
- nakhichevan — an autonomous republic, an exclave of Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, Turkey, and Iran. 2124 sq. mi. (5500 sq. km). Capital: Nakhichevan.
- namechecked — Simple past tense and past participle of namecheck.
- nietzschean — the philosophy of Nietzsche, emphasizing the will to power as the chief motivating force of both the individual and society.
- nonattached — not attached or connected, detached
- nonchemical — Not chemical.
- on schedule — with no delay
- onychectomy — The surgical removal of claws.
- open cheque — an uncrossed cheque that can be cashed at the drawee bank
- orchestrate — Arrange or score (music) for orchestral performance.
- orchestrina — (musical instruments) orchestrion.
- orchestrion — a mechanical musical instrument, resembling a barrel organ but more elaborate, for producing the effect of an orchestra.
- overreacher — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- oxbow chest — a chest of drawers having a front convex at the sides and concave in the center without vertical divisions.
- parchedness — the state or characteristic of being parched
- pasticheuse — a woman who makes or composes a pastiche.
- pastry chef — cook who specializes in patisserie
- peche melba — peach Melba.
- persichetti — Vincent, 1915–87, U.S. composer.
- poached egg — A poached egg is an egg cooked gently in boiling water, without its shell.
- pondicherry — a union territory of India, on the Coromandel Coast: formerly the chief settlement of French India; territory includes Mahé (on the Malabar Coast), Karikal, and Yanaon. 181 sq. mi. (469 sq. km).
- port neches — a town in SE Texas.
- pouched rat — pocket gopher.
- preheadache — occurring before a headache
- preluncheon — a light meal before lunch
- preschedule — taking place ahead of schedule
- price check — A price check is an investigation of the prices charged by different retailers for the same goods to find the best value.
- psyche knot — a woman's hairdo in which a knot or coil of hair projects from the back of the head.
- psychedelia — the realm or artifacts of psychedelic drugs, art, writings, or the like.
- psychedelic — of or noting a mental state characterized by a profound sense of intensified sensory perception, sometimes accompanied by severe perceptual distortion and hallucinations and by extreme feelings of either euphoria or despair.
- rapid chess — a game of chess played within a fixed amount of time, usually 30 minutes per player for all moves.
- rat-catcher — a person, animal, or thing that catches and exterminates rats, especially a person whose business it is to rid a property of rats.
- reichenberg — German name of Liberec.
- researchers — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
- roche limit — the minimum distance below which a moon orbiting a celestial body would be disrupted by tidal forces or below which a moon would not have formed.
- roundarched — having semicircular arches