11-letter words containing che
- check up on — to examine the record, character, etc. of; investigate
- check valve — a valve that closes by fluid pressure to prevent return flow
- checker cab — a taxi with a checked pattern as part of the trim
- checkerspot — any of several butterflies of the genus Melitaea, having black wings with yellowish-brown, checkerlike markings.
- checkerwise — Alternative spelling of chequerwise.
- checkerwork — a pile of loosely stacked bricks in the regenerator of a regenerative furnace.
- checkmarked — to indicate by a check mark.
- checkmating — Present participle of checkmate.
- checkpoints — Plural form of checkpoint.
- checksheets — Plural form of checksheet.
- checkwriter — a machine for printing amounts on checks, as by perforations, so as to prevent alterations.
- cheek pouch — a membranous pouch inside the mouth of many rodents and some other mammals: used for holding food
- cheek strap — (of a bridle) one of two straps passing over the cheeks of the horse and connecting the crown piece with the bit or noseband.
- cheek tooth — any of the three posterior chewing teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaws in human adults; molar.
- cheekpieces — Plural form of cheekpiece.
- cheektowaga — a town in NW New York, near Buffalo.
- cheerfuller — Comparative form of cheerful.
- cheerleader — A cheerleader is one of the people who leads the crowd in cheering at a large public event, especially a sports event.
- cheerlessly — In a cheerless manner.
- cheese mite — a white soft-bodied free-living mite, Tyrophagus (or Tyroglyphus) longior, sometimes found in decaying cheese
- cheese-head — denoting or relating to a screw or bolt with a cylindrical slotted head
- cheeseboard — A cheeseboard is a board from which cheese is served at a meal.
- cheesecakes — Plural form of cheesecake.
- cheesecloth — Cheesecloth is cotton cloth that is very thin and light. There are tiny holes between the threads of the cloth.
- cheesed off — If you are cheesed off, you are annoyed, bored, or disappointed.
- cheesed-off — disgusted; fed up (usually followed by off).
- cheesemaker — a person or thing that makes cheese.
- cheeseparer — a skinflint or miser
- cheesepress — the equipment used to press cheese curd
- cheesesteak — a sandwich filled with grilled beef and cheese
- chelicerate — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chelicerata, a subphylum of arthropods, including arachnids and the horseshoe crab, in which the first pair of limbs are modified as chelicerae
- cheliferous — bearing chelae
- chelsea bun — a rolled yeast currant bun decorated with sugar
- chelyabinsk — an industrial city in SW Russia; in 2013 a large meteor exploded in an airburst over the city's surrounding district. Pop: 1 067 000 (2005 est)
- chemigraphy — any technique for making engravings or etchings using chemicals and without the aid of photography.
- chemiotaxis — Dated form of chemotaxis.
- chemisettes — Plural form of chemisette.
- chemisorbed — Simple past tense and past participle of chemisorb.
- chemistries — Plural form of chemistry.
- chemoreflex — a reflex caused by a chemical stimulus.
- chemosensor — A cell in a sense organ that can convert a chemical stimulus into some form of action.
- chemosmosis — chemical action between substances that are separated by a semipermeable membrane
- chemosphere — an atmospheric zone about 19 to 80 km (11.8 to 49.7 mi) above the earth's surface, in which photochemical reactions take place
- chemotactic — oriented movement toward or away from a chemical stimulus.
- chenopodium — (botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Chenopodium.
- cheque book — A cheque book is a book of cheques which your bank gives you so that you can pay for things by cheque.
- cheque card — In Britain, a cheque card or a cheque guarantee card is a small plastic card given to you by your bank and which you have to show when you are paying for something by cheque or when you are cashing a cheque at another bank.
- cheque stub — the part of a cheque that is retained as a record of its purpose
- chequerwise — in the manner of a chequerboard
- chequerwork — any work that resembles a chequerboard in pattern