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11-letter words containing tch

  • sketchiness — like a sketch; giving only outlines or essentials. Synonyms: cursory, rough, meager, crude.
  • slip stitch — a sewing stitch for securing hems, etc, in which only two or three threads of the material are caught up by the needle each time, so that the stitches are nearly invisible from the right side
  • slip-stitch — a loose stitch taken between two layers of fabric, as on a facing or hem, so as to be invisible on the right side or outside surface, used in stoating.
  • slow-twitch — of or relating to muscle fiber that contracts relatively slowly and is resistant to fatigue (distinguished from fast-twitch).
  • snatchingly — in a snatching manner
  • snitch line — a direct telephone or other communications link set up to allow people to report neighbours, colleagues, etc suspected of wrongdoing
  • sonofabitch — an abusive term of address or of description
  • stitchcraft — needlework or embroidery
  • storm watch — watch (def 20).
  • stretch out — lie down, sprawl
  • stretchless — unable to stretch or be stretched
  • switch cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • switch over — If you switch over when you are watching television, you change to another channel.
  • switch plug — a plug, as for an electric iron, equipped with an on-off switch.
  • switch yard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
  • switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
  • switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
  • switched on — turned-on (def 1).
  • switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
  • switchgrass — a North American prairie grass
  • tchaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), or Pëtr Ilich [Russian pyawtr ee-lyeech] /Russian ˈpyɔtr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1840–93, Russian composer.
  • tchervonetz — chervonets.
  • tent stitch — a short, slanting stitch used in embroidery. Compare gros point (def 1), petit point (def 1).
  • thatch palm — any of several fan palms, especially of the genera Sabal, Thrinax, or Coccothrinax, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
  • thatcherism — the conservative policies, political philosophy, and leadership style of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, characterized especially by monetarism, privatization, and labor union reform.
  • thatcherite — the conservative policies, political philosophy, and leadership style of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, characterized especially by monetarism, privatization, and labor union reform.
  • throatlatch — a strap that passes under a horse's throat and helps to hold a bridle or halter in place.
  • time switch — Electronics
  • tough pitch — the state of refined copper when it is soft, malleable, and flexible: tough pitch copper.
  • tretchikoff — Vladimir. 1913–2006, South African painter, born in Russia, known for his kitsch appeal, especially for his much-reproduced Chinese Girl (1950; also known as The Green Lady)
  • trip switch — an electric switch arranged to interrupt a circuit suddenly and disconnect power from a running machine so that the machine is stopped
  • uncatchable — to seize or capture, especially after pursuit: to catch a criminal; to catch a runaway horse.
  • under watch — If someone is being kept under watch, they are being guarded or observed all the time.
  • unmatchable — not capable of being matched or equalled
  • unscratched — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
  • unstretched — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
  • unwatchable — detectable; apparent.
  • upstretched — stretched upward, as the arms.
  • watch chain — a chain, frequently of gold or silver, attached to a pocket watch, serving as an ornament and, when passed through a buttonhole in the vest, as a guard against loss or theft of the watch.
  • watch guard — a short chain, cord, or ribbon for securing a watch when worn on the person.
  • watch night — the last night of the year, observed in a watch meeting.
  • watch-glass — a curved glass disc that covers the dial of a watch
  • watchdogged — characteristic of a watchdog
  • watchmakers — Plural form of watchmaker.
  • watchmaking — The making (and repairing) of watches.
  • watchspring — the main spring inside a watch
  • watchstraps — Plural form of watchstrap.
  • watchtowers — Plural form of watchtower.
  • water witch — a person who claims the ability to detect water underground by means of a divining rod
  • water-witch — to practice water witching; work as a water witch.
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