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11-letter words containing a, c, h, r, y

  • hoary cress — a perennial Mediterranean plant, Cardaria (or Lepidium) draba, with small white flowers: a widespread troublesome weed: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • horny coral — a gorgonian.
  • hue and cry — Early English Law. the pursuit of a felon or an offender with loud outcries or clamor to give an alarm.
  • hydnocarpic — of or relating to hydnocarpic acid
  • hydrocarbon — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
  • hydrocorals — any colonial marine animal of the hydrozoan order Stylasterina having a calcareous skeleton resembling that of the true corals.
  • hydrocyanic — of or derived from hydrocyanic acid.
  • hydromancer — One who practices hydromancy.
  • hydropathic — Relating to hydropathy.
  • hydrostatic — of or relating to hydrostatics.
  • hyperactive — unusually or abnormally active: a company's hyperactive growth; the child's hyperactive imagination.
  • hyperacuity — an extreme acuteness (of the senses)
  • hyperacusis — (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds.
  • hypercapnia — Excessive carbon dioxide in the bloodstream, typically caused by inadequate respiration.
  • hypercarbia — (medicine) the condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood.
  • hypercasual — Extremely casual.
  • hypercharge — a quantum number assigned to baryons and mesons, equal to B + S, where B is the baryon number and S is the strangeness.
  • hypercholia — abnormally large secretion of bile.
  • hyperdactyl — having an excessive number of fingers or toes
  • hyperphagic — bulimia.
  • hyperplasic — Relating to hyperplasia.
  • hyperstatic — redundant (def 5b).
  • hypocaloric — That is low in dietary calories.
  • hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
  • hypochromia — an anemic condition due to a deficiency of hemoglobin in the red blood cells.
  • hypogastric — of, relating to, or situated in the hypogastrium.
  • hypothecary — of or relating to a hypothec.
  • ichnography — the art of drawing a ground plan or layout of a building.
  • ichthyosaur — any fishlike marine reptile of the extinct order Ichthyosauria, ranging from 4 to 40 feet (1.2 to 12 meters) in length and having a round, tapering body, a large head, four paddlelike flippers, and a vertical caudal fin.
  • iconography — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
  • in chancery — (of a suit) pending in a court of equity
  • intrathymic — Within the thymus.
  • krasny luch — a city in SE Ukraine, E of Donetsk.
  • kymographic — Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
  • labyrinthic — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
  • lachrymator — a chemical substance that causes the shedding of tears, as tear gas.
  • lady orchid — a tall graceful orchid, Orchis purpurea, with faintly scented purple-brown and green flowers with a pinkish or white lip
  • lucky charm — an object that is believed to bring its owner good luck
  • lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
  • lycanthropy — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
  • lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
  • macrography — examination or study of an object with the naked eye (opposed to micrography).
  • macrophylum — a group of languages that are of a higher order than a phylum
  • macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
  • macrophytic — Relating to macrophytes.
  • mammy chair — a slinglike device for raising or lowering passengers to and from ships anchored away from the shore in a heavy swell.
  • marsh tacky — a small, sometimes half-wild horse of the coastal marshes.
  • mccarthyism — the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, especially of pro-Communist activity, in many instances unsupported by proof or based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence.
  • methacrylic — denoting a type of acid
  • micrography — the description or delineation of microscopic objects.
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