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11-letter words containing n, a, c, h

  • chain coral — coral of the extinct genus Halysites, from the Ordovician and Silurian periods, consisting of oval, laterally compressed corallites united to form a chainlike structure.
  • chain drive — a chain of links passing over sprockets that transmits rotation from one shaft to another
  • chain grate — a type of mechanical stoker for a furnace, in which the grate consists of an endless chain that draws the solid fuel into the furnace as it rotates
  • chain plate — any of the metal plates secured to the hull of a sailing vessel or elsewhere to hold shrouds and backstays at their lower ends.
  • chain store — A chain store is one of several similar shops that are owned by the same person or company, especially one that sells a variety of things.
  • chain wheel — sprocket (def 1).
  • chain-react — to undergo a chain reaction
  • chain-smoke — Someone who chain-smokes smokes cigarettes or cigars continuously.
  • chainplates — Plural form of chainplate.
  • chairperson — The chairperson of a meeting, committee, or organization is the person in charge of it.
  • chalcedonic — Of or pertaining to chalcedony.
  • chalcedonyx — a variety of chalcedony characterized by alternate stripes of black and white
  • chalkstones — Plural form of chalkstone.
  • challengers — Plural form of challenger.
  • challenging — A challenging task or job requires great effort and determination.
  • chamberhand — a worker in the cold storage area of a slaughterhouse
  • chamberlain — A chamberlain is the person who is in charge of the household affairs of a king, queen, or person of high social rank.
  • chameleonic — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.
  • champignons — Plural form of champignon.
  • championess — a female champion
  • championing — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
  • champollion — Jean François (ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃swa). 1790–1832, French Egyptologist, who deciphered the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta stone
  • chancellery — A chancellery is the building where a chancellor has his offices.
  • chancellors — Plural form of chancellor.
  • chancellory — Alternative spelling of chancellery.
  • chancellour — Archaic form of chancellor.
  • chandeliers — Plural form of chandelier.
  • chandelling — Present participle of chandelle.
  • chandleries — Plural form of chandlery.
  • chandlering — the work of a chandler
  • chang jiang — a river in E Asia, flowing from the Tibetan plateau through central China to the East China Sea. About 3200 miles (5150 km) long.
  • change down — When you change down, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a lower gear.
  • change face — to rotate the telescope of a surveying instrument through 180° horizontally and vertically, taking a second sighting of the same object in order to reduce error
  • change feet — to put on different shoes, boots, etc
  • change over — If you change over from one thing to another, you stop doing one thing and start doing the other.
  • changefully — In a changeful manner.
  • changelings — Plural form of changeling.
  • changemaker — a person or thing that changes bills or coins for ones of smaller denominations.
  • changeovers — Plural form of changeover.
  • changeround — the process of changing position
  • channel-hop — to change television channels repeatedly using a remote control device
  • channelbill — a large, gray Australian cuckoo, Scythrops novaehollandiae, with a grooved bill.
  • channelised — Simple past tense and past participle of channelise.
  • channelized — Simple past tense and past participle of channelize.
  • channelling — Architecture, Furniture. ornamentation with flutes or channels.
  • chansonette — a little song
  • chansonnier — a writer of chansons
  • chantefable — (in medieval French literature) a prose narrative interspersed with verse.
  • chanterelle — any saprotrophic basidiomycetous fungus of the genus Cantharellus, esp C. cibarius, having an edible yellow funnel-shaped mushroom: family Cantharellaceae
  • chanticleer — a name for a cock, used esp in fables
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