11-letter words containing n, a, s, h
- cantharides — a diuretic and urogenital stimulant or irritant prepared from the dried bodies of Spanish fly (family Meloidae, not Cantharidae), once thought to be an aphrodisiac
- captainship — captaincy.
- carpathians — a mountain range in central Europe, extending from N Slovakia to central Romania. Highest peak, Gerlachovka, 8737 feet (2663 meters).
- case-harden — to form a hard surface layer of high carbon content on (a steel component) by heating in a carburizing environment with subsequent quenching or heat treatment
- casehardens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caseharden.
- cash income — income received in the form of cash during a specified period, esp that of rural and farming households
- cashierment — the action of rejecting or dismissing
- casing shoe — A casing shoe is the bottom of the casing string, including the cement around it.
- cast anchor — to anchor a vessel
- cataphonics — catacoustics
- catarrhines — Plural form of catarrhine.
- catch basin — a pit in a drainage system in which matter that might otherwise block a sewer is collected so that it may periodically be removed
- catechising — Present participle of catechise.
- catechumens — Plural form of catechumen.
- cattishness — The property of being cattish.
- cenesthesia — the mass of undifferentiated sensations that make one aware of the body and its condition, as in the feeling of well-being or illness
- ch'iungshan — Qiongshan.
- chaenomeles — any of a genus of deciduous shrubs within the family Rosaceae, native to East Asia
- chaffinches — Plural form of chaffinch.
- 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-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.
- chalkstones — Plural form of chalkstone.
- challengers — Plural form of challenger.
- champignons — Plural form of champignon.
- championess — a female champion
- chancellors — Plural form of chancellor.
- chandeliers — Plural form of chandelier.
- chandleries — Plural form of chandlery.
- changelings — Plural form of changeling.
- changeovers — Plural form of changeover.
- channelised — Simple past tense and past participle of channelise.
- chansonette — a little song
- chansonnier — a writer of chansons
- chaoticness — The state or quality of being chaotic.
- chaperonins — Plural form of chaperonin.
- chardonnays — Plural form of chardonnay.
- charientism — (rhetoric) A figure of speech wherein a taunting expression is softened by a jest; an insult veiled in grace.
- charlestown — oldest part of Boston, at the mouth of the Charles River: site of the battle of Bunker Hill
- chastenment — the process of chastening
- chatelaines — Plural form of chatelaine.
- chauvinists — zealous and aggressive patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glory.
- 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)
- chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
- chicaneries — Plural form of chicanery.
- chimpanzees — Plural form of chimpanzee.
- chin cactus — any of various globular cacti of the genus Gymnocalycium, native to South America, having white or pinkish flowers and a chinlike protrusion below each cluster of spines.
- china aster — a related Chinese plant, Callistephus chinensis, widely cultivated for its showy brightly coloured flowers