11-letter words containing n, s, h
- burnt shale — carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making
- bushbashing — the process of forcing a path through the bush
- bushelwoman — a woman who alters clothes
- bushhogging — to clear (land) by using a bush hog.
- bushmanship — the skills necessary for survival in the bush; bushcraft
- bushranging — the life of a bushranger
- bushwalking — an expedition on foot in the bush
- cacophonies — Plural form of cacophony.
- cacophonous — If you describe a mixture of sounds as cacophonous, you mean that they are loud and unpleasant.
- caddishness — the state of being caddish
- caipirinhas — Plural form of caipirinha.
- calisthenic — Of, or relating to calisthenics.
- calycanthus — any of several shrubs of the genus Calycanthus, found in North America
- can crusher — a device which presses empty metal food containers in order to reduce their volume before they are disposed of
- cannon-shot — the range of a cannon
- canophilist — a person who loves dogs
- 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