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14-letter words containing a, c, h, i, n

  • shooting match — a contest in marksmanship.
  • shouting match — a loud, often abusive quarrel or argument.
  • shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
  • simple machine — machine (def 3b).
  • sistine chapel — the chapel of the pope in the Vatican at Rome, built for Pope Sixtus IV and decorated with frescoes by Michelangelo and others.
  • slanging match — A slanging match is an angry quarrel in which people insult each other.
  • sleeping chair — a chair of the 17th century, having a high back, usually adjustable, with deep wings of the same height.
  • snigging chain — a chain attached to a log when being hauled out of the bush
  • social housing — Social housing is housing which is provided for rent or sale at a fairly low cost by housing associations and local councils.
  • social sharing — the activity of sharing photos, videos, links, etc., on a social-media website, within an interactive application, or through other online channels.
  • soil mechanics — the branch of civil engineering that deals with the mechanical behavior of soil and similar materials when they are compressed or sheared or when liquids flow through them.
  • son of a bitch — a contemptible or thoroughly disagreeable person; scoundrel.
  • sophisticating — a sophisticated person.
  • sophistication — sophisticated character, ideas, tastes, or ways as the result of education, worldly experience, etc.: the sophistication of the wealthy.
  • soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
  • sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes
  • south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
  • south carolina — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 sq. mi. (80,430 sq. km). Capital: Columbia. Abbreviation: SC (for use with zip code), S.C.
  • sowing machine — a machine that scatters seeds on land so that they may grow
  • spanish arabic — the Arabic language as used in Spain during the period of Moorish domination and influence, c900–1500. Abbreviation: SpAr.
  • sparring match — a practice boxing match
  • special branch — The Special Branch is the department of the British police that is concerned with political security and deals with things such as terrorism and visits by foreign leaders.
  • speech-reading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
  • spinthariscope — an instrument that detects ionizing radiation by picking up sparks of light from alpha particles.
  • st. catharines — a city in SE Ontario, in SE Canada.
  • standard pitch — concert pitch
  • station church — any of the churches in Rome that have been used from ancient times as points of assembly for religious processions
  • stay stitching — a line of stitches made in the seam allowance to prevent the edges from stretching
  • steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
  • steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
  • stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
  • straight chain — an open chain of atoms, usually carbon, with no side chains attached to it.
  • straight-chain — an open chain of atoms, usually carbon, with no side chains attached to it.
  • straining arch — an arch for resisting thrusts, as in a flying buttress.
  • submachine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
  • sulphonic acid — type of strong organic acid
  • surinam cherry — a tropical American tree, Eugenia uniflora, of the myrtle family, having ovate leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
  • sycophantishly — in a sycophantish manner
  • synchronically — having reference to the facts of a linguistic system as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history: synchronic analysis; synchronic dialectology.
  • synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
  • tacking stitch — a long, loose, temporary stitch used in dressmaking, etc
  • teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
  • teaching staff — those members of staff in a school, college, or university who teach
  • technical area — the area at the side of the pitch to which managers, trainers, coaches, etc are restricted during play
  • technical foul — a foul committed by a player or coach, usually not involving physical contact with an opponent, called often for unsportsmanlike conduct, as holding on to the basket or using profanity, that gives the opposing team one or two free throws and sometimes, if the foul was flagrant, requires the ejection of the offending player or coach from the game.
  • technicalities — technical methods and vocabulary
  • telephonically — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
  • thanatological — relating to thanatology, the study of death and dying
  • the capitoline — the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome. The temple of Jupiter was on the southern summit and the ancient citadel on the northern summit
  • the ordovician — the Ordovician period or rock system
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