15-letter words containing a, c, h, r, o
- crunchy-granola — characterized by or defining oneself by ecological awareness, liberal political views, and support or use of natural products and health foods.
- cryoanaesthesia — Alternative spelling of cryoanesthesia.
- cryptographical — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
- crystallography — the science concerned with the formation, properties, and structure of crystals
- curia rhaetorum — a city in E Switzerland, capital of Graubünden canton. Pop: 32 989 (2000)
- curl one's hair — to form into coils or ringlets, as the hair.
- cutthroat trout — a game fish (Salmo clarki) with a reddish patch under the jaw, usually found in high mountain streams near the NW North American coast
- cytotrophoblast — the thickened, inner part of the mammalian placenta nearest to the fetus, covering the chorion during early pregnancy
- dadchelor party — a party primarily attended by men and held to honour and present gifts to a prospective father
- dartmouth basic — (language) The original BASIC language, designed by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz at Dartmouth College in 1963. Dartmouth BASIC first ran on a GE 235 [date?] and on an IBM 704 on 1964-05-01. It was designed for quick and easy programming by students and beginners using Dartmouth's experimental time-sharing system. Unlike most later BASIC dialects, Dartmouth BASIC was compiled.
- dealer's choice — a card game, as poker, in which the dealer decides what particular game is to be played, often depending on the number of players, and designates any special variations or unusual rules, including setting the stakes.
- demographically — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
- deoch-an-doruis — a parting drink or stirrup cup
- derhotacization — A distortion in (or an Inability to pronounce) the sound of letter R, causing the R to be omitted as a consonant or changing /\u025d/ or /\u025a/ to /\u025c/,/\u0259/, or another vowel if a vocalic.
- dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
- diastrophically — in a diastrophic fashion
- dichloromethane — a noxious colourless liquid widely used as a solvent, e.g. in paint strippers. Formula: CH2Cl2
- dithiocarbamate — any salt or ester of dithiocarbamic acid, commonly used as fungicides
- doch-an-dorrach — a stirrup cup.
- doctoral thesis — a thesis written as part of a doctorate
- dorsibranchiate — having branchiae or gills along the back
- dystrophication — the process by which a body of water becomes dystrophic.
- echinodermatous — belonging or pertaining to the echinoderms.
- echocardiograms — Plural form of echocardiogram.
- echocardiograph — an instrument employing reflected ultrasonic waves to examine the structures and functioning of the heart.
- electrochemical — (chemistry) of, or relating to a chemical reaction brought about by electricity.
- electromyograph — A device used in electromyography to generate electromyograms.
- eleutherodactyl — (of a bird) having the hind toe free
- eleutheromaniac — Having a passionate mania for freedom.
- encephalography — Any of various techniques for recording the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
- endomycorrhizal — Of or pertaining to endomycorrhiza.
- eurocheque card — a card that must be shown along with Eurocheques when using them to pay for goods or services. Eurocheque cards were withdrawn in 2002
- factory chimney — a tall chimney of a factory
- false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
- fighter command — a former unit of the Royal Air Force dedicated to the use of fighter aircraft, esp against enemy bombers and their escorts during WWII
- flavor enhancer — a substance added to food in order to enhance or intensify its flavor: Salt is a common flavor enhancer.
- floating charge — an unsecured charge on the assets of an enterprise that allows such assets to be used commercially until the enterprise ceases to operate or the creditor intervenes to demand collateral
- fluorochemicals — Plural form of fluorochemical.
- forecastle head — the extreme fore part of a forecastle superstructure.
- forward echelon — (in a military operation) the troops and officers in a combat zone or in a position to engage the enemy.
- four-ball match — a match, scored by holes, between two pairs of players, in which the four players tee off and the partners alternate in hitting the pair's ball having the better lie off the tee.
- fourth official — In football, the fourth official is an official who assists the referee and assistant referees from the side of the pitch.
- french marigold — a composite plant, Tagetes patula, of Mexico, having yellow flowers with red markings.
- french togoland — a former United Nations Trust Territory in W Africa, administered by France (1946–60), now the independent republic of Togo
- fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
- geodemographics — the study and grouping of the people in a geographical area according to socioeconomic criteria, esp for market research
- geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
- glass harmonica — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated, revolving glass bowls, the rims of which are moistened and set in vibration by friction from the fingertips.
- globe artichoke — artichoke (defs 1, 2).
- glossographical — relating to glossography