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14-letter words containing a, c, h, s

  • in high places — People in high places are people who have powerful and influential positions in a government, society, or organization.
  • isomorphically — In an isomorphic manner.
  • isothiocyanate — a chemical compound containing the univalent radical –NCS.
  • jackknife-fish — a black and white, American drum, Equetus lanceolatus, found in tropical areas of the Atlantic Ocean, having an elongated dorsal fin that is held erect.
  • jackson method — (programming)   A proprietary structured method for software analysis, design and programming.
  • james buchanan — James, 1791–1868, 15th president of the U.S. 1857–61.
  • james h. clark — Dr. James H. Clark
  • japanese larch — a tree, Larix kaempferi, of Japan, having bluish-green leaves and egg-shaped cones.
  • john constable — John, 1776–1837, English painter.
  • just/you watch — You say to someone 'you watch' or 'just watch' when you are predicting that something will happen, and you are very confident that it will happen as you say.
  • kaffee klatsch — coffee klatsch.
  • kaffeeklatches — Plural form of kaffeeklatch.
  • kitchen scales — a set of scales used in cooking
  • kwangsi chuang — Guangxi Zhuang.
  • l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
  • lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
  • laughing stock — object of others' amusement
  • laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
  • lease-purchase — the continuing use of property or goods under a lease for a stipulated period with option for the lessee to buy and with part of the rental charges credited toward the purchase price.
  • leatherjackets — Plural form of leatherjacket.
  • lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
  • lexicographers — Plural form of lexicographer.
  • lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
  • licentiateship — a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
  • lu-wang school — School of Mind.
  • machicolations — Plural form of machicolation.
  • machine finish — a very smooth paper surface, created by a machine.
  • machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
  • machine stitch — a stitch created by a sewing machine
  • machine-stitch — to sew on a sewing machine.
  • macintosh iicx — (computer)   (Mac IIcx) A version of Apple's Macintosh II personal computer, introduced in 1989, with a Motorola 68030 processor running at 16 MHz and up to 128 MB of RAM (120 ns, 30-pin DRAM chips). The IIcx requires System 6.0.3 or later and requires "Mode 32" or "32-bit Enabler" to use more than 8MB of RAM. It was discontinued 1991, and in 1996 is still considered one of the best-designed Macs ever.
  • mackerel shark — any of several fierce sharks of the family Lamidae, including the great white shark and the mako.
  • macrocephalous — Having a large head.
  • magic mushroom — a mushroom, Psilocybe mexicana, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., containing the hallucinogen psilocybin.
  • magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
  • make the scene — the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder.
  • malacophyllous — (of plants living in dry regions) having fleshy leaves in which water is stored
  • malpighiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical plants many of which are lianas
  • marasca cherry — the red acid-tasting fruit of the marasca tree, from which maraschino is made
  • marginal hacks — (humour)   Margaret Jacks Hall, a building into which the Stanford AI Lab was moved near the beginning of the 1980s (from the D.C. Power Lab).
  • marking scheme — a plan or guidelines used in the marking of school children's or students' written work by teaching staff
  • mashie niblick — a club with an iron head whose face has more slope than a mashie but less slope than a pitcher.
  • master butcher — a butcher who is fully qualified to practise his trade and to train others in it
  • matched sample — a sample in which the individuals selected for analysis share all properties except that under investigation
  • mathematicians — Plural form of mathematician.
  • mechanicalness — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being mechanical.
  • mechanicsville — a village in E Virginia, near Richmond: Civil War battle 1862.
  • medical ethics — the code of behaviour considered to be correct for members of the medical profession
  • medical school — university where medical degrees are taught
  • melancholiness — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
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