14-letter words containing a, c, i, d, h
- dispatch rider — a horseman or motorcyclist who carries dispatches
- dithionic acid — a strong, unstable acid, H 2 S 2 O 6 , known only in solution and in the form of its salts.
- dolichocephaly — (medicine) The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.
- draconic month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- drainage ditch — a ditch that excess water drains into
- drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
- duchamp-villon — Raymond [re-mawn] /rɛˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1876–1918, French sculptor (brother of Jacques Villon and Marcel Duchamp).
- dutch colonial — of or relating to the domestic architecture of Dutch settlers in New York and New Jersey, often characterized by gambrel roofs having curved eaves over porches on the long sides.
- echocardiogram — a graphic record produced by an echocardiograph.
- edaphic climax — a localized climax community that may differ from the surrounding climax vegetation by reason of slightly differing soil type, exposure to sun and wind, drainage, etc.
- edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
- encephalitides — Plural form of encephalitis.
- endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system
- endomycorrhiza — (ecology) A form of mycorrhiza in which the hyphae of the fungus penetrate the root cells.
- ethnomedicinal — Pertaining to ethnomedicine.
- finnan haddock — smoked haddock.
- fireside chats — an informal address by a political leader over radio or television, especially as given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt beginning in 1933.
- fish and chips — fried fish fillets and French fries.
- friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
- galeopithecoid — of or resembling a flying lemur
- garda síochána — the police force of the Republic of Ireland
- geodemographic — Of or pertaining to geography and demography.
- glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
- gouldian finch — a multicoloured finch, Chloebia gouldiae, of tropical N Australia
- graphic design — the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, especially to produce a specific effect.
- half-convinced — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
- handicraftsman — a person skilled in a handicraft; craftsman.
- handkerchieves — Plural form of handkerchief.
- haplodiplontic — (biology, of a life cycle) Having multicellular diploid and haploid stages.
- harlequin duck — a small diving duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, of North America and Iceland, the male of which has bluish-gray plumage marked with black, white, and chestnut.
- harpsichordist — One who plays the harpsichord.
- heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
- hearing defect — a physical condition that makes it difficult for a person to hear accurately
- hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- helicopter dad — a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort.
- helicopter pad — landing area
- hepatectomised — Alt form hepatectomized.
- hepatectomized — That has undergone hepatectomy.
- herald's trick — a conventional method of indicating a tincture, as by printing or carving without color.
- hermaphroditic — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
- high-card pool — red dog.
- highly charged — electrical
- hindu calendar — a lunisolar calendar that governs all Hindu and most Indian festivals, known from about 1000 b.c. and subsequently modified during the 4th and 6th centuries a.d.
- huffman coding — (algorithm) A data compression technique which varies the length of the encoded symbol in proportion to its information content, that is the more often a symbol or token is used, the shorter the binary string used to represent it in the compressed stream. Huffman codes can be properly decoded because they obey the prefix property, which means that no code can be a prefix of another code, and so the complete set of codes can be represented as a binary tree, known as a Huffman tree. Huffman coding was first described in a seminal paper by D.A. Huffman in 1952.
- humidification — to make humid.
- hurricane deck — a deck at the top of a passenger steamer, having a roof supported by light scantlings.
- hydraulic lift — an elevator operated by fluid pressure, especially one used for raising automobiles in service stations and garages.
- hydraulic pile — a hollow pile through which a jet of water is forced to wash away the ground beneath.
- hydraulic ramp — a movable ramp operated by pressure transmitted through a pipe by a liquid
- hydrazoic acid — a colorless, very explosive, poisonous liquid, HN 3 , having a penetrating odor and irritating to the eyes and mucous membranes.