14-letter words containing a, n, c, h, r
- oceanic trench — a long narrow steep-sided depression in the earth's oceanic crust, usually lying above a subduction zone
- oceanographers — Plural form of oceanographer.
- oehlenschläger — Adam Gottlob (ˈadam ˈɡɔtlɔp). 1779–1850, Danish romantic poet and dramatist
- omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
- on the surface — to all appearances
- onchocerciasis — an infestation with filarial worms of the genus Onchocerca, common in tropical America and Africa, transmitted by black flies, and characterized by nodules under the skin, an itchy rash, eye lesions, and in severe cases, elephantiasis.
- one-horse race — if a contest is described as a one-horse race, it is thought that one person or thing will definitely win it
- operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
- opisthobranchs — Plural form of opisthobranch.
- orchestrations — Plural form of orchestration.
- organochlorine — Any of a large group of pesticides and other synthetic organic compounds with chlorinated aromatic molecules.
- ornithischians — Plural form of ornithischian.
- ornithological — the branch of zoology that deals with birds.
- orobanchaceous — belonging to the Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family of plants.
- orphan process — (operating system) A Unix process whose original parent has terminated and which has become a child of "init(1)". Compare zombie.
- orphans' court — a probate court in certain U.S. states.
- osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
- palaeanthropic — relating to or denoting the earliest variety of man
- paleoanthropic — pertaining to prehistoric humans.
- panidiomorphic — (of igneous rocks) having well-developed crystals
- parchment worm — any of several polychaete worms of the genus Chaetopterus that secrete and live in a U -shaped, parchmentlike tube.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- parish council — local administrative body
- park chung hee — 1917–79, South Korean politician: president 1963–79 (assassinated).
- paschen series — a series of lines in the infrared spectrum of hydrogen.
- permanent echo — a radar signal reflected to a radar station on the ground by a building or other fixed object.
- personal chair — a professorship awarded in recognition of academic achievement
- phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- phantasmagoric — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
- pharmacopoeian — an individual who has expert knowledge of a pharmacopoeia
- phenylcarbinol — benzyl alcohol.
- pinhole camera — a simple camera in which an aperture provided by a pinhole in an opaque diaphragm is used in place of a lens.
- pithecanthrope — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the former genus Pithecanthropus.
- plenum-chamber — a system of mechanical ventilation in which fresh air is forced into the spaces to be ventilated from a chamber (plenum chamber) at a pressure slightly higher than atmospheric pressure, so as to expel foul air.
- pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- prawn-sandwich — characterizing or belonging to the type of spectator at a football match who is motivated to attend more by the corporate hospitality available than a true devotion to a particular club
- preanaesthetic — a drug administered prior to an anaesthetic
- pride of china — the chinaberry, Melia azedarach.
- project athena — (project) A distributed system project for support of educational and research computing at MIT. Much of the software developed is now in wider use, especially the X Window System.
- prosencephalon — the forebrain.
- punch operator — a person who enters data into cards by means of punching holes
- purse snatcher — wallet thief
- pyrotechnician — a specialist in the origin of fires, their nature and control, etc.
- ranch dressing — seasoned mayonnaise sauce
- rancho cordova — a town in central California.
- raunch culture — a culture which promotes overtly sexual representations of women, as through the acceptance of pornography, stripping, nudity in advertising, etc, esp when this is encouraged by women
- reach-me-downs — trousers
- recent changes — Recent changes to FOLDOC.
- recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
- record changer — a device that automatically places each of a stack of records in succession onto the turntable of a phonograph.