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

  • 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.
  • 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
  • steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
  • 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.
  • surinam cherry — a tropical American tree, Eugenia uniflora, of the myrtle family, having ovate leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
  • 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.
  • teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
  • technical area — the area at the side of the pitch to which managers, trainers, coaches, etc are restricted during play
  • the ordovician — the Ordovician period or rock system
  • the resistance — an illegal organization fighting for national liberty in a country under enemy occupation, esp in France during World War II
  • therianthropic — being partly bestial and partly human in form.
  • thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
  • thermomagnetic — of or relating to the effect of heat on the magnetic properties of a substance.
  • track lighting — lighting for a room or other area in which individual spotlight fixtures are attached along a narrow, wall- or ceiling-mounted metal track through which current is conducted, permitting flexible positioning of the lights.
  • trans-physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
  • trichomonacide — an agent that destroys trichomonads
  • trichomoniasis — a sexually transmitted disease typically asymptomatic in men and resulting in vaginitis with a copious, frothy discharge and itching in women, caused by a trichomonad Trichomonas vaginalis.
  • trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
  • tropical month — the period of time taken by the moon to return to the same longitude after one complete revolution around the earth; 27.321 58 days (approximately 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 4.5 seconds)
  • turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
  • turing machine — a hypothetical device with a set of logical rules of computation: the concept is used in mathematical studies of the computability of numbers and in the mathematical theories of automata and computers.
  • tymshare, inc. — (company)   The US company that created the TYMNET network.
  • unchivalrously — in an unchivalrous manner
  • unchristianize — to make unchristian; to render no longer Christian; to remove Christian status or nature from
  • undecipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
  • under-achiever — a student who performs less well in school than would be expected on the basis of abilities indicated by intelligence and aptitude tests, etc.
  • unhypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
  • unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
  • unicorn chaser — originally a picture of a unicorn posted on a blog site shortly after an offensive or disturbing picture has been posted, as a kind of antidote to the previous post. Now used of a comforting or innocent image, video clip, or topic viewed or contemplated following a previous, disturbing image, video, etc.
  • unit character — a characteristic, usually controlled by a single gene, that is transmitted as a unit in heredity.
  • unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
  • unrhythmically — in an unrhythmical manner
  • villafranchian — designating or of a European geologic stage of the Lower Pleistocene and the Upper Pliocene
  • virginia beach — a town in SE Virginia.
  • wainscot chair — an armchair of the 17th century, made of oak and having a solid paneled back.
  • walpurgisnacht — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
  • ward cunnigham — (person)   The creator of the first wiki.
  • water hyacinth — a floating aquatic plant, Eichornia crassipes, of tropical lakes and rivers, that grows so prolifically it often hinders the passage of boats.
  • whipping cream — cream with enough butterfat to allow it to be made into whipped cream.
  • whooping crane — a white North American crane, Grus americana, having a loud, whooping call: an endangered species.
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