14-letter words containing a, r, c, h, d, e
- french mustard — a mild mustard paste made with vinegar rather than water
- french paradox — the theory that the lower incidence of heart disease in Mediterranean countries compared to that in the US is a consequence of the larger intake of flavonoids from red wine in these countries
- friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
- geodemographic — Of or pertaining to geography and demography.
- glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
- glyceraldehyde — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 3 H 6 O 3 , that is an intermediate in carbohydrate metabolism and yields glycerol on reduction.
- grade-schooler — a pupil in a grade school.
- 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.
- greyhound race — a race in which greyhounds chase a dummy hare around a track
- handkerchieves — Plural form of handkerchief.
- hard-core porn — Hard-core porn is pornography that shows sex in a very detailed way, or shows very violent or unpleasant sex.
- hardshell clam — quahog.
- hardware cloth — galvanized steel wire screen with a mesh usually between 0.25 and 0.5 inches (0.64 and 1.27 cm), used for coarse sieves, animal cages, and the like.
- 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.
- heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
- hearing defect — a physical condition that makes it difficult for a person to hear accurately
- heat conductor — a material or device that conducts heat
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- house of cards — a structure or plan that is insubstantial and subject to imminent collapse, as a structure made by balancing playing cards against each other: The scheme is so overly complicated that it's likely to prove to be just another house of cards.
- hradec kralove — a town in the N Czech Republic, on the Elbe River: Austrians defeated by Prussians in Battle of Sadowa 1866.
- hurricane deck — a deck at the top of a passenger steamer, having a roof supported by light scantlings.
- hydraulic pile — a hollow pile through which a jet of water is forced to wash away the ground beneath.
- hydrocephaloid — resembling hydrocephalus.
- hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
- hydroextractor — a device that dries things by means of the material to be dried being spun around the device's central axis
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hypodermically — By hypodermic means.
- idle character — a transmitted control character that holds a position but does not appear in the output at the receiver.
- indecipherable — not decipherable; illegible.
- indecipherably — not decipherable; illegible.
- kitchen garden — a garden where vegetables, herbs, and fruit are grown for one's own use.
- l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
- little richard — (Richard Wayne Penniman) born 1932, U.S. rock and roll singer, songwriter, and pianist.
- marble orchard — cemetery.
- merchandisable — Suitable for merchandising.
- merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
- method actress — an actress who bases her role on the inner motivation of the character she plays, following the theories of Stanislavsky
- michael jordan — Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
- monosaccharide — a carbohydrate that does not hydrolyze, as glucose, fructose, or ribose, occurring naturally or obtained by the hydrolysis of glycosides or polysaccharides.
- much-travelled — A much-travelled person has travelled a lot in foreign countries.
- multichambered — comprising or involving several chambers