14-letter words containing a, r
- chain reaction — A chain reaction is a series of chemical changes, each of which causes the next.
- chalcotrichite — a fibrous variety of cuprite.
- champagne cork — a cork used in a champagne bottle
- chancel screen — a screen separating the chancel from the main body of a church
- chancellorship — The chancellorship is the position of chancellor. Someone's chancellorship is the period of time when they are chancellor.
- change ringing — the art of ringing a series of tuned bells of different tones, as those hung in a church tower, according to any of various orderly sequences.
- change-ringing — the art of bell-ringing in which a set of bells is rung in an established order which is then changed
- channel surfer — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
- chaparral bird — roadrunner.
- chaparral cock — roadrunner
- chaparral lily — a lily, Lilium rubescens, of the western coast of the U.S., having pale lilac-colored flowers that turn rose-purple.
- chapel of rest — a room in an undertaker's place of business where bodies are laid out in their coffins to be viewed before the funeral
- character code — a machine-readable code that identifies a specified character or a set of such codes
- character part — a lesser role in a drama, but one where the actor is called upon to display particular distinctive traits of character
- character type — a cluster of personality traits commonly occurring together in an individual
- characterising — Present participle of characterise.
- characteristic — The characteristics of a person or thing are the qualities or features that belong to them and make them recognizable.
- characterizing — Present participle of characterize.
- characterology — the academic study of character
- charge account — a business arrangement by which a customer may buy goods or services and pay for them within a specified future period
- charge carrier — an electron, hole, or ion that transports the electric charge in an electric current
- charge density — the electric charge per unit volume of a medium or body or per unit area of a surface
- charge-a-plate — charge plate.
- charitableness — (uncountable) The quality of being charitable.
- charity school — an elementary school, usually funded by charitable persons or organizations, for those unable to pay: a forerunner of the public-school system.
- charles albert — 1798–1849, king of Sardinia-Piedmont (1831–49) during the Risorgimento: abdicated after the failure of his revolt against Austria
- charles darwin — Charles (Robert) 1809–82, English naturalist and author.
- charles martel — grandfather of Charlemagne. ?688–741 ad, Frankish ruler of Austrasia (715–41), who checked the Muslim invasion of Europe by defeating the Moors at Poitiers (732)
- charles sumner — Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
- charles talbot — Charles, Duke of Shrewsbury, 1660–1718, British statesman: prime minister 1714.
- charles wright — Charles, born 1935, U.S. poet.
- charles's wain — Big Dipper
- charlottenburg — a district of Berlin (of West Berlin until 1990), formerly an independent city. Pop: 315 473 (2005 est)
- charm bracelet — a bracelet that has small ornaments fixed to it
- charmed circle — If you refer to a group of people as a charmed circle, you mean that they seem to have special power or influence, and do not allow anyone else to join their group.
- charter colony — a colony, such as Virginia or Massachusetts, created by royal charter under the control of an individual, trading company, etc, and exempt from interference by the Crown
- charter flight — a flight booked by a holiday company to transport their customers
- charter member — A charter member of a club, group, or organization is one of the first members, often one who was involved in setting it up.
- charter school — an alternative school that is founded on a charter, or contract, between a sponsoring group and a governmental unit and is funded with public money
- chartered bank — a privately owned bank that has been incorporated by Parliament to operate in the commercial banking system
- chartered club — a private club licensed to serve alcohol to members
- chase pointers — (programming) To determine a chain of memory locations where each location holds a pointer to the next, starting from some initial pointer, e.g. traversing a linked list or other graph structure. This may be performed by a computer executing a program or by a programmer going through a core dump or using a debugger.
- checkered flag — a flag having a pattern of black and white squares, used to signal that a car has crossed the finish line and completed its race.
- cheddar cheese — a hard, smooth-textured cheese, made usually from the whole milk of cows and varying in color from white to deep yellow and in flavor from mild to sharp as it ages.
- chemical toner — toner (def 4).
- chemical-toner — a person or thing that tones.
- chemoautotroph — an organism that obtains energy through chemoautotrophy
- chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
- chemotherapies — Plural form of chemotherapy.
- chemotherapist — One who administers chemotherapy.