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14-letter words containing c, a, h, e, u

  • greyhound race — a race in which greyhounds chase a dummy hare around a track
  • gunter's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
  • hallucinogenic — producing hallucinations: a hallucinogenic drug.
  • hammer crusher — A hammer crusher is a crusher in which a hammer hits the material that is being crushed.
  • 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.
  • haven't a clue — If you haven't a clue about something, you do not know anything about it or you have no idea what to do about it.
  • heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
  • heat conductor — a material or device that conducts heat
  • hellaciousness — Quality of being hellacious.
  • hepatocellular — pertaining to or affecting liver cells.
  • herbaceousness — The state or quality of being herbaceous.
  • 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.
  • home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
  • hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
  • 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.
  • house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
  • humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
  • humpback whale — a large whalebone whale of the genus Megaptera having long narrow flippers, and noted for its habit of arching deeply as it dives: once abundant in coastal waters, it is now rare but its numbers are increasing.
  • hunter's sauce — chasseur (def 4).
  • hurricane deck — a deck at the top of a passenger steamer, having a roof supported by light scantlings.
  • hurricane lamp — a candlestick or oil lantern protected against drafts or winds by a glass chimney.
  • hydraulic pile — a hollow pile through which a jet of water is forced to wash away the ground beneath.
  • hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • hyperacuteness — the state of being extremely acute or aware
  • hypercalciuria — an abnormally high amount of calcium in the urine.
  • hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • hyperuricaemia — an abnormal elevation of uric acid in the blood
  • hyperuricemias — Plural form of hyperuricemia.
  • hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
  • ichthyocentaur — a sea creature with a human head and torso, the legs of a horse, and the tail of a fish.
  • immunochemical — Pertaining to immunochemistry.
  • inauthenticity — not authentic: inauthentic Indian jewelry mass-produced in a factory.
  • james buchanan — James, 1791–1868, 15th president of the U.S. 1857–61.
  • jump the track — to go suddenly off the rails
  • l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
  • lake neuchâtel — a lake in W Switzerland: the largest lake wholly in Switzerland. Area: 216 sq km (83 sq miles)
  • langue de chat — a flat sweet finger-shaped biscuit
  • late check-out — A late check-out at a hotel is an arrangement which allows a guest to check out later than the normal time.
  • launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space.
  • lease-purchase — the continuing use of property or goods under a lease for a stipulated period with option for the lessee to buy and with part of the rental charges credited toward the purchase price.
  • lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
  • leucocythaemia — leukaemia
  • macrocephalous — Having a large head.
  • malpighiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical plants many of which are lianas
  • march fracture — a hairline crack in a bone, especially of a foot or leg, caused by repeated or prolonged stress and often occurring in runners, dancers, and soldiers (march fracture)
  • master butcher — a butcher who is fully qualified to practise his trade and to train others in it
  • merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
  • microcephalous — Microcephalic.
  • money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
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