14-letter words containing c, a, h, e, u
- much-travelled — A much-travelled person has travelled a lot in foreign countries.
- multichambered — comprising or involving several chambers
- multicharacter — (of a book, play, film, etc) involving or relating to several characters
- myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
- nebuchadnezzar — Also, Nebuchadrezzar [neb-uh-kuh d-rez-er, neb-yoo-] /ˌnɛb ə kədˈrɛz ər, ˌnɛb yʊ-/ (Show IPA). a king of Babylonia, 604?–561? b.c., and conqueror of Jerusalem. II Kings 24, 25.
- neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.
- neuromechanism — the function of the nervous system as it relates to its structure.
- nonsuch palace — a former royal palace in Cuddington in London: built in 1538 for Henry VIII; later visited by Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, and Charles II; demolished (1682–1702)
- nontherapeutic — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- nudibranchiate — nudibranch.
- null character — Computers. a control character representing nothing, with the value of binary zero, but having special meaning when interpreted as text, as in marking the end of character strings.
- on the surface — to all appearances
- opechancanough — c1545–1644, Algonquian leader, brother of Powhatan: led Jamestown massacre 1622.
- orobanchaceous — belonging to the Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family of plants.
- orthomolecular — being or pertaining to the treatment of disease by increasing, decreasing, or otherwise controlling the intake of natural substances, especially vitamins. Compare megavitamin (def 1).
- outside chance — a slight chance or likelihood
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- parachute jump — leaping from aircraft with a parachute
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- park chung hee — 1917–79, South Korean politician: president 1963–79 (assassinated).
- pendulum watch — (formerly) a watch having a balance wheel, especially a balance wheel bearing a fake pendulum bob oscillating behind a window in the dial.
- pharmaceutical — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
- photoduplicate — photocopy.
- platycephalous — flat-headed
- 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.
- pseudo-archaic — marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
- pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
- punch operator — a person who enters data into cards by means of punching holes
- purchase order — document requesting to buy sth
- purchase price — cost at which sth is bought
- purse snatcher — wallet thief
- rathke's pouch — an invagination of stomodeal ectoderm developing into the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
- 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
- recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
- rhizocephalous — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
- sacchariferous — containing or yielding sugar.
- sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
- scaphocephalus — a condition in which the length of the skull significantly exceeds its breadth
- scapulohumeral — of, relating to, or involving the scapula and humerus.
- scavenger hunt — a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items.
- sceuophylacium — a place where sacred vessels are kept
- scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
- schumann-heink — Ernestine, 1861–1936, U.S. contralto, born in Bohemia.
- scotch furnace — ore hearth.
- scrape through — only just succeed
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- servant church — the attitude or practices of a church whose avowed purpose is to serve the world.
- shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
- shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower