14-letter words containing c, a, s, h, t, r
- st. catharines — a city in SE Ontario, in SE Canada.
- staghorn coral — staghorn coral.
- staghorn sumac — a sumac, Rhus typhina, of eastern North America, having leaves that turn scarlet, orange, and purple in the autumn.
- standard pitch — concert pitch
- starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
- starch-reduced — (of food, esp bread) having the starch content reduced, as in proprietary slimming products
- 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
- stereochemical — of, relating to, stereochemistry
- straight chain — an open chain of atoms, usually carbon, with no side chains attached to it.
- straight chair — a chair with a straight back, especially one that is unupholstered and has straight legs and straight arms or no arms.
- straight-chain — an open chain of atoms, usually carbon, with no side chains attached to it.
- straight-faced — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
- straightjacket — to put in or as in a straitjacket: Her ambition was straitjacketed by her family.
- straining arch — an arch for resisting thrusts, as in a flying buttress.
- stretchability — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- stretcher case — someone who has to be taken away on a stretcher because they are too ill to walk
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- subtherapeutic — indicating a dosage, as of a drug or vitamin, less than the amount required for a therapeutic effect.
- supply teacher — A supply teacher is a teacher whose job is to take the place of other teachers at different schools when they are unable to be there.
- synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
- tailor's chalk — hardened chalk or soapstone used to make temporary guide marks on a garment that is being altered.
- teacher's aide — A teacher's aide is a person who helps a teacher in a school classroom but who is not a qualified teacher.
- terraced house — A terraced house or a terrace house is one of a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls.
- tetrachotomous — divided into four parts
- the cretaceous — the Cretaceous 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
- the rheumatics — rheumatic pains
- the space race — competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to be the superior power in outer space, in terms of exploration, manned space flights, and lunar landings; it is generally considered as beginning in 1957 and ending in the mid-1970s
- thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
- 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.
- thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
- tortilla chips — snack food: corn crisps
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- traffic lights — a set of coloured lights placed at crossroads, junctions, etc, to control the flow of traffic
- trans-physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- trash and cash — (of a stock-exchange transaction) involving the circulation of damaging information about a share that has recently been sold, with the intention of repurchasing it at a lower price
- treasure chest — A treasure chest is a box containing treasure.
- treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
- 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.
- turn the scale — Often, scales. a balance or any of various other instruments or devices for weighing: We gave the parents a baby scale. The butcher placed the meat on the scales.
- two-horse race — a competition, election, etc, in which there are only two teams or candidates with a chance of winning
- tymshare, inc. — (company) The US company that created the TYMNET network.
- unchristianize — to make unchristian; to render no longer Christian; to remove Christian status or nature from
- unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
- 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.
- water chestnut — any aquatic plant of the genus Trapa, bearing an edible, nutlike fruit, especially T. natans, of the Old World.