14-letter words containing c, a, t, s, i, h
- christmasberry — toyon.
- chromatic sign — Music. accidental (def 5).
- class 5 switch — (communications) The lowest designation used in AT&T's hierarchical General Toll Switching Plan, developed in 1929.
- claustrophilia — abnormal pleasure derived from being in a confined space
- claustrophobia — Someone who suffers from claustrophobia feels very uncomfortable or anxious when they are in small or enclosed places.
- claustrophobic — You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
- cloister garth — garth (def 1).
- commandantship — the office of a commandant
- consultantship — the office or function of a consultant
- container ship — A container ship is a ship that is designed for carrying goods that are packed in large metal or wooden boxes.
- countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
- credit charges — the charges applied by credit card companies to customers buying goods on credit
- cross matching — the testing for compatibility of a donor's and a recipient's blood prior to transfusion, in which serum of each is mixed with red blood cells of the other and observed for hemagglutination.
- cross-hatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- cruising yacht — a yacht which is used for holiday trips
- cryoanesthesia — (pathology) Insensibility resulting from cold.
- cryptaesthetic — of or relating to cryptaesthesia
- cryptographist — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
- curtain speech — a talk given in front of the curtain after a stage performance, often by the author or an actor
- cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
- cystolithiasis — a medical condition caused by the formation of a calculus in the bladder
- darning stitch — a stitch used in darning that imitates the texture of the fabric that is to be mended
- death instinct — the destructive or aggressive instinct, based on a compulsion to return to an earlier harmonious state and, ultimately, to nonexistence
- dechristianize — to make non-Christian
- discharge rate — The discharge rate is the rate at which a process produces waste or a product.
- discharge tube — gas tube.
- disenchantment — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- disenchantress — a woman who disenchants
- disinheritance — Law. to exclude from inheritance (an heir or a next of kin).
- dispatch rider — a horseman or motorcyclist who carries dispatches
- east china sea — a part of the N Pacific, bounded by China, Japan, the Ryukyus, and Taiwan. 480,000 sq. mi. (1,243,200 sq. km).
- east greenwich — a town in central Rhode Island.
- emphaticalness — The quality of being emphatic; emphasis.
- encephalitides — Plural form of encephalitis.
- enthusiastical — (obsolete) enthusiastic.
- epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
- erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
- eschatological — Pertaining to eschatology.
- euphuistically — In a euphuistic manner.
- exoatmospheric — Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere.
- face the music — an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- fashion victim — A fashion victim is someone who thinks that being fashionable is more important than looking nice, and as a result often wears very fashionable clothes that do not suit them or that make them look silly.
- fireside chats — an informal address by a political leader over radio or television, especially as given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt beginning in 1933.
- fishing tackle — Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.
- graphic artist — sb who draws, paints, prints, etc.
- 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.
- hallucinations — Plural form of hallucination.
- hamito-semitic — denoting or belonging to this family of languages
- handicraftsman — a person skilled in a handicraft; craftsman.
- harpsichordist — One who plays the harpsichord.