15-letter words containing c, h, a, r, u
- stay the course — to spend some time in a place, in a situation, with a person or group, etc.: He stayed in the army for ten years.
- student teacher — a student who is studying to be a teacher and who, as part of the training, observes classroom instruction or does closely supervised teaching in an elementary or secondary school.
- subtrochanteric — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
- sulphurous acid — an unstable acid produced when sulphur dioxide dissolves in water: used as a preservative for food and a bleaching agent. Formula: H2SO3
- sumatra camphor — borneol.
- theft insurance — insurance against loss or damage of property resulting from theft.
- therapeutically — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- through traffic — traffic which continues on a road or highway rather than crossing onto a different road
- torture chamber — a room where somebody is caused extreme physical pain, esp in order to extract information, break resistance, etc
- travel brochure — a brochure, often from a travel agency, which advertises holidays, hotels, etc
- turkish tobacco — a strongly aromatic tobacco, grown chiefly in Turkey and Greece, used in cigarettes.
- turn the scales — to determine or decide something uncertain
- ultramicrofiche — ultrafiche.
- uncharacterized — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
- unchoreographed — not choreographed; not pre-arranged or pre-prepared; unplanned
- unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
- unchronological — arranged in the order of time: a chronological list of events.
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- underresearched — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
- universal chuck — a chuck, as on a lathe headstock, having three stepped jaws moving simultaneously for precise centering of a workpiece of any of a wide range of sizes.
- urquhart castle — a castle near Drumnadrochit in Highland, Scotland: situated on Loch Ness
- vermouth cassis — a mixed drink made with dry vermouth, crème de cassis, soda or mineral water, and cracked ice.
- virtual machine — Also called system virtual machine. a self-contained operating environment that behaves as if it is a separate computer, with no access to the host operating system: When an application runs in a virtual machine, there is little chance that it will damage files or applications in the host system.
- walrus mustache — a thick, shaggy mustache hanging down loosely at both ends.
- welsbach burner — a type of gaslight in which a mantle containing thorium and cerium compounds becomes incandescent when heated by a gas flame
- wheelchair user — a person who is unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relies on a wheelchair to move around
- wheelchairbound — Confined to a wheelchair.
- white supremacy — the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial groups, especially black people, and are therefore rightfully the dominant group in any society.
- wreathed column — a column having a twisted or spiral form.
- youth orchestra — an orchestra that is made up of young musicians