17-letter words containing c, h, e, f

fee-paying school — a school which charges fees to parents of pupils
female chauvinist — a female who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates males in the belief that they are inferior to females and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
female-chauvinist — a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
fifth commandment — “Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee”: fifth of the Ten Commandments.
fine-toothed comb — a comb with fine, closely set teeth
fishnet stockings — leg coverings for women, made from an open mesh fabric resembling netting
florentine stitch — a straight stitch worked in a high and low relief pattern to form a variety of zigzag or oblique designs.
fluorescent light — a fluorescent lamp in domestic or commercial use; a fluorescent strip
fort walton beach — a city in NW Florida.
fourfold purchase — a tackle that is composed of a rope passed through two fourfold blocks in such a way as to provide mechanical power in the ratio of 1 to 5 or 1 to 4, depending on whether hauling is done on the running or the standing block and without considering friction. Compare tackle (def 2).
freedom of speech — the right of people to express their opinions publicly without governmental interference, subject to the laws against libel, incitement to violence or rebellion, etc.
freight insurance — insurance paid on goods in transport
french provincial — noting, pertaining to, or resembling a style of furnishings and decoration originating in the provinces of France in the 18th century, derived from but less ornate than styles then current in Paris and featuring simply carved wood furniture, often with decorative curved moldings.
french revolution — the revolution that began in 1789, overthrew the absolute monarchy of the Bourbons and the system of aristocratic privileges, and ended with Napoleon's overthrow of the Directory and seizure of power in 1799.
french somaliland — a former name of Djibouti (def 1).
functional change — a change in the grammatical function of a word, as in the use of the noun input as a verb or the noun fun as an adjective.
further education — adult education.
go for the collar — to go without a hit in a game
go for the doctor — to make a great effort or move very fast, esp in a horse race
grandfather clock — a pendulum floor clock having a case as tall as or taller than a person; tall-case clock; long-case clock.
greenhouse effect — an atmospheric heating phenomenon, caused by short-wave solar radiation being readily transmitted inward through the earth's atmosphere but longer-wavelength heat radiation less readily transmitted outward, owing to its absorption by atmospheric carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, and other gases; thus, the rising level of carbon dioxide is viewed with concern.
hairline fracture — a very fine crack in a bone
half-round chisel — a cold chisel with a semicircular cutting edge used for making narrow channels
hall of residence — Halls of residence are buildings with rooms or flats, usually built by universities or colleges, in which students live during the term.
hemorrhagic fever — any of several arbovirus infections, as dengue, characterized by fever, chills, and malaise followed by hemorrhages of capillaries, sometimes leading to kidney failure and death.
hit for the cycle — any complete round or series of occurrences that repeats or is repeated.
household effects — domestic belongings
hybrid fiber coax — (networking) (HFC) A kind of physical connection used in networks for audio, video, and data. DVB (Digital Video Broadcast) is used in Europe and DOCSIS is used in N America.
in the process of — If you are in the process of doing something, you have started to do it and are still doing it.
john of lancaster — Duke of Bedford, 1389–1435, Bedford, John of Lancaster, Duke of.
john of the cross — Saint (Juan de Yepis y Álvarez) 1542–91, Spanish mystic, writer, and theologian: cofounder with Saint Theresa of the order of Discalced Carmelites.
liberty of speech — freedom of speech.
lick the boots of — to be servile, obsequious, or flattering towards
manufactured home — a prefabricated house, assembled in modular sections.
merchant of death — a company, nation, or person that sells military arms on the international market, usually to the highest bidder and without scruple or regard for political ramifications.
microfiche reader — a machine that displays on a screen a magnified image of a microfiche
monarch butterfly — a large, deep-orange butterfly, Danaus plexippus, having black and white markings, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of milkweed.
neck of the woods — the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
nonteaching staff — employees within an academic or vocational environment whose jobs do not involve teaching
of the old school — If you approve of someone because they have good qualities that used to be more common in the past, you can describe them as one of the old school.
old norman french — Norman French (sense 1)
on the face of it — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
on the off chance — the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled: often personified or treated as a positive agency: Chance governs all.
on the off-chance — If you do something on the off-chance, you do it because you hope that it will succeed, although you think that this is unlikely.
open-channel flow — Open-channel flow is a liquid flow in a channel, which has a free liquid surface.
orifice discharge — Orifice discharge is a model for calculating how quickly a fluid will come out of a punctured vessel or pipe.
out for the count — If someone is out for the count, they are unconscious or very deeply asleep.
overhead camshaft — a camshaft in an automotive engine that is located in the cylinder head over the engine block rather than in the block. Abbreviation: OHC.
overreach oneself — to fail because of trying to do more than one can
pacific northwest — the region of North America lying north of the Columbia River and west of the Rockies

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