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14-letter words containing c, h, e, r, o, t

  • the long march — a journey of about 10 000 km (6000 miles) undertaken (1934–35) by some 100 000 Chinese Communists when they were forced out of their base in Kiangsi in SE China. They made their way to Shensi in NW China; only about 8000 survived the rigours of the journey
  • the ordovician — the Ordovician period or rock system
  • the real mccoy — the genuine thing or person as promised, stated, or implied (usually preceded by the or the real): Those other paintings are copies, but this one is the McCoy.
  • the true cross — the cross on which Christ was crucified, supposed relics of which were venerated by Christians in the middle ages
  • theocentricity — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
  • therianthropic — being partly bestial and partly human in form.
  • thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
  • thermochromism — a phenomenon in which certain dyes made from liquid crystals change colour reversibly when their temperature is changed
  • 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.
  • thermoelectric — of, relating to, or involving the direct relationship between heat and electricity.
  • thermoelectron — an electron emitted by an incandescent material.
  • thermojunction — a point of electrical contact between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears, the magnitude of which depends on the temperature of the contact and the nature of the metals
  • thermomagnetic — of or relating to the effect of heat on the magnetic properties of a substance.
  • thermoperiodic — responding to or affected by periodic differences in temperatures.
  • thermoreceptor — a receptor stimulated by changes in temperature.
  • thorough brace — either of two strong braces or bands of leather supporting the body of a coach or other vehicle and connecting the front and back springs.
  • three-cornered — having three corners: a three-cornered hat.
  • thromboembolic — the blockage of a blood vessel by a thrombus carried through the bloodstream from its site of formation.
  • throw a wrench — If someone throws a wrench or throws a monkey wrench into a process, they prevent something happening smoothly by deliberately causing a problem.
  • toothache tree — prickly ash (def 1).
  • trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
  • travel voucher — a voucher, usually bought from a travel agency or won in a competition, etc, which can be used to pay for travel costs such as flights, accommodation, etc
  • trichloracetic — as in trichloracetic acid
  • trichobacteria — filamentous bacteria
  • trichomonacide — an agent that destroys trichomonads
  • tripe-de-roche — rock tripe.
  • trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
  • turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
  • turkish coffee — a strong, usually sweetened coffee, made by boiling the pulverized coffee beans.
  • two-horse race — a competition, election, etc, in which there are only two teams or candidates with a chance of winning
  • unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
  • vector graphic — a computer image that is stored in memory as lines rather than a series of dots, allowing it to be rotated or proportionally scaled.
  • victor charlie — a Vietcong or the Vietcong; the VC.
  • volksdeutscher — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
  • voucher system — Accounting. a procedure for controlling disbursements by means of vouchers.
  • voyage charter — the hire of a ship or aircraft for a specified number of voyages
  • white charlock — a related plant, Raphanus raphanistrum, with yellow, mauve, or white flowers and podlike fruits
  • whorehouse cut — a cut in which a pack is divided into two parts, each of which is divided again before the pack is reassembled.
  • winter clothes — the type of heavy, warm clothing that people tend to wear in very cold weather
  • witches'-broom — an abnormal, brushlike growth of small thin branches on woody plants, caused especially by fungi, viruses, and mistletoes.
  • worcestershire — a former county in W central England, now part of Hereford and Worcester.
  • xerophytically — As a xerophyte.
  • zygobranchiate — of or relating to zygobranchs or the Zygobranchia genus
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