14-letter words containing c, h, e, s, t, m
- disenchantment — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- electrochemist — A person who studies or is expert in electrochemistry.
- emphaticalness — The quality of being emphatic; emphasis.
- 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.
- femtochemistry — (chemistry) the study of chemical reactions on a very short time scale, often using pulsed lasers.
- flash spectrum — the emission spectrum of the chromosphere of the sun, which dominates the solar spectrum in the seconds just before and after a total solar eclipse.
- french mustard — a mild mustard paste made with vinegar rather than water
- halley's comet — a comet with a period averaging 76 years. In this century it was visible to terrestrial observers just before and after reaching perihelion in 1910 and again in 1986.
- hamito-semitic — denoting or belonging to this family of languages
- have a stomack — to be pregnant
- hepatectomised — Alt form hepatectomized.
- heracliteanism — the philosophy of Heraclitus, maintaining the perpetual change of all things, the only abiding thing being the logos, or orderly principle, according to which the change takes place.
- hermeneuticist — One who studies hermeneutics.
- heterochromous — of different colors.
- heterochronism — a change in the stage at which developmental processes take place relative to members of the same species
- histochemistry — the branch of science dealing with the chemical components of cellular and subcellular tissue.
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- home secretary — the secretary of state for the Home Office.
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hypercriticism — criticism that is carping or unduly harsh.
- hypophysectomy — excision of the pituitary gland.
- hysterectomies — Plural form of hysterectomy.
- hysterectomise — Alt form hysterectomize.
- hysterectomize — to remove the uterus from by surgery.
- iatrochemistry — (in the 16th and 17th centuries) the study of chemistry in relation to the physiology, pathology, and treatment of disease.
- jackson method — (programming) A proprietary structured method for software analysis, design and programming.
- lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
- machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
- machine stitch — a stitch created by a sewing machine
- machine-stitch — to sew on a sewing machine.
- magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
- make the scene — the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder.
- master butcher — a butcher who is fully qualified to practise his trade and to train others in it
- matched sample — a sample in which the individuals selected for analysis share all properties except that under investigation
- mathematicians — Plural form of mathematician.
- medical ethics — the code of behaviour considered to be correct for members of the medical profession
- medicine chest — bathroom cabinet
- mercury switch — an especially quiet switch that opens and closes an electric circuit by shifting a vial containing a pool of mercury so as to cover or uncover the contacts.
- mesaticephalic — (anatomy) Having a cranium with a medium ratio of length to breadth.
- mesh stockings — stockings with a netted pattern or made out of a netted material such as lace or netted nylon
- metachromatism — change of color, especially that due to variation in the temperature of a body.
- metaphosphoric — applied to an acid (HPO3) containing a molecule less of water than orthophosphoric acid
- metaphysically — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- metaphysicians — Plural form of metaphysician.
- metapsychology — speculative thought dealing systematically with concepts extending beyond the limits of psychology as an empirical science.
- metempsychosis — the transmigration of the soul, especially the passage of the soul after death from a human or animal to some other human or animal body.
- metencephalons — Plural form of metencephalon.