15-letter words containing c, h, i, n, a, t
- the main chance — the opportunity for personal gain (esp in the phrase an eye to the main chance)
- the phanerozoic — the Phanerozoic era
- the precambrian — the Precambrian era
- the renaissance — the period of European history marking the waning of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world: usually considered as beginning in Italy in the 14th century
- the-night-watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
- theft insurance — insurance against loss or damage of property resulting from theft.
- thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
- thiocyanic acid — an unstable acid, HSCN, known chiefly in the form of its salts.
- thraco-phrygian — a hypothetical branch of Indo-European implying a special genetic affinity between the meagerly attested Thracian and Phrygian languages.
- thyrocalcitonin — calcitonin
- tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
- timber merchant — a merchant that deals in wood for use as a building material
- tissue-matching — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
- training scheme — a scheme for teaching people skills in a particular field or profession
- training school — a school that provides training in some art, profession, or vocation.
- transhistorical — occurring throughout all human history
- trichloroethane — a volatile nonflammable colourless liquid with low toxicity used for cleaning electrical apparatus and as a solvent; 1,2,3-trichloroethane. Formula: CH3CCl3
- trichomonacidal — relating to a trichomonacide
- trithionic acid — a thionic acid, H2S3O6
- twitching trail — a logging road sufficiently developed to allow the hauling of logs along it by horse or tractor.
- unaesthetically — offensive to the aesthetic sense; lacking in beauty or sensory appeal; unpleasant, as an object, design, arrangement, etc.: an unaesthetic combination of colors.
- unauthenticated — to establish as genuine.
- uncharacterized — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
- unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- venetian school — any of various groups of artists identified with Venice throughout the history of Italian art but most notably the painters of the 18th century, as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Francesco Guardi, and Antonio Canaletto.
- 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.
- walking catfish — an Asian catfish, Clarias batrachus, that can survive out of water and move overland from one body of water to another: introduced into Florida.
- what's cooking? — what's happening?
- white cast iron — cast iron having most or all of its carbon in the form of cementite and exhibiting a silvery fracture.
- witch of agnesi — a plane curve symmetrical about the y- axis and asymptotic to the x- axis, given by the equation x 2 y =4 a 2 (2 a − y).
- with one accord — If a number of people do something with one accord, they do it together or at the same time, because they agree about what should be done.
- worcester china — porcelain articles made in Worcester (England) from 1751 in a factory that became, in 1862, the Royal Worcester Porcelain Company
- wrestling match — sport: contention by grappling opponent
- zenith distance — the angular distance from the zenith of a point on the celestial sphere to the sphere, measured along a great circle that is perpendicular to the horizon; the complement of the altitude.