14-letter words containing c, h, i, n, s
- encephalitides — Plural form of encephalitis.
- enthusiastical — (obsolete) enthusiastic.
- epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
- exercise bench — (in a gymnasium) a low table, which may be inclined, used for various exercises
- fashion victim — A fashion victim is someone who thinks that being fashionable is more important than looking nice, and as a result often wears very fashionable clothes that do not suit them or that make them look silly.
- fencing school — an academy or school where fencing was taught by fencing masters
- fish and chips — fried fish fillets and French fries.
- fishing tackle — Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.
- focusing cloth — an opaque cloth surrounding the ground glass of a camera so as to shield the eyes of the photographer from light that would otherwise prevent seeing the image in the ground glass.
- framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
- french windows — a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.
- fringed orchis — any of several American orchids of the genus Habenaria, having a cut, fringed lip.
- function shift — a change in the syntactic function of a word, as when the noun mushroom is used as an intransitive verb
- garda síochána — the police force of the Republic of Ireland
- graphic design — the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, especially to produce a specific effect.
- gunter's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- half-conscious — aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
- halicarnassian — an ancient city of Caria, in SW Asia Minor: site of the Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
- hallucinations — Plural form of hallucination.
- handicraftsman — a person skilled in a handicraft; craftsman.
- handkerchieves — Plural form of handkerchief.
- hanging scroll — a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
- hash collision — (programming) (Or "hash clash") When two different keys hash to the same value, i.e. to the same location in a hash table.
- heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
- heart-stricken — deeply grieved or greatly dismayed
- hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- heiligenschein — a ring of light around the shadow cast by a person's head, especially on a dewy, sunlit lawn, caused by reflection and diffraction of light rays; halo.
- hell's kitchen — (in New York City) a section of midtown Manhattan, west of Times Square, formerly notorious for its slums and high crime rate.
- hellaciousness — Quality of being hellacious.
- 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.
- heterochronism — a change in the stage at which developmental processes take place relative to members of the same species
- hinoki cypress — an evergreen tree, Chamaecyparis obtusa, of Japan, having scalelike leaves and orange-brown cones, grown for timber and as an ornamental.
- historicalness — The quality of being historical.
- histrionically — of or relating to actors or acting.
- home economics — the art and science of home management.
- home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
- home schooling — Home schooling is the practice of educating your child at home rather than in a school.
- horrorstricken — Alternative spelling of horror-stricken.
- house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- housing scheme — arrangement offering subsidized housing
- humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
- humanistically — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- hydrocortisone — Biochemistry. a steroid hormone, C 21 H 30 O 5 , of the adrenal cortex, active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
- hyperconscious — acutely aware.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hypersecretion — an excessive secretion.
- hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.