14-letter words containing c, h, i, p
- symphonic poem — a form of tone poem, scored for a symphony orchestra, in which a literary or pictorial “plot” is treated with considerable program detail: originated by Franz Liszt in the mid-19th century and developed especially by Richard Strauss.
- synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
- tachygraphical — characteristic of tachygraphy
- tachyphylactic — Medicine/Medical. immediate, temporary immunization against the effects of injection of a toxic extract owing to previous small injections of the same extract.
- telepathically — communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception.
- telephonically — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
- the capitoline — the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome. The temple of Jupiter was on the southern summit and the ancient citadel on the northern summit
- the cryptozoic — the Cryptozoic era
- the palaeozoic — the Palaeozoic era
- the public eye — If someone is in the public eye, many people know who they are, because they are famous or because they are often mentioned on television or in the newspapers.
- therianthropic — being partly bestial and partly human in form.
- thermoperiodic — responding to or affected by periodic differences in temperatures.
- third republic — the republic established in France in 1870 and terminating with the Nazi occupation in 1940.
- thought police — a group of people with totalitarian views on a given subject, who constantly monitor others for any deviation from prescribed thinking
- thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
- tip the scales — to exercise a decisive influence
- tiruchirapalli — a city in central Tamil Nadu, in S India, on the Kaveri River.
- tiruchirappali — a city in central Tamil Nadu, in S India, on the Kaveri River.
- tortilla chips — snack food: corn crisps
- traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
- trans-physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- trichophytosis — a skin infection caused by a trichophyton
- tripe-de-roche — rock tripe.
- triumphal arch — a monumental archway, often erected in permanent materials as a commemorative structure, straddling the line of march of a victorious army during a triumphal procession.
- tropical month — the period of time taken by the moon to return to the same longitude after one complete revolution around the earth; 27.321 58 days (approximately 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 4.5 seconds)
- uitzilopochtli — the Aztec god of war and of the sun.
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- undecipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- unemphatically — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
- unhypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
- unsophisticate — not sophisticated
- variable-pitch — (of a propeller) controllable-pitch.
- 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.
- visible speech — the representation in graphic or pictorial form of characteristics of speech, as by means of sound spectrograms.
- walpurgisnacht — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- wappenschawing — a periodical muster or review of the men under arms in a particular lordship or district
- wheel clamping — the practice of attaching wheel clamps to vehicles
- whiplash-curve — the lash of a whip.
- whipping cream — cream with enough butterfat to allow it to be made into whipped cream.
- whooping cough — an infectious disease of the respiratory mucous membrane, caused by Bordetella pertussis, characterized by a series of short, convulsive coughs followed by a deep inspiration accompanied by a whooping sound.
- whooping crane — a white North American crane, Grus americana, having a loud, whooping call: an endangered species.
- winnipeg couch — a couch with no arms or back, opening out into a double bed
- with a capital — You can use phrases such as 'Life with a capital L', to emphasize that a word has a particular significance in the situation you are talking about.
- world champion — someone who has won a competition open to people throughout the whole world
- xenophobically — relating to or exhibiting fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.
- xerophytically — As a xerophyte.
- zinc phosphide — a dark-gray, gritty, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, Zn 3 P 2 , used chiefly as a rodenticide.