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14-letter words containing c, h, i, r, a

  • calligraphical — calligraphic
  • cambridgeshire — a county of E England, in East Anglia: includes the former counties of the Isle of Ely and Huntingdon and lies largely in the Fens: Peterborough became an independent unitary authority in 1998. Administrative centre: Cambridge. Pop (excluding Peterborough): 571 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Peterborough): 3068 sq km (184 sq miles)
  • camphoric acid — a whitish crystallizable substance derived from the oxidization of camphor, used in solution in medicine as an antiseptic. Formula: C10H16O4
  • canonical hour — one of the seven prayer times appointed for each day by canon law
  • captain crunch — 1.   (person)   ("Cap'n Crunch") An early 1970s hacker/phreaker/phacker who used a free whistle included with "Cap'n Crunch" breakfast cereal to fake pay phone system tones and make large quantities of free phone calls. Also alludes to "crunch". 2. (After the above) wardialer. 3. Reportedly, a program which crashes a computer by overloading the interrupt stack.
  • cardiomyopathy — a disease of the heart muscle usually caused by a biochemical defect or a toxin such as alcohol
  • cardiothoracic — of or relating to the heart and the chest
  • carnarvonshire — Caernarvon.
  • carriage horse — a horse trained and groomed to draw carriages.
  • carriage house — coach house.
  • cartographical — Pertaining to cartography.
  • cartoonishness — The state or condition of being cartoonish.
  • cash dispenser — A cash dispenser is a machine built into the wall of a bank or other building, which allows people to take out money from their bank account using a special card.
  • cashier's desk — A cashier's desk is the same as a cash desk.
  • casserole dish — cooking pot for oven or hob
  • cat's whiskers — Radio. a stiff wire forming one contact in a crystal detector and used for probing the crystal.
  • catachrestical — Catachrestic.
  • catastrophical — of the nature of a catastrophe, or disastrous event; calamitous: a catastrophic failure of the dam.
  • catastrophized — Simple past tense and past participle of catastrophize.
  • catcher's mitt — the glove worn by the catcher to protect the hands
  • cathedral city — a city that has a cathedral
  • catherine parr — Catherine, Catherine Parr.
  • centrolecithal — (of animal eggs) having a centrally located yolk
  • cephalometrics — The measurement and analysis of the craniofacial area, especially as an aid to dental or orthodontic procedures.
  • cephalosporins — Plural form of cephalosporin.
  • chain pickerel — See under pickerel (def 1).
  • chain reaction — A chain reaction is a series of chemical changes, each of which causes the next.
  • chalcotrichite — a fibrous variety of cuprite.
  • chancellorship — The chancellorship is the position of chancellor. Someone's chancellorship is the period of time when they are chancellor.
  • change ringing — the art of ringing a series of tuned bells of different tones, as those hung in a church tower, according to any of various orderly sequences.
  • change-ringing — the art of bell-ringing in which a set of bells is rung in an established order which is then changed
  • chaparral bird — roadrunner.
  • chaparral lily — a lily, Lilium rubescens, of the western coast of the U.S., having pale lilac-colored flowers that turn rose-purple.
  • characterising — Present participle of characterise.
  • characteristic — The characteristics of a person or thing are the qualities or features that belong to them and make them recognizable.
  • characterizing — Present participle of characterize.
  • charge carrier — an electron, hole, or ion that transports the electric charge in an electric current
  • charge density — the electric charge per unit volume of a medium or body or per unit area of a surface
  • charitableness — (uncountable) The quality of being charitable.
  • charity school — an elementary school, usually funded by charitable persons or organizations, for those unable to pay: a forerunner of the public-school system.
  • charles darwin — Charles (Robert) 1809–82, English naturalist and author.
  • charles wright — Charles, born 1935, U.S. poet.
  • charles's wain — Big Dipper
  • charmed circle — If you refer to a group of people as a charmed circle, you mean that they seem to have special power or influence, and do not allow anyone else to join their group.
  • charter flight — a flight booked by a holiday company to transport their customers
  • chase pointers — (programming)   To determine a chain of memory locations where each location holds a pointer to the next, starting from some initial pointer, e.g. traversing a linked list or other graph structure. This may be performed by a computer executing a program or by a programmer going through a core dump or using a debugger.
  • chemical toner — toner (def 4).
  • chemical-toner — a person or thing that tones.
  • chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
  • chemotherapies — Plural form of chemotherapy.
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