15-letter words containing c, h, i, r, n
- berenice's hair — the constellation Coma Berenices
- birthing center — a medical facility for the labor and childbirth experience in a family-friendly, homelike environment.
- birthing centre — a private maternity hospital
- blotch printing — a fabric-printing method in which the ground color is transferred from the cylinder and the motif retains the original hue of the cloth.
- boarding school — A boarding school is a school which some or all of the pupils live in during the school term. Compare day school.
- booster cushion — an extra seat or cushion placed on an existing seat for a child to sit on in a car
- borough council — a local government body elected by a borough
- boustrophedonic — of or relating to lines written in opposite directions
- brachistochrone — the curve between two points through which a body moves under the force of gravity in a shorter time than for any other curve; the path of quickest descent
- branchial cleft — Zoology. one of a series of slitlike openings in the walls of the pharynx between the branchial arches of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes from the pharynx to the exterior.
- branchial pouch — one of a series of rudimentary outcroppings of the inner pharyngeal wall, corresponding to the branchial grooves on the surface.
- branching rules — rules that are used to break down a complex problem into several smaller problems
- branchiostegous — branchiostegal.
- breathing space — A breathing space is a short period of time between two activities in which you can recover from the first activity and prepare for the second one.
- bring the check — If you bring the check in a restaurant, you bring the customer a piece of paper on which the price of their meal is written.
- bristol channel — an inlet of the Atlantic, between S Wales and SW England, merging into the Severn estuary. Length: about 137 km (85 miles)
- british council — an organization founded (1934) to extend the influence of British culture and education throughout the world
- bronchial tubes — the bronchi or their smaller divisions
- buckinghamshire — a county in SE central England, containing the Vale of Aylesbury and parts of the Chiltern Hills: the geographic and ceremonial county includes Milton Keynes, which became an independent unitary authority in 1997. Administrative centre: Aylesbury. Pop (excluding Milton Keynes): 478 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Milton Keynes): 1568 sq km (605 sq miles)
- caernarvonshire — (until 1974) a county of NW Wales, now part of Gwynedd
- canadian french — the French language as spoken in Canada, esp in Quebec
- captain's chair — a hardwood armchair having a low, curved back, formed of a single rail supported by spindles, and a saddle seat
- cardinal humour — any of the four bodily fluids (blood, phlegm, choler or yellow bile, melancholy or black bile) formerly thought to determine emotional and physical disposition
- carding machine — card2 (defs 1, 2).
- carmarthenshire — a county of S Wales, formerly part of Dyfed (1974–96): on Carmarthen Bay, with the Cambrian Mountains in the N: generally agricultural (esp dairying). Administrative centre: Carmarthen. Pop: 176 000 (2003 est). Area: 2398 sq km (926 sq miles)
- carrying charge — the opportunity cost of unproductive assets, such as goods stored in a warehouse
- catastrophising — Present participle of catastrophise.
- catastrophizing — Present participle of catastrophize.
- catch (on) fire — to begin burning; ignite
- catharine wheel — Catherine wheel.
- catherine wheel — A Catherine wheel is a firework in the shape of a circle which spins round and round.
- catheterisation — Alternative spelling of catheterization.
- catheterization — to introduce a catheter into.
- central heating — Central heating is a heating system for buildings. Air or water is heated in one place and travels round a building through pipes and radiators.
- chairpersonship — a person who presides over a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- chandler period — the period of the oscillation (Chandler wobble) of the earth's axis, varying between 416 and 433 days.
- channel surfing — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
- channel-surfing — Channel-surfing is the same as channel-hopping.
- charlatanically — In a charlatanic manner.
- charles dickens — Charles (John Huf·fam) [huhf-uh m] /ˈhʌf əm/ (Show IPA), ("Boz") 1812–70, English novelist.
- charles simonyi — (person) Microsoft programmer, most famously responsible for Hungarian Notation. Simonyi was born in Budapest in 1948, and for more than a decade was senior programmer at Microsoft in Redmond.
- charles tiffany — Charles Lewis, 1812–1902, U.S. jeweler.
- charm offensive — If you say that someone has launched a charm offensive, you disapprove of the fact that they are being very friendly to their opponents or people who are causing problems for them.
- chemoprevention — the prevention of disease, esp cancer, by means of chemical agents
- chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
- chesterfieldian — of or like Lord Chesterfield; suave; elegant; polished
- chicken cholera — fowl cholera.
- chicken lobster — a young lobster weighing 1 pound (0.4 kg) or less.
- chicken-hearted — easily frightened; cowardly
- chicken-livered — timid; fearful; cowardly.