14-letter words containing c, h, i, s, e, l
- soil mechanics — the branch of civil engineering that deals with the mechanical behavior of soil and similar materials when they are compressed or sheared or when liquids flow through them.
- soldier orchid — a European orchid, Orchis militaris, having pale purple flowers with a four-lobed lower lip
- soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
- special branch — The Special Branch is the department of the British police that is concerned with political security and deals with things such as terrorism and visits by foreign leaders.
- special school — A special school is a school for children who have some kind of serious physical or mental problem.
- spine-chilling — very frightening or horrifying.
- steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
- stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
- stereochemical — of, relating to, stereochemistry
- straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
- stretchability — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- sulfuric ether — ether (def 1).
- sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
- switch selling — a system of selling, now illegal in Britain, whereby potential customers are attracted by a special offer on some goods but the salesman's real aim is to sell other more expensive goods instead
- synthetic fuel — fuel in the form of liquid or gas (synthetic natural gas) manufactured from coal or in the form of oil extracted from shale or tar sands.
- technicalities — technical methods and vocabulary
- the black isle — a peninsula in NE Scotland, in Highland council area, between the Cromarty and Moray Firths
- the cordeliers — a political club founded in 1790 and meeting at an old Cordelier convent in Paris
- the ice blacks — the international ice hockey team of New Zealand
- the mesolithic — the Mesolithic period; Middle Stone Age
- the salicaceae — a chiefly N temperate family of trees and shrubs having catkins: includes the willows and poplars
- tip the scales — to exercise a decisive influence
- tumbler switch — electrical control
- turning chisel — a chisel used for shaping work on a lathe.
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
- unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
- village school — a school in a village
- visible speech — the representation in graphic or pictorial form of characteristics of speech, as by means of sound spectrograms.
- whiplash-curve — the lash of a whip.
- winter clothes — the type of heavy, warm clothing that people tend to wear in very cold weather
- wristlet watch — a watch that is attached to a band or bracelet