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15-letter words containing c, h, i, s, o, l

  • comprehensively — Something that is done comprehensively is done thoroughly.
  • comptrollership — controller (def 1).
  • council housing — houses or flats built or owned by a local council
  • counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
  • crisis theology — a neoorthodox theology, advocated by Karl Barth and others, emphasizing the absolute necessity of faith and divine revelation in transcending the personal crisis, common to all humankind, that arises from the contradictions inherent in human nature and in the social order.
  • curl one's hair — to form into coils or ringlets, as the hair.
  • cushion capital — a capital, used in Byzantine, Romanesque, and Norman architecture, in the form of a bowl with a square top
  • cycling clothes — special clothes, such as lycra shorts, suitable for cycling in
  • czechoslovakian — Czechoslovakian means the same as Czechoslovak.
  • dealer's choice — a card game, as poker, in which the dealer decides what particular game is to be played, often depending on the number of players, and designates any special variations or unusual rules, including setting the stakes.
  • dephlogisticate — to reduce or remove inflammation from
  • dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
  • diastrophically — in a diastrophic fashion
  • dishcloth gourd — loofah (def 1).
  • divinity school — a Protestant seminary.
  • doctoral thesis — a thesis written as part of a doctorate
  • electrophoresis — The movement of charged particles in a fluid or gel under the influence of an electric field.
  • electrothermics — the study of electricity and heat, or of electrically generated heat
  • ethnolinguistic — Of or pertaining to ethnolinguistics.
  • ethnomusicology — The study of the music of different cultures, especially non-Western ones.
  • fahnestock clip — a type of terminal using a spring that clamps readily onto a connecting wire.
  • fifth columnist — A fifth columnist is someone who secretly supports and helps the enemies of the country or organization they are in.
  • fluorochemicals — Plural form of fluorochemical.
  • fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
  • geochronologist — A geologist whose speciality is geochronology.
  • geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
  • glass harmonica — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated, revolving glass bowls, the rims of which are moistened and set in vibration by friction from the fingertips.
  • glossographical — relating to glossography
  • gloucestershire — a county in SW England. 1255 sq. mi. (2640 sq. km). County seat: Gloucester.
  • hamamelidaceous — belonging to the Hamamelidaceae, the witch hazel family of plants.
  • hemicolectomies — Plural form of hemicolectomy.
  • hemiglossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a portion of the tongue.
  • heralds' office — the official heraldic authority of Scotland.
  • hexylresorcinol — white or yellowish-white, needle-shaped crystals, C 12 H 18 O 2 , used chiefly as an antiseptic and for the expulsion of intestinal worms.
  • histochemically — In a histochemical manner.
  • histopathologic — the science dealing with the histological structure of abnormal or diseased tissue; pathological histology.
  • historical cost — The historical cost of an asset is its original cost when it was first acquired by a company.
  • holiday clothes — the clothes worn and bought for travelling on holiday, such as swimwear, skiwear, or clothes for hot or cold weather, etc
  • holocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having only crystalline components and no glass
  • homeostatically — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
  • horatius cocles — a legendary Roman hero of the 6th century bc, who defended a bridge over the Tiber against Lars Porsena
  • horticulturists — Plural form of horticulturist.
  • hospital corner — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
  • hospital doctor — a hospital doctor works in a hospital, rather than as a general practitioner, in the army, etc
  • hydrostatically — In a hydrostatic manner.
  • hygroscopically — In a hygroscopic way.
  • hyperbolic sine — one of a group of functions of an angle expressed as a relationship between the distances of a point on a hyperbola to the origin and to the coordinate axes; sinh
  • hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
  • hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
  • hypocortisolism — (medicine) A cortisol deficiency.
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