14-letter words containing c, h, i, t, l
- thaumaturgical — pertaining to a thaumaturge or to thaumaturgy.
- the black isle — a peninsula in NE Scotland, in Highland council area, between the Cromarty and Moray Firths
- 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 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 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.
- the salicaceae — a chiefly N temperate family of trees and shrubs having catkins: includes the willows and poplars
- thermoelectric — of, relating to, or involving the direct relationship between heat and electricity.
- 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
- thromboembolic — the blockage of a blood vessel by a thrombus carried through the bloodstream from its site of formation.
- 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
- track lighting — lighting for a room or other area in which individual spotlight fixtures are attached along a narrow, wall- or ceiling-mounted metal track through which current is conducted, permitting flexible positioning of the lights.
- traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
- traffic lights — a set of coloured lights placed at crossroads, junctions, etc, to control the flow of traffic
- trans-physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- trichloracetic — as in trichloracetic acid
- trickle charge — a continuous, slow charge supplied to a storage battery to keep it in a fully charged state.
- 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)
- tumbler switch — electrical control
- turning chisel — a chisel used for shaping work on a lathe.
- uitzilopochtli — the Aztec god of war and of the sun.
- 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.
- unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
- unmathematical — not characterized by or using the precision of mathematics; inexact; imprecise
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
- unrhythmically — in an unrhythmical manner
- untouchability — the quality or condition of being an untouchable, ascribed in the Vedic tradition to persons of low caste or to persons excluded from the caste system.
- variable-pitch — (of a propeller) controllable-pitch.
- victor charlie — a Vietcong or the Vietcong; the VC.
- walpurgisnacht — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- whachamacallit — an object or person whose name one does not know or cannot recall.
- whaddayacallit — A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember.
- whale watching — the activity of observing whales in their natural surroundings
- whistling duck — any of several long-legged, chiefly tropical ducks of the genus Dendrocygna, most of which have whistling cries.
- white charlock — a related plant, Raphanus raphanistrum, with yellow, mauve, or white flowers and podlike fruits
- white-knuckled — causing fear, apprehension, or panic: The plane made a white-knuckle approach to the fogged-in airport.
- wild buckwheat — umbrella plant (def 3).
- winter clothes — the type of heavy, warm clothing that people tend to wear in very cold weather
- 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.
- wristlet watch — a watch that is attached to a band or bracelet