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16-letter words containing c, h, i, t, l

  • stomach stapling — Stomach stapling is an operation in which part of the stomach is removed in order to help a person to eat less and lose weight.
  • subtropical high — one of several highs, as the Azores and Pacific highs, that prevail over the oceans at latitudes of about 30 degrees N and S. Also called subtropical anticyclone. Compare high (def 37).
  • summa theologica — a philosophical and theological work (1265–74) by St. Thomas Aquinas, consisting of an exposition of Christian doctrine.
  • taurocholic acid — an acid, C 26 H 45 NO 7 S, occurring as a sodium salt in the bile of carnivorous animals, which on hydrolysis yields taurine and cholic acid.
  • technical school — college of further and vocational education
  • telescopic sight — a telescope mounted on a rifle, etc, used for sighting
  • the body politic — the people of a nation or the nation itself considered as a political entity; the state
  • the christ child — a very reverential way of referring to Jesus Christ as a child, used particularly when referring to art
  • the eternal city — Rome
  • the first couple — the US president and their spouse
  • the leonine city — a district of Rome on the right bank of the Tiber fortified by Pope Leo IV
  • the public purse — money from or controlled by the government
  • the two sicilies — a former kingdom of S Italy, consisting of the kingdoms of Sicily and Naples (1061–1860)
  • the union school — a historic building located at 516-518 Bethlehem Pike in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Built in 1773, the Union School was one of the earliest public schools in Pennsylvania, and the first that did not discriminate based on social position or religious preference
  • the welsh office — (formerly) a department of the British government with responsibility for Welsh policies. It was replaced by the Wales office in 1999.
  • theatrical agent — an intermediary who brings together actors who are seeking work and theatre producers who are offering parts
  • thermal cracking — Thermal cracking is an extraction process in which hydrocarbons such as crude oil are heated to a high temperature to break the molecular bonds.
  • thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
  • thermoacidophile — any organism, especially a type of archaebacterium, that thrives in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures.
  • thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • thick-tailed ray — Ichthyology. any ray of the order Rajiformes, having a relatively thick, fleshy tail, including the guitarfishes and the skates.
  • thionyl chloride — a clear, pale yellow or red, fuming, corrosive liquid, SOCl 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • three blind mice — nursery rhyme
  • thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
  • to clear the air — If you do something to clear the air, you do it in order to resolve any problems or disagreements that there might be.
  • tollhouse cookie — a crisp cookie containing bits of chocolate and sometimes chopped nuts.
  • topsail schooner — a sailing vessel fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts with square sails above the foresail, and often with a square sail before the foresail.
  • tracheobronchial — of, relating to, or affecting the trachea and bronchi.
  • trailing fuchsia — a shrub, Fuchsia procumbens, of the evening primrose family, native to New Zealand, having long-stalked leaves and drooping, orange-and-purple flowers, used in hanging baskets.
  • trichloromethane — chloroform (def 1).
  • trichotillomania — a compulsion to pull out one's hair.
  • tricolored heron — an American heron, Hydranassa tricolor, that is dark bluish-gray above and white below with seasonally red neck stripes in the male.
  • trimethylglycine — betaine.
  • typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
  • underpitch vault — a construction having a central vault intersected by vaults of lower pitch.
  • ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
  • vestibule school — a school in an industrial establishment where new employees are given specific training in the jobs they are to perform.
  • whatchamacallits — Plural form of whatchamacallit.
  • white blood cell — any of various nearly colorless cells of the immune system that circulate mainly in the blood and lymph and participate in reactions to invading microorganisms or foreign particles, comprising the B cells, T cells, macrophages, monocytes, and granulocytes.
  • whited sepulcher — an evil person who feigns goodness; hypocrite. Matt. 23:27.
  • whited sepulchre — hypocrite
  • wiener schnitzel — Viennese Cookery. a breaded veal cutlet, variously seasoned or garnished.
  • winchester rifle — a type of magazine rifle, first made in about 1866.
  • windchill factor — an estimated measurement of the cooling effect of air and wind, esp. when applied to the loss of body heat from exposed skin; chill factor
  • with clean hands — innocently
  • yah-boo politics — adversarial politics in which politicians constantly deride their opponents and dismiss everything suggested by them
  • zenith telescope — a telescope mounted to point only at the zenith, used at some observatories for measuring time by the stars.
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