14-letter words containing c, h, i, t, o, n
- cryoanesthesia — (pathology) Insensibility resulting from cold.
- cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
- cycling shorts — tight-fitting shorts reaching partway to the knee for cycling, sport, etc
- cyproheptadine — a type of antihistamine drug used in the treatment of allergies
- cytopathogenic — causing cytopathy
- dechlorination — the removal of chlorine from a substance
- diagonal cloth — a twilled fabric woven with distinctly diagonal lines.
- dichloroethane — a colourless toxic liquid compound that is used chiefly as a solvent. Formula: C2H4Cl2
- discount house — Also called discount store. a store that sells much of its merchandise at a price below the usual price.
- dithionic acid — a strong, unstable acid, H 2 S 2 O 6 , known only in solution and in the form of its salts.
- draconic month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- dutch colonial — of or relating to the domestic architecture of Dutch settlers in New York and New Jersey, often characterized by gambrel roofs having curved eaves over porches on the long sides.
- election night — the evening when the votes from an election are being counted
- electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
- enantiomorphic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting enantiomorphism.
- encephalitogen — an agent that is able to produce encephalitis
- endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system
- epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
- ethnobotanical — Of or pertaining to ethnobotany.
- ethnographical — Ethnographic.
- ethnologically — In an ethnological manner or fashion.
- ethnomedicinal — Pertaining to ethnomedicine.
- etiopathogenic — Of or pertaining to etiopathogenesis.
- eutrophication — Excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.
- fashion victim — A fashion victim is someone who thinks that being fashionable is more important than looking nice, and as a result often wears very fashionable clothes that do not suit them or that make them look silly.
- fifth monarchy — the fifth and final monarchy following the Assyrian, Persian, Greek (under Alexander the Great), and Roman monarchies, supposed to have been prophesied in Dan. 2.
- flight control — the direction of airplane movements, especially takeoffs and landings, by messages from the ground.
- focusing cloth — an opaque cloth surrounding the ground glass of a camera so as to shield the eyes of the photographer from light that would otherwise prevent seeing the image in the ground glass.
- friction match — a kind of match tipped with a compound that ignites by friction.
- function shift — a change in the syntactic function of a word, as when the noun mushroom is used as an intransitive verb
- galeopithecine — of, relating to, or resembling the flying lemur (Galeopithecus)
- genethlialogic — relating to the science of casting horoscopes
- gerontomorphic — relating to mature masculine characteristics
- haitian creole — the creolized French that is the native language of most Haitians.
- hallucinations — Plural form of hallucination.
- haplodiplontic — (biology, of a life cycle) Having multicellular diploid and haploid stages.
- have it coming — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- heliocentrical — Alternative form of heliocentric.
- helminthologic — of or pertaining to helminthology
- heterochronism — a change in the stage at which developmental processes take place relative to members of the same species
- heteroromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the opposite gender.
- historicalness — The quality of being historical.
- histrionically — of or relating to actors or acting.
- holoplanktonic — plankton that spend their entire life cycle as free-swimming organisms (opposed to hemiplankton).
- horrorstricken — Alternative spelling of horror-stricken.
- humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
- humidification — to make humid.
- hydrocortisone — Biochemistry. a steroid hormone, C 21 H 30 O 5 , of the adrenal cortex, active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.