15-letter words containing c, h, i, u, s
- shuttle service — transport going back and forth
- sodium chlorate — a colorless, water-soluble solid, NaClO 3 , cool and salty to the taste, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and matches, as a textile mordant, and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
- sodium chloride — salt1 (def 1).
- south caucasian — a family of languages including Georgian, Mingrelian, and others that are spoken on the south slopes of the Caucasus and adjacent areas.
- south china sea — a part of the W Pacific, bounded by SE China, Vietnam, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and the Philippines.
- southern gothic — a literary genre depicting life in the southern US and featuring grotesque themes and imagery
- spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
- spinach-rhubarb — an Ethiopian plant, Rumex abyssinicus, of the buckwheat family, having leaves that are sometimes used as spinach and leafstalks sometimes used as rhubarb.
- squelch circuit — a circuit which disconnects a receiver in order to eliminate output noise when no signal or an extremely weak signal is received
- sub-machine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
- subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
- subtrochanteric — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
- succinylcholine — a drug, C14H30N2O4, used primarily as a muscle relaxant, produced by the esterization of succinic acid with choline
- suicide machine — a device designed to permit a terminally ill person to commit suicide, as by the automatic injection of a lethal drug.
- sulphurous acid — an unstable acid produced when sulphur dioxide dissolves in water: used as a preservative for food and a bleaching agent. Formula: H2SO3
- the midas touch — ability to make money
- the unconscious — the sum of all thoughts, memories, impulses, desires, feelings, etc. of which the individual is not conscious but which influence the emotions and behavior; that part of one's psyche which comprises repressed material of this nature
- theft insurance — insurance against loss or damage of property resulting from theft.
- thunderstricken — Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.
- tissue-matching — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
- touch base with — the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests: a metal base for the table.
- touch-sensitive — Touch-sensitive equipment is operated by the user touching it.
- turkish cypriot — denoting ethnically Turkish inhabitants of Cyprus
- turkish tobacco — a strongly aromatic tobacco, grown chiefly in Turkey and Greece, used in cigarettes.
- unaesthetically — offensive to the aesthetic sense; lacking in beauty or sensory appeal; unpleasant, as an object, design, arrangement, etc.: an unaesthetic combination of colors.
- unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
- uncomprehensive — of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive: a comprehensive study of world affairs.
- universal chuck — a chuck, as on a lathe headstock, having three stepped jaws moving simultaneously for precise centering of a workpiece of any of a wide range of sizes.
- unphilosophical — not adhering to philosophical theory or principles
- unpolished rice — a partly refined rice, hulled and deprived of its germ but retaining some bran.
- unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- vermouth cassis — a mixed drink made with dry vermouth, crème de cassis, soda or mineral water, and cracked ice.
- whatshumacallit — Alternative form of whatchamacallit.
- wheelchair user — a person who is unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relies on a wheelchair to move around
- white corpuscle — white blood cell.
- white supremacy — the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial groups, especially black people, and are therefore rightfully the dominant group in any society.
- whoopee cushion — a type of cushion or pillow used as a practical joke that, when sat upon, produces a loud noise resembling flatulence.