14-letter words containing c, h, l, o, a, s
- cholera morbus — gastroenteritis
- cholesteatomas — Plural form of cholesteatoma.
- cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
- cholinesterase — an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine to choline and acetic acid
- choral society — an organization of amateur singers
- clamshell door — Often, clamshell doors. a door consisting of two panels that spread open vertically, as those located on the underside of some cargo planes.
- claustrophilia — abnormal pleasure derived from being in a confined space
- claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
- claustrophobia — Someone who suffers from claustrophobia feels very uncomfortable or anxious when they are in small or enclosed places.
- claustrophobic — You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
- clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
- clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
- cloister garth — garth (def 1).
- clothes basket — a basket for storing and transporting clothes that need washing, or have been washed
- clothes hanger — item for hanging clothing
- coaching glass — a small drinking glass of the early 19th century having no foot.
- coffee-klatsch — to gather for a coffee klatsch.
- cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
- colporrhaphies — Plural form of colporrhaphy.
- conchyliaceous — Alternative form of conchylaceous.
- consultantship — the office or function of a consultant
- coolheadedness — The state or characteristic of being coolheaded.
- cosmographical — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- crenshaw melon — a variety of melon resembling the casaba, having pinkish flesh.
- crystal growth — Crystal growth is the process of making a crystal grow by continuing to remove a component from a solution.
- cuyahoga falls — a city in NE Ohio, near Akron.
- cyclanthaceous — belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a S American family of tropical plants
- cystolithiasis — a medical condition caused by the formation of a calculus in the bladder
- czechoslovakia — a former republic in central Europe: formed after the defeat of Austria-Hungary (1918) as a nation of Czechs in Bohemia and Moravia and Slovaks in Slovakia; occupied by Germany from 1939 until its liberation by the Soviet Union in 1945; became a people's republic under the Communists in 1948; invaded by Warsaw Pact troops in 1968, ending Dubček's attempt to liberalize communism; in 1989 popular unrest led to the resignation of the politburo and the formation of a non-Communist government. It consisted of two federal republics, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which separated in 1993
- discographical — Of or pertaining to discography.
- dutchman's log — a method of gauging a ship's speed, in which the distance between two shipboard observation stations is divided by the time elapsing between the throwing overboard of an object by the first station and the sighting of it by the second.
- encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
- epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
- erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
- eschatological — Pertaining to eschatology.
- foolscap sheet — a sheet of foolscap paper
- free cash flow — Free cash flow is revenue of a business that is available to spend.
- galactophorous — bearing milk; lactiferous.
- glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
- grade-schooler — a pupil in a grade school.
- grammar school — an elementary school.
- hale telescope — the 200-inch (508-cm) reflector at the Palomar Observatory.
- half-conscious — aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
- halley's comet — a comet with a period averaging 76 years. In this century it was visible to terrestrial observers just before and after reaching perihelion in 1910 and again in 1986.
- hallucinations — Plural form of hallucination.
- hanging scroll — a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
- hash collision — (programming) (Or "hash clash") When two different keys hash to the same value, i.e. to the same location in a hash table.
- hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- hellaciousness — Quality of being hellacious.