14-letter words containing c, h, o, l, a
- thymelaeaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, a family of trees and shrubs having tough acrid bark and simple leaves: includes spurge laurel, leatherwood, and mezereon
- to call a halt — If someone calls a halt to something such as an activity, they decide not to continue with it or to end it immediately.
- tortilla chips — snack food: corn crisps
- touch football — an informal variety of football in which the touching, usually with both hands, of a ball-carrier by a member of the opposing team results in a down.
- traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
- travel voucher — a voucher, usually bought from a travel agency or won in a competition, etc, which can be used to pay for travel costs such as flights, accommodation, etc
- trichloracetic — as in trichloracetic acid
- 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)
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- unapproachable — not capable of being approached; remote; unreachable: an unapproachable spot; an unapproachable person.
- unchivalrously — in an unchivalrous manner
- 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.
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- 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.
- victor charlie — a Vietcong or the Vietcong; the VC.
- village school — a school in a village
- warehouse club — A warehouse club is a large shop which sells goods at reduced prices to people who pay each year to become members of the organization that runs the shop.
- white charlock — a related plant, Raphanus raphanistrum, with yellow, mauve, or white flowers and podlike fruits
- world champion — someone who has won a competition open to people throughout the whole world
- xenophobically — relating to or exhibiting fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.
- xerophytically — As a xerophyte.
- zodiacal light — a luminous tract in the sky, seen in the west after sunset or in the east before sunrise and thought to be the light reflected from a cloud of meteoric matter revolving round the sun.