14-letter words containing c, h, o, l, e, r
- diaheliotropic — exhibiting diaheliotropism
- dichloroethane — a colourless toxic liquid compound that is used chiefly as a solvent. Formula: C2H4Cl2
- door-key child — latchkey child.
- edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
- electric shock — electric current entering the body
- electrochemist — A person who studies or is expert in electrochemistry.
- electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
- electrophorese — (biochemistry) To carry out electrophoresis on something.
- electroshocked — Simple past tense and past participle of electroshock.
- electrotherapy — The use of electric currents passed through the body to stimulate nerves and muscles, chiefly in the treatment of various forms of paralysis.
- electrothermal — concerned with both electricity and heat, esp the production of electricity by heat
- elevator pitch — an informal an extremely short and pithy version of a sales pitch or business plan
- eleventh chord — a chord much used in jazz, consisting of a major or minor triad upon which are superimposed the seventh, ninth, and eleventh above the root
- encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
- encephalograph — any other apparatus used to produce an encephalogram
- enharmonically — (music) Adjectival form of enharmonic.
- epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
- erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
- ethnographical — Ethnographic.
- ethyl chloride — a colorless liquid, C2H5Cl, prepared by heating ethyl alcohol with hydrogen chloride in the presence of zinc chloride: used in preparing tetraethyl lead and ethyl cellulose, and as a local anesthetic
- exothermically — In an exothermic manner.
- firth of clyde — an inlet of the Atlantic in SW Scotland. Length: 103 km (64 miles)
- firth-of-clyde — a river in S Scotland, flowing NW into the Firth of Clyde. 106 miles (170 km) long.
- flemish scroll — a scroll, as on a chair leg, having the form of two intersecting and oppositely curved C-scrolls.
- flesh-coloured — Something that is flesh-coloured is yellowish pink in colour.
- flight officer — an officer of the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II, having a rank equivalent to that of a warrant officer junior grade.
- fluorochemical — a chemical compound containing fluorine.
- foley catheter — an indwelling catheter used for draining urine from the bladder and having an inflatable part at the bladder end that allows the tube to be kept in place for variable time periods.
- free cash flow — Free cash flow is revenue of a business that is available to spend.
- french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
- geochronologic — Of or pertaining to geochronology.
- geographically — of or relating to geography.
- glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
- gothic revival — a Gothic style of architecture popular between the late 18th and late 19th centuries, exemplified by the Houses of Parliament in London (1840)
- grade-schooler — a pupil in a grade school.
- graphite cloth — a nonwoven fabric made by embedding carbon fibers in a plastic bonding material, used in layers as a substitute for sheet metal, as in the construction of aircraft wings.
- greek catholic — a member of the Greek Orthodox Church.
- ground hemlock — a prostrate yew, Taxus canadensis, of eastern North America, having short, flat needles and red, berrylike fruit.
- haitian creole — the creolized French that is the native language of most Haitians.
- hardware cloth — galvanized steel wire screen with a mesh usually between 0.25 and 0.5 inches (0.64 and 1.27 cm), used for coarse sieves, animal cages, and the like.
- health officer — an official who administers laws pertaining to health, especially sanitation.
- helicopter dad — a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort.
- helicopter mom — a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort.
- helicopter pad — landing area
- heliocentrical — Alternative form of heliocentric.
- hemerocallises — Plural form of hemerocallis.
- hemlock looper — the larva of a geometrid moth, Lambdina fiscellaria, common in some areas of North America and a serious pest of various trees, as hemlock, Douglas fir, balsam spruce, and oak.
- hepatocellular — pertaining to or affecting liver cells.
- hero's welcome — a very enthusiastic reception from a group of people who show their admiration for something good that you have done
- heroic couplet — a stanza consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter, especially one forming a rhetorical unit and written in an elevated style, as, Know then thyself, presume not God to scan / The proper study of Mankind is Man.