14-letter words containing c, h, o, l
- cover-shoulder — a type of blouse worn in Ghana
- crenshaw melon — a variety of melon resembling the casaba, having pinkish flesh.
- cross holdings — the holding of shares by one company in another company
- crotonaldehyde — a whitish liquid with pungent and suffocating odor, C 4 H 6 O, soluble in water, used as a solvent, in tear gas, and in organic synthesis.
- crystal growth — Crystal growth is the process of making a crystal grow by continuing to remove a component from a solution.
- cuproscheelite — (mineral) A mineral (CuWO4) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
- cuyahoga falls — a city in NE Ohio, near Akron.
- cyclanthaceous — belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a S American family of tropical plants
- cycling shorts — tight-fitting shorts reaching partway to the knee for cycling, sport, etc
- cycloaliphatic — (of an organic compound) aliphatic in chemical behaviour but having its carbon atoms in a ring
- cystolithiasis — a medical condition caused by the formation of a calculus in the bladder
- cytopathologic — the science dealing with the study of the diseases of cells.
- cytotechnology — the microscopic analysis of cells for the early detection of abnormalities and diagnosis of diseases such as cancer
- 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
- dactyliography — the art of engraving or writing on gems
- dactylographer — the study of fingerprints for purposes of identification.
- dark chocolate — Dark chocolate is dark brown chocolate that has a stronger and less sweet taste than milk chocolate.
- dcc technology — DCC technology uses a catalytic process to convert heavy hydrocarbons into light olefins.
- dechlorination — the removal of chlorine from a substance
- delphic oracle — the oracle of Apollo at Delphi that gave answers held by the ancient Greeks to be of great authority but also noted for their ambiguity
- deparochialize — to make parochial.
- dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
- diachronically — in a diachronic fashion
- diagonal cloth — a twilled fabric woven with distinctly diagonal lines.
- diaheliotropic — exhibiting diaheliotropism
- dichloroethane — a colourless toxic liquid compound that is used chiefly as a solvent. Formula: C2H4Cl2
- dichotomically — division into two parts, kinds, etc.; subdivision into halves or pairs.
- discographical — Of or pertaining to discography.
- dolichocephaly — (medicine) The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.
- door-key child — latchkey child.
- driving school — vehicle operation lessons
- duchamp-villon — Raymond [re-mawn] /rɛˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1876–1918, French sculptor (brother of Jacques Villon and Marcel Duchamp).
- 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.
- 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.
- edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
- ego psychology — the study of the adaptive and mediating functions of the ego and their role in personality development and emotional disorder
- election night — the evening when the votes from an election are being counted
- 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
- encephalitogen — an agent that is able to produce encephalitis
- encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
- encephalograph — any other apparatus used to produce an encephalogram
- encephalopathy — A disease in which the functioning of the brain is affected by some agent or condition (such as viral infection or toxins in the blood).