14-letter words containing c, h, o, r, a
- greyhound race — a race in which greyhounds chase a dummy hare around a track
- haemocytometer — an apparatus for counting the number of cells in a quantity of blood, typically consisting of a graduated pipette for drawing and diluting the blood and a ruled glass slide on which the cells are counted under a microscope
- hagiographical — Hagiographic.
- haitian creole — the creolized French that is the native language of most Haitians.
- hanging scroll — a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
- hard-core porn — Hard-core porn is pornography that shows sex in a very detailed way, or shows very violent or unpleasant sex.
- 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.
- harpsichordist — One who plays the harpsichord.
- heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
- health officer — an official who administers laws pertaining to health, especially sanitation.
- heat conductor — a material or device that conducts heat
- 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 pad — landing area
- heliocentrical — Alternative form of heliocentric.
- hemerocallises — Plural form of hemerocallis.
- hepatocellular — pertaining to or affecting liver cells.
- hepatopancreas — a large gland of shrimps, lobsters, and crabs that combines the functions of a liver and pancreas.
- herbaceousness — The state or quality of being herbaceous.
- hermaphroditic — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
- herpetological — Of or relating to herpetology, the study of reptiles.
- heteroaromatic — a heterocyclic aromatic compound.
- heteroclitical — (obsolete) Anomalous, heteroclite.
- heterokaryotic — condition in which a binucleate or multinucleate cell contains genetically dissimilar nuclei.
- heterolecithal — having an unequal distribution of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- heteroromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the opposite gender.
- hieroglyphical — Hieroglyphic: related to or resembling hieroglyphs.
- hierogrammatic — of or relating to a hierogram
- hierographical — hierographic
- high-card pool — red dog.
- historicalness — The quality of being historical.
- histrionically — of or relating to actors or acting.
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
- home secretary — the secretary of state for the Home Office.
- honorary canon — a priest attached to a cathedral but not entitled to receive a stipend or to vote in the chapter.
- horace greeley — Horace, 1811–72, U.S. journalist, editor, and political leader.
- horn of africa — north-east African region
- hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- horse mackerel — bluefin tuna.
- horseshoe arch — an arch with the intrados widening above the springing and then narrowing to a rounded crown.
- horseshoe back — a bow back having a slight outward splay at its bottom.
- horseshoe crab — a large marine arthropod, Limulus polyphemus, of shallow coastal waters of eastern North America and eastern Asia, having both compound and simple eyes, book gills, a stiff tail, and a brown carapace curved like a horseshoe: a living fossil related to the woodlouse.
- house of cards — a structure or plan that is insubstantial and subject to imminent collapse, as a structure made by balancing playing cards against each other: The scheme is so overly complicated that it's likely to prove to be just another house of cards.
- hradec kralove — a town in the N Czech Republic, on the Elbe River: Austrians defeated by Prussians in Battle of Sadowa 1866.
- humoristically — In a humoristic way.
- hydrazoic acid — a colorless, very explosive, poisonous liquid, HN 3 , having a penetrating odor and irritating to the eyes and mucous membranes.
- hydriodic acid — a colorless corrosive liquid, HI, an aqueous solution of hydrogen iodide.
- hydroacoustics — the study of sound travelling through water
- hydrocephaloid — resembling hydrocephalus.