14-letter words containing c, h, o, s, e, r
- sherry cobbler — a cobbler drink made with sherry, sliced fruits, and ice.
- sheva brachoth — the seven blessings said during the marriage service and repeated at the celebration thereafter
- shock absorber — a device for damping sudden and rapid motion, as the recoil of a spring-mounted object from shock.
- short covering — purchases that close out short sales on stocks or commodities.
- shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
- shower cubicle — a shower enclosure
- shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
- sleeping porch — a porch enclosed with glass or screening or a room with open sides or a row of windows used for sleeping in the open air.
- smoker's cough — a chronic cough caused by smoking.
- sobriety coach — a person who is employed to help another to refrain from drinking alcohol
- social chapter — The social chapter is an agreement between countries in the European Union concerning workers' rights and working conditions.
- social charter — a declaration of the rights, minimum wages, maximum hours, etc, of workers in the European Union, later adopted in the Social Chapter
- soldier orchid — a European orchid, Orchis militaris, having pale purple flowers with a four-lobed lower lip
- soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
- sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes
- south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- southern cross — Also called Cross. Astronomy. a southern constellation between Centaurus and Musca. Compare Northern Cross.
- southern crown — the constellation Corona Australis.
- southern ocean — that part of the Indian Ocean south of Australia
- spermatothecae — a female reproductive organ in some insects
- sphaerocrystal — a spherical crystalline mass
- spinthariscope — an instrument that detects ionizing radiation by picking up sparks of light from alpha particles.
- spirochaetosis — a disease caused by infection with a spirochete.
- spotted orchid — any of various common Eurasian orchids, esp the heath and common spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata and D. fuchsii). The flowers are variable but usually have dark blotches
- starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
- steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
- stereochemical — of, relating to, stereochemistry
- stick together — be united
- stoichiometric — of or relating to stoichiometry.
- streptothricin — an antibacterial substance produced by a soil fungus, Actinomyces lavendulae.
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- summer clothes — light clothes which are suitable for summer
- supercargoship — a giant cargo ship
- synchronoscope — synchroscope.
- terraced house — A terraced house or a terrace house is one of a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls.
- tetrachotomous — divided into four parts
- the cordeliers — a political club founded in 1790 and meeting at an old Cordelier convent in Paris
- the cretaceous — the Cretaceous period or rock system
- the true cross — the cross on which Christ was crucified, supposed relics of which were venerated by Christians in the middle ages
- thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
- thermochromism — a phenomenon in which certain dyes made from liquid crystals change colour reversibly when their temperature is changed
- thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
- turkish coffee — a strong, usually sweetened coffee, made by boiling the pulverized coffee beans.
- two-horse race — a competition, election, etc, in which there are only two teams or candidates with a chance of winning
- unicorn chaser — originally a picture of a unicorn posted on a blog site shortly after an offensive or disturbing picture has been posted, as a kind of antidote to the previous post. Now used of a comforting or innocent image, video clip, or topic viewed or contemplated following a previous, disturbing image, video, etc.
- unsynchronized — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- volksdeutscher — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
- voucher system — Accounting. a procedure for controlling disbursements by means of vouchers.