14-letter words containing c, h, o, s, e, t
- courtesy light — the interior light in a motor vehicle
- credit history — a record of how promptly a person pays back loans, credits, etc, over time
- cross my heart — You can say 'cross my heart' when you want someone to believe that you are telling the truth. You can also ask 'cross your heart?', when you are asking someone if they are really telling the truth.
- cryoanesthesia — (pathology) Insensibility resulting from cold.
- cryptographers — Plural form of cryptographer.
- cuproscheelite — (mineral) A mineral (CuWO4) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
- cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
- cyclanthaceous — belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a S American family of tropical plants
- decorated shed — a contemporary design concept characterized by buildings generally of purely utilitarian design but with fronts intended to give them more grandeur or to announce their functions.
- depth of focus — the amount by which the distance between the camera lens and the film can be altered without the resulting image appearing blurred
- detached house — a house that is not joined to any other house
- discount house — Also called discount store. a store that sells much of its merchandise at a price below the usual price.
- discus thrower — an athlete whose event is the discus
- ecocatastrophe — a disaster caused by changes in the environment.
- 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.
- epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
- erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
- erythrocytosis — Polycythemia.
- eschatological — Pertaining to eschatology.
- exoatmospheric — Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere.
- femtochemistry — (chemistry) the study of chemical reactions on a very short time scale, often using pulsed lasers.
- foolscap sheet — a sheet of foolscap paper
- hale telescope — the 200-inch (508-cm) reflector at the Palomar Observatory.
- halley's comet — a comet with a period averaging 76 years. In this century it was visible to terrestrial observers just before and after reaching perihelion in 1910 and again in 1986.
- hamito-semitic — denoting or belonging to this family of languages
- have a stomack — to be pregnant
- hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- heliosciophyte — any plant that grows in the shade, but thrives more in the sun
- hepatectomised — Alt form hepatectomized.
- hepaticologist — a person who studies hepaticology
- hepatopancreas — a large gland of shrimps, lobsters, and crabs that combines the functions of a liver and pancreas.
- heterochromous — of different colors.
- heterochronism — a change in the stage at which developmental processes take place relative to members of the same species
- heterochronous — a genetic shift in timing of the development of a tissue or anatomical part, or in the onset of a physiological process, relative to an ancestor.
- heterospecific — belonging to a different species or group
- heterostrophic — (of a shell) twisting or turning in a different direction
- histochemistry — the branch of science dealing with the chemical components of cellular and subcellular tissue.
- historicalness — The quality of being historical.
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
- home secretary — the secretary of state for the Home Office.
- horrorstricken — Alternative spelling of horror-stricken.
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- horse chestnut — a tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, native to the Old World, having digitate leaves and upright clusters of white flowers.
- horse-chestnut — a tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, native to the Old World, having digitate leaves and upright clusters of white flowers.
- humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.