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15-letter words containing c, h, o, t, a, n

  • root-and-branch — a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
  • round character — a character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated by the author.
  • sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
  • scatter cushion — Scatter cushions are small cushions for use on sofas and chairs.
  • schillerization — the process of altering crystals to produce schiller
  • schola cantorum — an ecclesiastical choir or choir school.
  • school teaching — School teaching is the work done by teachers in a school.
  • scotch highland — any of a breed of small, hardy, usually dun-colored, shaggy-haired beef cattle with long, widespread horns, able to withstand the cold and sparse pasturage of its native western Scottish uplands.
  • scratching post — a block or post of wood, usually covered with carpeting, on which a cat can use its claws.
  • shock probation — the release on probation of a criminal after brief imprisonment
  • shock resistant — not affected by impact
  • shock treatment — electroconvulsive therapy
  • shock-resistant — strong or resilient enough to sustain minor impacts without damage to the internal mechanism: a shock-resistant watch.
  • shut one's face — to be silent
  • south caucasian — a family of languages including Georgian, Mingrelian, and others that are spoken on the south slopes of the Caucasus and adjacent areas.
  • south china sea — a part of the W Pacific, bounded by SE China, Vietnam, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and the Philippines.
  • spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
  • sporting chance — an even or fair opportunity for a favorable outcome in an enterprise, as winning in a game of chance or in any kind of contest: They gave the less experienced players a sporting chance by handicapping the experts.
  • stretch a point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
  • subtrochanteric — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
  • sycophantically — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
  • technologically — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • thanatognomonic — signalling the nearness of death
  • the amen corner — the part of a church, usually to one side of the pulpit, occupied by people who lead the responsive amens during the service
  • the colophonian — a native of Colophon.
  • the common weal — the good of society
  • the confederacy — the league of Southern states that seceded from the U.S. in 1860 & 1861; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex., & Va.
  • the incarnation — the taking on of a human body by the second person of the Trinity; the joining of the divine and the human in Jesus Christ
  • the kos channel — a strait separating Kos from SW Turkey
  • the ocean state — the US state of Rhode Island
  • the phanerozoic — the Phanerozoic era
  • the wrong track — the incorrect line of investigation, inquiry, etc
  • theatre company — an organization that produces theatrical performances
  • thermoremanence — the state or quality of being thermoremanent
  • thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
  • thiocyanic acid — an unstable acid, HSCN, known chiefly in the form of its salts.
  • thraco-phrygian — a hypothetical branch of Indo-European implying a special genetic affinity between the meagerly attested Thracian and Phrygian languages.
  • thyrocalcitonin — calcitonin
  • to change hands — When something changes hands, its ownership changes, usually because it is sold to someone else.
  • to pack a punch — If something packs a punch, it has a very powerful effect.
  • to the contrary — opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed: contrary to fact; contrary propositions.
  • training school — a school that provides training in some art, profession, or vocation.
  • transhistorical — occurring throughout all human history
  • trichloroethane — a volatile nonflammable colourless liquid with low toxicity used for cleaning electrical apparatus and as a solvent; 1,2,3-trichloroethane. Formula: CH3CCl3
  • trichomonacidal — relating to a trichomonacide
  • trithionic acid — a thionic acid, H2S3O6
  • trochlear nerve — either one of the fourth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers that innervate the superior oblique muscle of the upper part of the eyeball.
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
  • unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
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