14-letter words containing c, h, r, i, s, m
- 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.
- flemish scroll — a scroll, as on a chair leg, having the form of two intersecting and oppositely curved C-scrolls.
- framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
- handicraftsman — a person skilled in a handicraft; craftsman.
- hemerocallises — Plural form of hemerocallis.
- heracliteanism — the philosophy of Heraclitus, maintaining the perpetual change of all things, the only abiding thing being the logos, or orderly principle, according to which the change takes place.
- hermeneuticist — One who studies hermeneutics.
- heterochronism — a change in the stage at which developmental processes take place relative to members of the same species
- histochemistry — the branch of science dealing with the chemical components of cellular and subcellular tissue.
- home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
- homeric simile — a simile developed over several lines of verse, especially one used in an epic poem.
- humoristically — In a humoristic way.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
- hypercriticism — criticism that is carping or unduly harsh.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hypermicrosoma — dwarfishness.
- hyperuricemias — Plural form of hyperuricemia.
- hysterectomies — Plural form of hysterectomy.
- hysterectomise — Alt form hysterectomize.
- hysterectomize — to remove the uterus from by surgery.
- iatrochemistry — (in the 16th and 17th centuries) the study of chemistry in relation to the physiology, pathology, and treatment of disease.
- isomorphically — In an isomorphic manner.
- lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
- limburg cheese — a semihard white cheese of very strong smell and flavour
- magic mushroom — a mushroom, Psilocybe mexicana, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., containing the hallucinogen psilocybin.
- magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
- marginal hacks — (humour) Margaret Jacks Hall, a building into which the Stanford AI Lab was moved near the beginning of the 1980s (from the D.C. Power Lab).
- marking scheme — a plan or guidelines used in the marking of school children's or students' written work by teaching staff
- merchandisable — Suitable for merchandising.
- mercury switch — an especially quiet switch that opens and closes an electric circuit by shifting a vial containing a pool of mercury so as to cover or uncover the contacts.
- metachromatism — change of color, especially that due to variation in the temperature of a body.
- metaphosphoric — applied to an acid (HPO3) containing a molecule less of water than orthophosphoric acid
- microcephalous — Microcephalic.
- microchemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with minute quantities of substances.
- microphysicist — a physicist who specializes in microphysics
- micropublisher — a publisher of material in microfilm
- microspherical — relating to or designating a microsphere
- misanthropical — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
- mischief-maker — a person who causes mischief, especially one who stirs up discord, as by talebearing.
- mister charlie — a term used to refer to a white person.
- monochromatism — the quality of having one color: the monochromatism of Picasso's Blue Period.
- monosaccharide — a carbohydrate that does not hydrolyze, as glucose, fructose, or ribose, occurring naturally or obtained by the hydrolysis of glycosides or polysaccharides.
- morphotonemics — the morphophonemics of tonal phenomena.
- mortise chisel — framing chisel.
- musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
- musical chairs — Also called going to Jerusalem. a game in which players march to music around two rows of chairs placed back to back, there being one chair less than the number of players, the object being to find a seat when the music stops abruptly. The player failing to do so is removed from the game, together with one chair, at each interval.
- myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
- neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.