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15-letter words containing c, h, r, t, i

  • catheterization — to introduce a catheter into.
  • catholic church — any of several Churches claiming to have maintained continuity with the ancient and undivided Church
  • central heating — Central heating is a heating system for buildings. Air or water is heated in one place and travels round a building through pipes and radiators.
  • cephalothoracic — the anterior part of the body in certain arachnids and crustaceans, consisting of the coalesced head and thorax.
  • certified check — A certified check is a check that is guaranteed by a bank, because the bank has set aside sufficient money in the account.
  • chamois leather — soft cleaning cloth
  • character piece — a short, simple piece, usually for piano, of a type developed chiefly during the 19th century, often of a descriptive or seemingly improvisatory character.
  • character trait — a notable feature of a person's character
  • characteristick — Obsolete form of characteristic.
  • characteristics — Also, characteristical. pertaining to, constituting, or indicating the character or peculiar quality of a person or thing; typical; distinctive: Red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn.
  • characterizable — Able to be characterized.
  • charismatically — In a charismatic way.
  • charlatanically — In a charlatanic manner.
  • charles tiffanyCharles Lewis, 1812–1902, U.S. jeweler.
  • charlottesville — city in central Va.: pop. 45,000
  • chartophylacium — (in a medieval church) a place for the keeping of records and documents.
  • chateau-thierry — a town in N central France, on the River Marne: scene of the second battle of the Marne (1918) during World War I. Pop: 14 967 (1999)
  • chemolithotroph — Chemoautotroph.
  • chemoprevention — the prevention of disease, esp cancer, by means of chemical agents
  • chemopsychiatry — the study and application of chemical substances in psychiatry
  • chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
  • chesterfieldian — of or like Lord Chesterfield; suave; elegant; polished
  • chi-square test — a test derived from the chi-square distribution to compare the goodness of fit of theoretical and observed frequency distributions or to compare nominal data derived from unmatched groups of subjects
  • chicken lobster — a young lobster weighing 1 pound (0.4 kg) or less.
  • chicken-hearted — easily frightened; cowardly
  • chief inspector — an officer of high rank in British police forces
  • chief secretary — (in Britain) the second most senior Treasury post, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • child battering — child abuse in the form of battering
  • child restraint — a device used to protect a child in a motor vehicle
  • child-battering — the physical abuse of a child by a parent or guardian, as by beating.
  • child-resistant — that resists being opened, tampered with, or damaged by a child; childproof: a child-resistant medicine cabinet.
  • chile saltpeter — sodium nitrate, esp. as found naturally in Chile and Peru
  • chile saltpetre — a naturally occurring form of sodium nitrate: a soluble white or colourless mineral occurring in arid regions, esp in Chile and Peru
  • chiller cabinet — a cupboard or chest in a shop where chilled foods and drinks are displayed and kept cool
  • chinese crested — a small dog of a Chinese breed having long slender legs and a hairless body with hair only on the feet, head, and tail
  • chinese lantern — a collapsible lantern made of thin coloured paper
  • chinese mustard — brown mustard.
  • chintz curtains — curtains made of chintz
  • chiropterophily — Pollination by bats.
  • chitlin circuit — a group of clubs and theaters featuring black performers and intended to appeal to black people.
  • cholesterolemia — the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the blood.
  • chorda tendinea — any of the tendons extending from the papillary muscles to the atrioventricular valves and preventing the valves from moving into the atria during ventricular contraction.
  • chorioallantoic — relating to the chorioallantois
  • chorioallantois — the membrane of a fetus that is formed by the merging of the allantois and the chorion
  • chorioretinitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the choroid and retina of the eye.
  • christadelphian — a member of a Christian millenarian sect founded in the US about 1848, holding that only the just will enter eternal life, that the wicked will be annihilated, and that the ignorant, the unconverted, and infants will not be raised from the dead
  • christcross-row — the alphabet.
  • christmas carol — a joyful hymn or religious song, celebrating the birth of Christ
  • christmas party — a party organized before Christmas, usually by a firm or organization
  • chromatic scale — a twelve-note scale including all the semitones of the octave
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