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14-letter words containing c, h, r, y, s

  • iatrochemistry — (in the 16th and 17th centuries) the study of chemistry in relation to the physiology, pathology, and treatment of disease.
  • ichthyolatrous — relating to the worship of fish or divination by means of fish parts
  • ichthyosaurian — (paleontology) Of or relating to the Ichthyosauria.
  • isomorphically — In an isomorphic manner.
  • lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
  • marasca cherry — the red acid-tasting fruit of the marasca tree, from which maraschino is made
  • 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.
  • microchemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with minute quantities of substances.
  • microphysicist — a physicist who specializes in microphysics
  • money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
  • myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
  • myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
  • narcosynthesis — a treatment for psychiatric disturbances that uses narcotics.
  • neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
  • nonhygroscopic — Not hygroscopic.
  • nonpsychiatric — not psychiatric
  • nonsynchronous — occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous.
  • nursery school — a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.
  • pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
  • parapsychology — the branch of psychology that deals with the investigation of purportedly psychic phenomena, as clairvoyance, extrasensory perception, telepathy, and the like.
  • parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
  • peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism
  • petrochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with petroleum or its products.
  • petrophysicist — a person who studies, or is an expert in, petrophysics
  • phonochemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of sound and ultrasonic waves
  • phosphorolytic — of or relating to phosphorolysis
  • photochemistry — the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light.
  • physical layer — (networking)   Layer one, the lowest layer in the OSI seven layer model. The physical layer encompasses details such as electrical and mechanical connections to the network, transmission of binary data as changing voltage levels on wires or similar concepts on other connectors, and data rates. The physical layer is used by the data link layer. Example physical layer protocols are CSMA/CD, token ring and bus.
  • phytochemistry — the branch of biochemistry dealing with plants and plant processes.
  • piezochemistry — the study of chemical reactions at high pressures
  • polyphosphoric — as in polyphosphoric acid, any oxyacid of pentavalent phosphorus
  • polysaccharide — a carbohydrate, as starch, inulin, or cellulose, containing more than three monosaccharide units per molecule, the units being attached to each other in the manner of acetals, and therefore capable of hydrolysis by acids or enzymes to monosaccharides.
  • pre-psychology — the science of the mind or of mental states and processes.
  • prepsychedelic — describing the period before the psychedelic era
  • primary school — a school usually covering the first three or four years of elementary school and sometimes kindergarten.
  • prosthetically — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
  • psychic energy — according to Freud, the force that lies behind all mental processes, having its basic source as the id.
  • psycho-history — history or the writing of history employing the techniques of psychoanalysis to explore motivations, explain actions, etc.
  • psychographics — the use of demographics to determine the attitudes and tastes of a particular segment of a population, as in marketing studies.
  • psychoneurosis — neurosis (def 1).
  • pyramid scheme — pyramid (def 8).
  • pyrophosphoric — as in pyrophosphoric acid, a type of acid
  • radiochemistry — the chemical study of radioactive elements, both natural and artificial, and their use in the study of chemical processes.
  • rhynchophorous — of or relating to rhynchophores
  • rhythm section — band instruments, as drums or bass, that supply rhythm rather than harmony or melody.
  • richard scarry — Richard McClure, 1919–94, U.S. author and illustrator of children's books.
  • saccharomycete — a single-celled yeast of the family Saccharomycetaceae, having no mycelium.
  • sacred history — history that is retold with the aim of instilling religious faith and which may or may not be founded on fact
  • scheme library — (library)   (SLIB) A portable Scheme library providing compatibiliy and utility functions for all standard Scheme implementations. Version 2c5 supports Bigloo, Chez, ELK, GAMBIT, MacScheme, MITScheme, PocketScheme, RScheme, Scheme->C, Scheme48, SCM, SCSH, T3.1, UMB-Scheme, and VSCM.
  • school library — a library within a school where teachers and students have access to books and other resources
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