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15-letter words containing c, h, r

  • buckinghamshire — a county in SE central England, containing the Vale of Aylesbury and parts of the Chiltern Hills: the geographic and ceremonial county includes Milton Keynes, which became an independent unitary authority in 1997. Administrative centre: Aylesbury. Pop (excluding Milton Keynes): 478 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Milton Keynes): 1568 sq km (605 sq miles)
  • bullock's heart — the large, edible fruit of a tropical American tree, Annona reticulata.
  • bullock's-heart — the large, edible fruit of a tropical American tree, Annona reticulata.
  • butcher's-broom — a liliaceous evergreen shrub, Ruscus aculeatus, that has stiff prickle-tipped flattened green stems, which resemble and function as true leaves. The plant was formerly used for making brooms
  • butterfly chair — a lightweight chair consisting of a piece of canvas, leather, etc. slung from a framework of metal bars
  • cache coherency — (storage)   (Or "cache consistency") /kash koh-heer'n-see/ The synchronisation of data in multiple caches such that reading a memory location via any cache will return the most recent data written to that location via any (other) cache. Some parallel processors do not cache accesses to shared memory to avoid the issue of cache coherency. If caches are used with shared memory then some system is required to detect when data in one processor's cache should be discarded or replaced because another processor has updated that memory location. Several such schemes have been devised.
  • cache la poudre — a river in N Colorado, flowing N and E to the South Platte River. 126 miles (203 km) long.
  • caernarvonshire — (until 1974) a county of NW Wales, now part of Gwynedd
  • calf diphtheria — a disease of the throat in young calves caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum, resulting in breathing difficulty and a painful cough
  • call-out charge — a set amount charged for a repairman to come to one's house, or to a broken-down vehicle, which is added to the cost of the actual repair
  • camphorated oil — a liniment consisting of camphor and peanut oil, used as a counterirritant
  • canadian french — the French language as spoken in Canada, esp in Quebec
  • cape horn fever — illness feigned by malingerers.
  • captain's chair — a hardwood armchair having a low, curved back, formed of a single rail supported by spindles, and a saddle seat
  • cardinal humour — any of the four bodily fluids (blood, phlegm, choler or yellow bile, melancholy or black bile) formerly thought to determine emotional and physical disposition
  • carding machine — card2 (defs 1, 2).
  • carmarthenshire — a county of S Wales, formerly part of Dyfed (1974–96): on Carmarthen Bay, with the Cambrian Mountains in the N: generally agricultural (esp dairying). Administrative centre: Carmarthen. Pop: 176 000 (2003 est). Area: 2398 sq km (926 sq miles)
  • carry the torch — If you say that someone is carrying the torch of a particular belief or movement, you mean that they are working hard to ensure that it is not forgotten and continues to grow stronger.
  • carrying charge — the opportunity cost of unproductive assets, such as goods stored in a warehouse
  • cashier's check — A cashier's check is one which a cashier signs and which is drawn on a bank's own funds.
  • catarrhal fever — bluetongue.
  • catastrophising — Present participle of catastrophise.
  • catastrophizing — Present participle of catastrophize.
  • catch (on) fire — to begin burning; ignite
  • catchment board — a public body concerned with the conservation and organization of water supply from a catchment area
  • catharine wheel — Catherine wheel.
  • cathedral choir — the choir, traditionally consisting of boys and men, that sings in cathedral services
  • cathedral glass — a semitransparent sheet of rolled glass having a decorative pattern.
  • catherine wheel — A Catherine wheel is a firework in the shape of a circle which spins round and round.
  • catheterisation — Alternative spelling of catheterization.
  • catheterization — to introduce a catheter into.
  • catholic church — any of several Churches claiming to have maintained continuity with the ancient and undivided Church
  • center halfback — Field Hockey. the player in the middle among the halfbacks.
  • 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.
  • cephalochordate — any chordate animal of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having a fishlike body and no vertebral column; lancelet
  • cephalothoracic — the anterior part of the body in certain arachnids and crustaceans, consisting of the coalesced head and thorax.
  • cephalothoraxes — Plural form of cephalothorax.
  • 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.
  • chairpersonship — a person who presides over a meeting, committee, board, etc.
  • chamber concert — a concert of chamber music
  • chamber counsel — a counsel who advises in private and does not plead in court
  • chamois leather — soft cleaning cloth
  • chandler period — the period of the oscillation (Chandler wobble) of the earth's axis, varying between 416 and 433 days.
  • chandler wobble — a slight, irregular nutation of the earth's rotational axis with a period of c. 428 days
  • change of heart — a profound change of outlook, opinion, etc
  • channel surfing — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
  • channel-surfing — Channel-surfing is the same as channel-hopping.
  • chanson d'amour — love song.
  • character actor — A character actor is an actor who specializes in playing unusual or eccentric people.
  • character dance — a style of balletic folk dance that intends to give a sense of national character and color.
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