16-letter words containing c, h, u, d
- sounding machine — any of various machines for taking and recording soundings.
- stannic sulphide — an insoluble solid compound of tin usually existing as golden crystals or as a yellowish-brown powder: used as a pigment. Formula: SnS2
- stick in the mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
- stick-in-the-mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
- student teaching — the act of teaching in a school for a limited period under supervision as part of a course to qualify as a teacher
- synchronous dram — Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
- synchronous idle — (character) (SYN) The mnemonic for ASCII character 22.
- taurocholic acid — an acid, C 26 H 45 NO 7 S, occurring as a sodium salt in the bile of carnivorous animals, which on hydrolysis yields taurine and cholic acid.
- the human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
- the scots guards — a regiment of Guards Division of the British Army which dates back to 1642
- the second house — the second daily performance of a play or show
- through-composed — having different music for each verse: a through-composed song. Compare strophic (def 2).
- tristan da cunha — a group of four volcanic islands in the S Atlantic, belonging to St. Helena. 40 sq. mi. (104 sq. km).
- twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
- typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
- underpitch vault — a construction having a central vault intersected by vaults of lower pitch.
- uniformed branch — the branch of a police force in which officers wear a uniform
- wheelchair-bound — unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relying on a wheelchair to move around
- whited sepulcher — an evil person who feigns goodness; hypocrite. Matt. 23:27.
- whited sepulchre — hypocrite
- wild honeysuckle — pinxter flower.
- with due respect — with deserved esteem