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16-letter words containing c, h, u, r, i

  • secular humanism — any set of beliefs that promotes human values without specific allusion to religious doctrines.
  • seleucia trachea — an ancient city in SE Asia Minor, on the River Calycadnus (modern Goksu Nehri): captured by the Turks in the 13th century; site of present-day Silifke (Turkey)
  • shakedown cruise — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
  • sour-milk cheese — cottage cheese made from sour milk.
  • south carolinian — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 sq. mi. (80,430 sq. km). Capital: Columbia. Abbreviation: SC (for use with zip code), S.C.
  • st. lucie cherry — mahaleb.
  • stomach-churning — causing nausea.
  • submarine chaser — a small patrol vessel, 100–200 feet (30–60 meters) long, designed for military operations against submarines.
  • subtropical high — one of several highs, as the Azores and Pacific highs, that prevail over the oceans at latitudes of about 30 degrees N and S. Also called subtropical anticyclone. Compare high (def 37).
  • sulu archipelago — an island group in the SW Philippines, separating the Sulawesi Sea from the Sulu Sea. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Jolo.
  • surveyor's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
  • synchronous idle — (character)   (SYN) The mnemonic for ASCII character 22.
  • synthetic rubber — any of several substances similar to natural rubber in properties and uses, produced by the polymerization of an unsaturated hydrocarbon, as butylene or isoprene, or by the copolymerization of such hydrocarbons with styrene, butadiene, or the like.
  • 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 first couple — the US president and their spouse
  • the high country — sheep pastures in the foothills of the Southern Alps, New Zealand
  • the king country — an area in the centre of North Island, New Zealand: home of the King Movement, a nineteenth-century Māori separatist movement
  • the preconscious — preconscious mental activity
  • the public purse — money from or controlled by the government
  • the resurrection — the rising of Jesus from the dead after his death and burial
  • three-piece suit — men's formal outfit
  • trailing fuchsia — a shrub, Fuchsia procumbens, of the evening primrose family, native to New Zealand, having long-stalked leaves and drooping, orange-and-purple flowers, used in hanging baskets.
  • tristan da cunha — a group of four volcanic islands in the S Atlantic, belonging to St. Helena. 40 sq. mi. (104 sq. km).
  • tsushima current — a warm ocean current flowing northward along the west coast of Japan.
  • turkish crescent — crescent (def 6).
  • umbilical hernia — a hernia of the umbilicus.
  • uncharacteristic — 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.
  • uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • 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
  • unitarian church — the Protestant denomination that rejects the doctrine of the Trinity
  • ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
  • water chinquapin — an American lotus, Nelumbo lutea, having pale-yellow flowers and an edible seed.
  • 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
  • with due respect — with deserved esteem
  • without ceremony — in a casual or informal manner
  • without recourse — a qualified endorsement on such a negotiable instrument, by which the endorser protects himself or herself from liability to subsequent holders
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