14-letter words containing c, h, u, r
- hypercalciuria — an abnormally high amount of calcium in the urine.
- hyperconscious — acutely aware.
- hypereutectoid — (of an alloy) having more of the alloying element than the eutectoid composition.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hyperuricaemia — an abnormal elevation of uric acid in the blood
- hyperuricemias — Plural form of hyperuricemia.
- hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
- ichthyocentaur — a sea creature with a human head and torso, the legs of a horse, and the tail of a fish.
- ichthyolatrous — relating to the worship of fish or divination by means of fish parts
- ichthyosaurian — (paleontology) Of or relating to the Ichthyosauria.
- in the picture — informed about a given situation
- instructorship — a person who instructs; teacher.
- jump the track — to go suddenly off the rails
- khmer republic — a former official name of Cambodia.
- l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
- lauryl alcohol — a compound that, depending upon purity, is either a crystalline solid or colorless liquid, C 12 H 26 O, obtained by the reduction of fatty acids of coconut oil: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic detergents.
- lease-purchase — the continuing use of property or goods under a lease for a stipulated period with option for the lessee to buy and with part of the rental charges credited toward the purchase price.
- light-coloured — having a light colour
- limburg cheese — a semihard white cheese of very strong smell and flavour
- liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
- machado y ruiz — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1939, Spanish writer.
- macrocephalous — Having a large head.
- magic mushroom — a mushroom, Psilocybe mexicana, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., containing the hallucinogen psilocybin.
- march fracture — a hairline crack in a bone, especially of a foot or leg, caused by repeated or prolonged stress and often occurring in runners, dancers, and soldiers (march fracture)
- master butcher — a butcher who is fully qualified to practise his trade and to train others in it
- merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
- 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.
- michigan rummy — a variety of five hundred rummy in which each player scores his or her melds as played.
- microcephalous — Microcephalic.
- micropublisher — a publisher of material in microfilm
- microtechnique — the art of preparing something so that it can properly be examined using a microscope
- 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
- mother country — the country of one's birth or ancestry.
- mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- much-travelled — A much-travelled person has travelled a lot in foreign countries.
- mulching mower — a lawn mower that shreds blades of grass into very small pieces that are left on the lawn to decay and return moisture and nutrients to the soil
- multichambered — comprising or involving several chambers
- multicharacter — (of a book, play, film, etc) involving or relating to several characters
- multichromatic — Involving more than one colour.
- musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
- mushroom cloud — mushroom (def 4).
- musical chairs — Also called going to Jerusalem. a game in which players march to music around two rows of chairs placed back to back, there being one chair less than the number of players, the object being to find a seat when the music stops abruptly. The player failing to do so is removed from the game, together with one chair, at each interval.
- myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
- myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
- nabuchodonosor — Nebuchadnezzar (def 1).
- nebuchadnezzar — Also, Nebuchadrezzar [neb-uh-kuh d-rez-er, neb-yoo-] /ˌnɛb ə kədˈrɛz ər, ˌnɛb yʊ-/ (Show IPA). a king of Babylonia, 604?–561? b.c., and conqueror of Jerusalem. II Kings 24, 25.
- neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.
- neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
- neuromechanism — the function of the nervous system as it relates to its structure.
- nonchurchgoing — Not attending church.