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14-letter words containing c, h, u, t, e

  • synthetic fuel — fuel in the form of liquid or gas (synthetic natural gas) manufactured from coal or in the form of oil extracted from shale or tar sands.
  • take the count — to be unable to continue after a count of ten
  • technical foul — a foul committed by a player or coach, usually not involving physical contact with an opponent, called often for unsportsmanlike conduct, as holding on to the basket or using profanity, that gives the opposing team one or two free throws and sometimes, if the foul was flagrant, requires the ejection of the offending player or coach from the game.
  • terraced house — A terraced house or a terrace house is one of a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls.
  • tetrachotomous — divided into four parts
  • the cretaceous — the Cretaceous period or rock system
  • the human race — mankind
  • the public eye — If someone is in the public eye, many people know who they are, because they are famous or because they are often mentioned on television or in the newspapers.
  • the rheumatics — rheumatic pains
  • the true cross — the cross on which Christ was crucified, supposed relics of which were venerated by Christians in the middle ages
  • the upper back — the part of the back between the shoulders
  • the vernacular — the commonly spoken language or dialect of a particular people or place
  • theotocopoulos — Domenikos [th aw-men-ee-kaws] /ðɔˈmɛn i kɔs/ (Show IPA), El Greco.
  • thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
  • thermojunction — a point of electrical contact between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears, the magnitude of which depends on the temperature of the contact and the nature of the metals
  • third republic — the republic established in France in 1870 and terminating with the Nazi occupation in 1940.
  • thorough brace — either of two strong braces or bands of leather supporting the body of a coach or other vehicle and connecting the front and back springs.
  • thought police — a group of people with totalitarian views on a given subject, who constantly monitor others for any deviation from prescribed thinking
  • thymelaeaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, a family of trees and shrubs having tough acrid bark and simple leaves: includes spurge laurel, leatherwood, and mezereon
  • to be slouched — to sit, lie or lean in an ungainly way, with one's limbs spread out
  • tomato ketchup — sauce made from tomatoes
  • trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
  • travel voucher — a voucher, usually bought from a travel agency or won in a competition, etc, which can be used to pay for travel costs such as flights, accommodation, etc
  • treasure chest — A treasure chest is a box containing treasure.
  • treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
  • tumbler switch — electrical control
  • turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
  • turing machine — a hypothetical device with a set of logical rules of computation: the concept is used in mathematical studies of the computability of numbers and in the mathematical theories of automata and computers.
  • turkish coffee — a strong, usually sweetened coffee, made by boiling the pulverized coffee beans.
  • turn the scale — Often, scales. a balance or any of various other instruments or devices for weighing: We gave the parents a baby scale. The butcher placed the meat on the scales.
  • turn the screw — to increase the pressure
  • turn the trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
  • turning chisel — a chisel used for shaping work on a lathe.
  • unauthenticity — the quality of lacking authenticity or not being genuine
  • unchristianize — to make unchristian; to render no longer Christian; to remove Christian status or nature from
  • unemphatically — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
  • unenthusiastic — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
  • unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
  • unit character — a characteristic, usually controlled by a single gene, that is transmitted as a unit in heredity.
  • unmathematical — not characterized by or using the precision of mathematics; inexact; imprecise
  • unmerchantable — (of goods) not suitable for trading
  • unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
  • unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
  • unsophisticate — not sophisticated
  • unwatchfulness — the quality or state of being unwatchful
  • volksdeutscher — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
  • voucher system — Accounting. a procedure for controlling disbursements by means of vouchers.
  • water chestnut — any aquatic plant of the genus Trapa, bearing an edible, nutlike fruit, especially T. natans, of the Old World.
  • weltanschauung — a comprehensive conception or image of the universe and of humanity's relation to it.
  • western church — the Roman Catholic Church, sometimes with the Anglican Church, or, more broadly, the Christian churches of the West.
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