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14-letter words containing c, l, e, n, h

  • fencing school — an academy or school where fencing was taught by fencing masters
  • fishing tackle — Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.
  • flying machine — a vehicle that sustains itself in and propels itself through the air; an airplane, helicopter, glider, or the like.
  • framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
  • french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
  • french cruller — cruller (def 2).
  • french tickler — a condom designed with knobs, projections, etc.
  • french-cruller — a rich, light cake cut from a rolled dough and deep-fried, usually having a twisted oblong shape and sometimes topped with sugar or icing.
  • friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
  • galeopithecine — of, relating to, or resembling the flying lemur (Galeopithecus)
  • galley kitchen — a household kitchen designed with kitchen units on both sides and no kitchen table
  • genethliacally — from a genethliac point of view
  • genethlialogic — relating to the science of casting horoscopes
  • geochronologic — Of or pertaining to geochronology.
  • googlewhacking — The action of searching for googlewhacks.
  • ground hemlock — a prostrate yew, Taxus canadensis, of eastern North America, having short, flat needles and red, berrylike fruit.
  • hairline crack — a very fine crack
  • haitian creole — the creolized French that is the native language of most Haitians.
  • half-concealed — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
  • half-convinced — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
  • hallucinogenic — producing hallucinations: a hallucinogenic drug.
  • harlequin duck — a small diving duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, of North America and Iceland, the male of which has bluish-gray plumage marked with black, white, and chestnut.
  • have a lock on — to be sure of winning, gaining, or controlling
  • haven't a clue — If you haven't a clue about something, you do not know anything about it or you have no idea what to do about it.
  • hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
  • heiligenschein — a ring of light around the shadow cast by a person's head, especially on a dewy, sunlit lawn, caused by reflection and diffraction of light rays; halo.
  • heliocentrical — Alternative form of heliocentric.
  • hell's kitchen — (in New York City) a section of midtown Manhattan, west of Times Square, formerly notorious for its slums and high crime rate.
  • hellaciousness — Quality of being hellacious.
  • helminthologic — of or pertaining to helminthology
  • heracliteanism — the philosophy of Heraclitus, maintaining the perpetual change of all things, the only abiding thing being the logos, or orderly principle, according to which the change takes place.
  • hindu calendar — a lunisolar calendar that governs all Hindu and most Indian festivals, known from about 1000 b.c. and subsequently modified during the 4th and 6th centuries a.d.
  • historicalness — The quality of being historical.
  • holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
  • home schooling — Home schooling is the practice of educating your child at home rather than in a school.
  • honey-coloured — having the colour of honey
  • house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
  • huckleberrying — the activity of gathering huckleberries
  • hurricane lamp — a candlestick or oil lantern protected against drafts or winds by a glass chimney.
  • hyperlactation — the secretion or formation of milk.
  • hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
  • hypertechnical — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
  • hypervigilance — state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of treachery.
  • hypoallergenic — designed to reduce or minimize the possibility of an allergic response, as by containing relatively few or no potentially irritating substances: hypoallergenic cosmetics.
  • immunochemical — Pertaining to immunochemistry.
  • in high places — People in high places are people who have powerful and influential positions in a government, society, or organization.
  • in the balance — a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc.
  • inapproachable — not approachable.
  • indecipherable — not decipherable; illegible.
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