0%

14-letter words containing c, r, e, n

  • grade crossing — an intersection of a railroad track and another track, a road, etc., at the same level.
  • grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • grape hyacinth — any plant belonging to the genus Muscari, of the lily family, as M. botryoides, having globular, blue flowers resembling tiny grapes.
  • graphic accent — any mark written above a letter, especially one indicating stress in pronunciation, as in Spanish rápido.
  • graphic design — the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, especially to produce a specific effect.
  • great entrance — the solemn procession in which the unconsecrated Eucharistic elements are carried from the prothesis through the nave of the church and into the bema.
  • green currency — a currency whose value is adjusted in accordance with fluctuations between the currencies of the EU nations
  • greengroceress — (dated) female greengrocer.
  • greenwich time — the time as measured on the prime meridian running through Greenwich, England: used in England and as a standard of calculation elsewhere.
  • greetings card — A greetings card is a folded card with a picture on the front and greetings inside that you give or send to someone, for example on their birthday.
  • greyhound race — a race in which greyhounds chase a dummy hare around a track
  • grid reference — geographical co-ordinates
  • grief-stricken — overwhelmed by grief; deeply afflicted or sorrowful.
  • ground hemlock — a prostrate yew, Taxus canadensis, of eastern North America, having short, flat needles and red, berrylike fruit.
  • group medicine — the practice of medicine by a number of specialists working together in association
  • guiana current — an ocean current flowing northwest along the northeast coast of South America.
  • guinea current — an ocean current flowing E along the Guinea coast of W Africa.
  • gunter'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.
  • gynecomorphous — having the form, appearance, or attributes of a female.
  • hairline crack — a very fine crack
  • haitian creole — the creolized French that is the native language of most Haitians.
  • handkerchieves — Plural form of handkerchief.
  • hard-core porn — Hard-core porn is pornography that shows sex in a very detailed way, or shows very violent or unpleasant sex.
  • 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.
  • heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
  • hearing defect — a physical condition that makes it difficult for a person to hear accurately
  • heart-stricken — deeply grieved or greatly dismayed
  • heartwrenching — Having a painful emotional impact; causing grief or distress.
  • heat conductor — a material or device that conducts heat
  • heat exchanger — a device for transferring the heat of one substance to another, as from the exhaust gases to the incoming air in a regenerative furnace.
  • heliocentrical — Alternative form of heliocentric.
  • hepatopancreas — a large gland of shrimps, lobsters, and crabs that combines the functions of a liver and pancreas.
  • 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.
  • herbaceousness — The state or quality of being herbaceous.
  • hermeneuticist — One who studies hermeneutics.
  • herring choker — a native or resident of any of the Maritime Provinces but especially of New Brunswick.
  • heterochronism — a change in the stage at which developmental processes take place relative to members of the same species
  • heterochronous — a genetic shift in timing of the development of a tissue or anatomical part, or in the onset of a physiological process, relative to an ancestor.
  • heteroromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the opposite gender.
  • high frequency — the range of frequencies in the radio spectrum between 3 and 30 megahertz.
  • 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.
  • hinoki cypress — an evergreen tree, Chamaecyparis obtusa, of Japan, having scalelike leaves and orange-brown cones, grown for timber and as an ornamental.
  • historicalness — The quality of being historical.
  • holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
  • home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
  • honey-coloured — having the colour of honey
  • honeycomb work — stalactite work.
  • honours course — a degree course at honours level
  • hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
  • horrorstricken — Alternative spelling of horror-stricken.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?