14-letter words containing c, r, o, t, h, e
- container ship — A container ship is a ship that is designed for carrying goods that are packed in large metal or wooden boxes.
- controllership — an employee, often an officer, of a business firm who checks expenditures, finances, etc.; comptroller.
- coppersmithing — The work of a coppersmith; the forging of copper.
- cosmochemistry — the study of the chemical composition of the celestial bodies
- cost the earth — to be very expensive
- counter-thrust — to push forcibly; shove; put or drive with force: He thrust his way through the crowd. She thrust a dagger into his back.
- counterchanged — Exchanged.
- countercharged — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharge.
- countercharges — Plural form of countercharge.
- countercharmed — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharm.
- counterchecked — Simple past tense and past participle of countercheck.
- countermarched — Simple past tense and past participle of countermarch.
- countermarches — Plural form of countermarch.
- counterpunched — Simple past tense and past participle of counterpunch.
- counterpuncher — a boxer who waits for an opponent to attack before punching
- counterpunches — Plural form of counterpunch.
- countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
- counterweighed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh.
- counterweights — Plural form of counterweight.
- courtesy coach — a free coach
- courtesy light — the interior light in a motor vehicle
- credit history — a record of how promptly a person pays back loans, credits, etc, over time
- crimean gothic — a form of the Gothic language that survived in the Crimea after the extinction of Gothic elsewhere in Europe, known only from a list of words and phrases recorded in the 16th century.
- cross my heart — You can say 'cross my heart' when you want someone to believe that you are telling the truth. You can also ask 'cross your heart?', when you are asking someone if they are really telling the truth.
- crotonaldehyde — a whitish liquid with pungent and suffocating odor, C 4 H 6 O, soluble in water, used as a solvent, in tear gas, and in organic synthesis.
- cruft together — (jargon) To hack together though with the suggestion that the result may be cruft.
- cryoanesthesia — (pathology) Insensibility resulting from cold.
- cryptographers — Plural form of cryptographer.
- cuproscheelite — (mineral) A mineral (CuWO4) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
- cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
- cyproheptadine — a type of antihistamine drug used in the treatment of allergies
- cytophotometer — an instrument for examining cells by determining the intensity or wavelengths of light transmitted through them.
- cytophotometry — the use of a photometer in order to study the chemical compounds of a cell
- dactylographer — the study of fingerprints for purposes of identification.
- dark chocolate — Dark chocolate is dark brown chocolate that has a stronger and less sweet taste than milk chocolate.
- dechlorination — the removal of chlorine from a substance
- decorated shed — a contemporary design concept characterized by buildings generally of purely utilitarian design but with fronts intended to give them more grandeur or to announce their functions.
- dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
- dermatographic — relating to dermatography
- diaheliotropic — exhibiting diaheliotropism
- dichloroethane — a colourless toxic liquid compound that is used chiefly as a solvent. Formula: C2H4Cl2
- discus thrower — an athlete whose event is the discus
- dutch reformed — of or relating to a Protestant denomination (Dutch Reformed Church) founded by Dutch settlers in New York in 1628 and renamed the Reformed Church in America in 1867.
- ecocatastrophe — a disaster caused by changes in the environment.
- edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
- electric shock — electric current entering the body
- electrochemist — A person who studies or is expert in electrochemistry.
- electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
- electrophorese — (biochemistry) To carry out electrophoresis on something.
- electroshocked — Simple past tense and past participle of electroshock.