14-letter words containing c, u, i, s, h
- micropublisher — a publisher of material in microfilm
- musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
- 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.
- myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
- 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.
- non-humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- opisthocoelous — relating to vertebrae in which the centrum is convex and the posterior is concave
- outside chance — a slight chance or likelihood
- parish council — local administrative body
- peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism
- phillips curve — a curve that purports to plot the relationship between unemployment and inflation on the theory that as inflation falls unemployment rises and vice versa
- photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
- plesiochronous — (communications) Nearly synchronised, a term describing a communication system where transmitted signals have the same nominal digital rate but are synchronised on different clocks. According to ITU-T standards, corresponding signals are plesiochronous if their significant instants occur at nominally the same rate, with any variation in rate being constrained within specified limits.
- porcupine fish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
- pseudo-archaic — marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
- pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
- psychoacoustic — relating to psychoacoustics
- psychoneurosis — neurosis (def 1).
- public housing — housing owned or operated by a government and usually offered at low rent to the needy.
- purchase price — cost at which sth is bought
- quasi-mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
- quicksilverish — resembling quicksilver
- recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
- rhizocephalous — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
- running stitch — a sewing stitch made by passing the needle in and out repeatedly with short, even stitches.
- russian church — the autocephalous Eastern Church in Russia: the branch of the Orthodox Church that constituted the established church in Russia until 1917.
- sacchariferous — containing or yielding sugar.
- sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
- sceuophylacium — a place where sacred vessels are kept
- scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
- schizognathous — (of birds) having a separation in the vomer and maxillo-palatine bones, having a cleft-palate
- schizophyceous — belonging to the Schizophyceae, a group of unicellular bluish-green algae, occurring in both salt and fresh water and often causing pollution of drinking water.
- school council — a group of pupils who are elected by fellow pupils to represent their school and think of ideas for improving it
- school uniform — standard outfit worn by pupils
- schumann-heink — Ernestine, 1861–1936, U.S. contralto, born in Bohemia.
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- security check — the process of checking that a person is not armed, or carrying something dangerous
- shouting match — a loud, often abusive quarrel or argument.
- showbiz column — a column about the entertainment industry
- shower cubicle — a shower enclosure
- shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
- social housing — Social housing is housing which is provided for rent or sale at a fairly low cost by housing associations and local councils.
- soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
- sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes
- south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- south carolina — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 sq. mi. (80,430 sq. km). Capital: Columbia. Abbreviation: SC (for use with zip code), S.C.
- station church — any of the churches in Rome that have been used from ancient times as points of assembly for religious processions
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.