15-letter words containing c, u, t, h, a
- heat-conducting — able to conduct heat or whose function is to conduct heat
- heat-conduction — the transfer of thermal energy between molecules
- hedgehog cactus — any of various rounded, usually spiny cacti of the genus Echinocereus, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having bell-shaped flowers that close at night.
- hermeneutically — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- heterodactylous — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- horatius cocles — a legendary Roman hero of the 6th century bc, who defended a bridge over the Tiber against Lars Porsena
- horticulturally — With respect to horticulture.
- hubble constant — the ratio of the recessional velocity of galaxies to their distance from the sun, with current measurements of its value ranging from 50 to 100 km/sec per megaparsec.
- human condition — mortality
- humidifications — Plural form of humidification.
- hydraulic motor — a motor that converts the kinetic or potential energy of a fluid into mechanical energy.
- hydrofracturing — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- inauthentically — not authentic: inauthentic Indian jewelry mass-produced in a factory.
- judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- lecture theatre — auditorium
- lithium citrate — a white crystalline solid sometimes used in the treatment of manic-depressive illness and mania. Formula: Li3C6H5O7
- local authority — council, local government
- luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
- mahrisch-ostrau — German name of Moravská Ostrava.
- male chauvinist — a male who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
- manasseh cutler — Manasseh, 1742–1823, U.S. Congregational clergyman and scientist: promoted settlement of Ohio; congressman 1801–05.
- matta echaurren — Roberto Antonio Sebastián [raw-ver-taw ahn-taw-nyaw se-vahs-tyahn] /rɔˈvɛr tɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ ˌsɛ vɑsˈtyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1911–2002, Chilean painter.
- microearthquake — an earthquake of very low intensity (magnitude of 2 or less on the Richter scale).
- mohawk hair cut — a member of a tribe of the most easterly of the Iroquois Five Nations, formerly resident along the Mohawk River, New York.
- mount suribachi — a volcanic hill in the Volcano Islands, on Iwo Jima: site of a US victory (1945) over the Japanese in World War II
- multi-channeled — the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
- national church — an independent church within a country, usually representing the prevalent religion.
- netzahualcoyotl — a city in S central Mexico, in the state of Mexico.
- neuropathically — In a neuropathic way.
- neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
- neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
- nonarchitecture — a building not designed according to accepted modes of architecture
- north caucasian — a language family including all the Caucasian languages north of the Caucasian divide, as Kabardian and the Circassian language proper, and a few between the divide and the Black Sea, as Abkhazian.
- north vancouver — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada.
- northcountryman — a native or inhabitant of the North of England
- nutcracker chin — a strong-looking chin
- outreach worker — a person who does work designed to help and encourage disadvantaged members of the community
- parachute brake — a parachute opened horizontally from the tail of an airplane upon landing, used as an aid in braking. Also called parabrake. Compare drogue parachute (def 2).
- patchwork quilt — cover sewn from patches of cloth
- penshurst place — a 14th-century mansion near Tunbridge Wells in Kent: birthplace of Sir Philip Sidney; gardens laid out from 1560
- perpetual check — a continuing series of checks resulting in a drawn game because they cannot be halted or evaded without resulting in checkmate or a serious disadvantage.
- phantom circuit — a circuit derived from two suitably arranged pairs of wires, each pair being a circuit (side circuit) and also acting as one half of an additional derived circuit, the entire system providing the capabilities of three circuits while requiring wires for only two.
- pheasant coucal — a brown and black, red-eyed Australian bird, Centropus phasianinus, with a pheasantlike tail.
- phonautographic — relating to a phonautograph or a piece of equipment that records sound visually by detecting the sound waves and indicating them on a graph
- pick up the tab — If you pick up the tab, you pay a bill on behalf of a group of people or provide the money that is needed for something.
- pinochet ugarte — Augusto [ou-goos-taw] /aʊˈgus tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–2006, Chilean army general and political leader: president 1973–90.
- pithecanthropus — a former genus of extinct hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus.
- planter's punch — a punch made with rum, lime juice, sugar, and water or soda.
- psychoacoustics — the study of sound perception.