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19-letter words containing e, a, c, h, n, d

  • rhodesian ridgeback — a large short-haired breed of dog characterized by a ridge of hair growing along the back in the opposite direction to the rest of the coat. It was originally a hunting dog from South Africa
  • sackcloth and ashes — a public display of extreme grief, remorse, or repentance
  • samuel de champlain — Samuel de [sam-yoo-uh l duh;; French sa-my-el duh] /ˈsæm yu əl də;; French sa müˈɛl də/ (Show IPA), 1567–1635, French explorer in the Americas: founder of Quebec; first colonial governor 1633–35.
  • sandwich generation — the generation of people still raising their children while having to care for their aging parents.
  • semidetached binary — a pair of stars that are so close together that mass transfer occurs from one to the other
  • seventh commandment — “Thou shalt not commit adultery”: seventh of the Ten Commandments.
  • switchblade (knife) — a large jackknife that snaps open when a release button on the handle is pressed
  • teilhard de chardinPierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, French Jesuit priest, paleontologist, and philosopher.
  • the disenfranchised — people who are deprived of the right to vote or other rights of citizenship
  • the middle distance — an unspecified point in the distance
  • the whole enchilada — all of it; everything; the entirety of something
  • throw cold water on — having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
  • to change your mind — If you change your mind, or if someone or something changes your mind, you change a decision you have made or an opinion that you had.
  • trahison des clercs — a compromising of intellectual integrity, esp. for political reasons
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