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14-letter words containing e, c, h, o, a

  • haitian creole — the creolized French that is the native language of most Haitians.
  • hale telescope — the 200-inch (508-cm) reflector at the Palomar Observatory.
  • half-completed — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • half-concealed — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
  • half-convinced — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
  • halley's comet — a comet with a period averaging 76 years. In this century it was visible to terrestrial observers just before and after reaching perihelion in 1910 and again in 1986.
  • hallucinogenic — producing hallucinations: a hallucinogenic drug.
  • hamito-semitic — denoting or belonging to this family of languages
  • hard-core porn — Hard-core porn is pornography that shows sex in a very detailed way, or shows very violent or unpleasant sex.
  • hardware cloth — galvanized steel wire screen with a mesh usually between 0.25 and 0.5 inches (0.64 and 1.27 cm), used for coarse sieves, animal cages, and the like.
  • have a case on — an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something: Sailing in such a storm was a case of poor judgment.
  • have a lock on — to be sure of winning, gaining, or controlling
  • have a stomack — to be pregnant
  • have it coming — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
  • heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
  • health officer — an official who administers laws pertaining to health, especially sanitation.
  • heat conductor — a material or device that conducts heat
  • hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
  • helicopter dad — a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort.
  • helicopter pad — landing area
  • heliocentrical — Alternative form of heliocentric.
  • hellaciousness — Quality of being hellacious.
  • hemerocallises — Plural form of hemerocallis.
  • hepatectomised — Alt form hepatectomized.
  • hepatectomized — That has undergone hepatectomy.
  • hepaticologist — a person who studies hepaticology
  • hepatocellular — pertaining to or affecting liver cells.
  • hepatopancreas — a large gland of shrimps, lobsters, and crabs that combines the functions of a liver and pancreas.
  • hepatotoxicity — Toxicity that damages the liver.
  • herbaceousness — The state or quality of being herbaceous.
  • hermaphroditic — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
  • herpetological — Of or relating to herpetology, the study of reptiles.
  • heteroaromatic — a heterocyclic aromatic compound.
  • heteroclitical — (obsolete) Anomalous, heteroclite.
  • heterokaryotic — condition in which a binucleate or multinucleate cell contains genetically dissimilar nuclei.
  • heterolecithal — having an unequal distribution of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
  • heteroromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the opposite gender.
  • hieroglyphical — Hieroglyphic: related to or resembling hieroglyphs.
  • hierogrammatic — of or relating to a hierogram
  • hierographical — hierographic
  • 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.
  • home secretary — the secretary of state for the Home Office.
  • horace greeleyHorace, 1811–72, U.S. journalist, editor, and political leader.
  • hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
  • hors de combat — disabled or injured
  • horse mackerel — bluefin tuna.
  • horseshoe arch — an arch with the intrados widening above the springing and then narrowing to a rounded crown.
  • horseshoe back — a bow back having a slight outward splay at its bottom.
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