14-letter words containing e, n, h, a, c
- authentication — to establish as genuine.
- avalanche lily — a wildflower (Erythronium montanum) of the lily family, native to the mountain meadows of Washington and Oregon and blooming in June among the melting snowbanks
- avalanche wind — the wind that is created in front of an avalanche.
- backflap hinge — Building Trades. flap (def 20a).
- backhandedness — The quality of being backhanded; the use of indirect tactics.
- balance weight — a weight used in machines to counterbalance a part, as of a crankshaft
- banach algebra — (mathematics) An algebra in which the vector space is a Banach space.
- banker's check — cashier's check.
- bayonet charge — a charge by riflemen with fixed bayonets
- bean bag chair — a small cloth bag filled with dried beans, as for tossing in various children's games.
- bean-bag chair — a small cloth bag filled with dried beans, as for tossing in various children's games.
- bearer channel — (communications) Originally, a channel suited for carrying one voice-grade connection. Typically a DS0 channel. Compare data channel. (1997-03-7)
- beclomethasone — a potent synthetic corticosteroid, C 28 H 37 ClO 7 , prepared as an inhalant in the treatment of bronchial asthma.
- belisha beacon — a flashing light in an orange globe mounted on a post, indicating a pedestrian crossing on a road
- bengal catechu — catechu.
- benzanthracene — a carcinogenic hydrocarbon
- benzyl alcohol — a colorless, faintly aromatic, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, used chiefly as a solvent in the manufacture of perfumes and flavorings, and as an intermediate in the synthesis of benzyl esters and ethers.
- black panthers — (in the US) a militant Black political party founded in 1965 to end the political dominance of White people
- blanket stitch — a strong reinforcing stitch for the edges of blankets and other thick material
- blanket-stitch — a basic sewing stitch in which widely spaced, interlocking loops, or purls, are formed, used for cutwork, as a decorative finish for edges, etc.
- body mechanics — body exercises that are intended to improve one's posture, stamina, poise, etc.
- boolean search — (information science) (Or "Boolean query") A query using the Boolean operators, AND, OR, and NOT, and parentheses to construct a complex condition from simpler criteria. A typical example is searching for combinatons of keywords on a web search engine. Examples: car or automobile "New York" and not "New York state" The term is sometimes stretched to include searches using other operators, e.g. "near". Not to be confused with binary search. See also: weighted search.
- boring machine — a machine that bores holes, tunnels, etc
- branch manager — a person who manages the local branch of a bank, shop, or other business
- branch officer — (in the British navy since 1949) any officer who holds warrant
- branched chain — an open chain of atoms with one or more side chains attached to it
- branchiostegal — of or relating to the operculum covering the gill slits of fish
- braunschweiger — a smoked liver sausage, named after the city of Braunschweig
- breech-loading — (of a firearm) loaded at the breech
- bronchial tube — Your bronchial tubes are the two tubes which connect your windpipe to your lungs.
- bronchiectasis — chronic dilation of the bronchi or bronchial tubes, which often become infected
- buckwheat note — shape note.
- burschenschaft — a students' fraternity, originally one concerned with Christian ideals, patriotism, etc
- bush carpenter — a rough-and-ready unskilled workman
- cable's length — a unit of length in nautical use that has various values, including 100 fathoms (600 feet)
- cache conflict — (storage) A sequence of accesses to memory repeatedly overwriting the same cache entry. This can happen if two blocks of data, which are mapped to the same set of cache locations, are needed simultaneously. For example, in the case of a direct mapped cache, if arrays A, B, and C map to the same range of cache locations, thrashing will occur when the following loop is executed: See also ping-pong.
- cafe con leche — a drink made by mixing strong coffee with hot or scalded milk
- calendar month — A calendar month is one of the twelve months of the year.
- calendar watch — a watch that indicates date of the month, day of the week, etc., as well as the time.
- campaign chest — money collected and set aside for use in a campaign, especially a political one; a campaign fund.
- can't help but — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- can't help sth — If you can't help the way you feel or behave, you cannot control it or stop it happening. You can also say that you can't help yourself.
- canada hemlock — a hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, of eastern North America, having horizontal branches that often droop to the ground: the state tree of Pennsylvania.
- canada thistle — a prickly European weed (Cirsium arvense) of the composite family, with heads of purplish flowers and wavy leaves: now common as a fast-spreading, injurious weed throughout the N U.S.
- canceled check — a check that has been redeemed by a bank and then usually returned to the issuer.
- carnarvonshire — Caernarvon.
- carpenter moth — any of various large moths of the family Cossidae, the larvae of which bore beneath and cause damage to tree bark
- carpet muncher — lesbian
- cartoonishness — The state or condition of being cartoonish.
- casement cloth — a sheer fabric made of a variety of fibers, used for window curtains and as backing for heavy drapery or decorative fabrics.