16-letter words containing e, n, s, h, r, i
- choriomeningitis — (medicine) A form of cerebral meningitis associated with inflammation of the choroid plexus.
- christening robe — a long white dress worn by a baby at his or her christening
- christmas dinner — the main meal on Christmas day, eaten any time in the afternoon or evening
- chryselephantine — (of ancient Greek statues) made of or overlaid with gold and ivory
- church invisible — the entire body of Christian believers on earth and in heaven.
- church suffering — the souls in purgatory.
- chymotrypsinogen — the inactive precursor of chymotrypsin
- clackmannanshire — a council area and historical county of central Scotland; became part of the Central region in 1975 but reinstated as an independent unitary authority in 1996; mainly agricultural. Administrative centre: Alloa. Pop: 47 680 (2003 est). Area: 142 sq km (55 sq miles)
- clearsightedness — The property of being clearsighted.
- combined honours — (in British education) a degree course that includes more than one subject
- commissionership — The role or office of commissioner.
- concertina crash — a collision in which vehicle after vehicle hits the one ahead in a sequence of events triggered by the first car crash
- considering that — You use considering that to indicate that you are thinking about a particular fact when making a judgment or giving an opinion.
- corona discharge — an electrical discharge appearing on and around the surface of a charged conductor, caused by ionization of the surrounding gas
- cowichan sweater — a heavy sweater of grey, unbleached wool with distinctive designs that were originally black-and-white but are now sometimes coloured: knitted originally by Cowichan Indians in British Columbia
- craftspersonship — The body of activities, skills, techniques, knowledge, and expertise pertinent to (a) particular craft(s).
- creditworthiness — having a satisfactory credit rating.
- creeping thistle — a weedy Eurasian thistle, Cirsium arvense, common as a fast-spreading weed in the US
- darwin's finches — the finches of the subfamily Geospizinae of the Galapagos Islands, showing great variation in bill structure and feeding habits: provided Darwin with evidence to support his theory of evolution
- data warehousing — the use of large amounts of data taken from multiple sources to create reports and for data analysis
- dearborn heights — city in SE Mich.: suburb of Detroit: pop. 58,000
- dechristianizing — Present participle of dechristianize.
- devonshire cream — clotted cream.
- devonshire split — a kind of yeast bun split open and served with whipped cream or butter and jam
- disenfranchising — Present participle of disenfranchise.
- disfranchisement — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
- dishonorableness — The property of being dishonorable.
- district heating — a heating system in which centrally generated heat is distributed via ducts and pipes to multiple buildings or locations
- dneprodzerzhinsk — a city in the E central Ukraine, in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Dnieper River.
- do sth in person — If you do something in person, you do it yourself rather than letting someone else do it for you.
- earth-shattering — earthshaking.
- eastern whipbird — an Australian whipbird, Psophodes olivaceus
- electromechanics — the engineering aspects of devices that are controlled by either static or magnetic electric charges
- electronic flash — Photography
- electrosynthesis — synthesis produced by means of an electric current
- engineer's chain — a unit of length equal to 100 feet
- english heritage — an organization, partly funded by government aid, that looks after ancient monuments and historic buildings in England
- entrepreneurship — The art or science of innovation and risk-taking for profit in business.
- ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
- fahrenheit scale — Gabriel Daniel [German gah-bree-el dah-nee-el] /German ˈgɑ briˌɛl ˈdɑ niˌɛl/ (Show IPA), 1686–1736, German physicist: devised a temperature scale and introduced the use of mercury in thermometers.
- faintheartedness — The quality or state of being fainthearted.
- fashion designer — creator of clothing designs
- fingertip search — When the police carry out a fingertip search of a place, they examine it for evidence in a very detailed way.
- finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
- fisherman's bend — a knot made by taking a round turn on the object to which the rope is to be fastened, passing the end of the rope around the standing part and under the round turn, and securing the end.
- fisherman's knot — a knot for joining two ropes of equal thickness consisting of an overhand knot or double overhand knot by each rope round the other, so that the two knots jam when pulled tight
- fisherman's ring — the signet ring worn by the pope.
- flash eliminator — a device fitted to the muzzle of a firearm to reduce the flash made by the ignited propellant gases
- floridean starch — the storage polysaccharide of red algae.
- forbid the banns — to raise an objection to a marriage announced in this way