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14-letter words containing g, c, h

  • chief engineer — the senior engineer on board a ship
  • child guidance — the counselling of emotionally disturbed children
  • chinook jargon — a pidgin language containing elements of Native American languages, English, and French: formerly used among fur traders and Indians on the NW coast of North America
  • chladni figure — a pattern formed by fine powder placed on a vibrating surface, used to display the positions of nodes and antinodes
  • chloroargyrite — a greyish-yellow or colourless soft secondary mineral consisting of silver chloride in cubic crystalline form: a source of silver. Formula: AgCl
  • cholecystogram — the production of x-ray photographs of the gallbladder following administration of a radiopaque substance that is secreted by the liver into the gallbladder.
  • chondrogenesis — the growth of cartilage
  • chopping block — a thick wooden board used for chopping vegetables, meat etc on
  • chopping board — A chopping board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
  • chopping knife — a knife for chopping meat, vegetables etc
  • choreographers — Plural form of choreographer.
  • choreographies — Plural form of choreography.
  • choreographing — Present participle of choreograph.
  • christiansburg — a town in SW Virginia.
  • chromatic sign — Music. accidental (def 5).
  • chromatography — the technique of separating and analysing the components of a mixture of liquids or gases by selective adsorption in, for example, a column of powder (column chromatography) or on a strip of paper (paper chromatography)
  • chronobiologic — relating to chronobiology
  • chronologizing — to arrange in chronological order.
  • church integer — (theory)   A representation of integers as functions invented by Alonzo Church, inventor of lambda-calculus. The integer N is represented as a higher-order function which applies a given function N times to a given expression. In the pure lambda-calculus there are no constants but numbers can be represented by Church integers. A Haskell function to return a given Church integer could be written: unchurch c = c (+1) 0 See also von Neumann integer.
  • church wedding — a wedding ceremony performed in a church and having a religious rather than civil content
  • cinametography — Misspelling of cinematography.
  • cinematography — Cinematography is the technique of making films for the cinema.
  • cinemicrograph — a motion picture filmed through a microscope.
  • circular light — light that is circularly polarized.
  • citrus heights — a city in central California, near Sacramento.
  • civil rightist — a person who actively supports or works for safeguarding or obtaining civil rights.
  • civil twilight — the period of time during which the sun is 6° below the horizon
  • clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
  • clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
  • clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
  • climate change — change occurring in the Earth's overall climate and in particular climates, now regarded as a result of human activity and resulting generally in global warming
  • climbing perch — any of a genus (Anabas) of freshwater gouramies of Southeast Asia and Africa that can live out of water briefly and travel short distances over land
  • clock-watching — the act of checking the time in anticipation of a break or the end of the working day
  • cloister garth — garth (def 1).
  • clothes hanger — item for hanging clothing
  • coaching glass — a small drinking glass of the early 19th century having no foot.
  • code-switching — Linguistics. the alternating or mixed use of two or more languages, especially within the same discourse: My grandma’s code-switching when we cook together reminds me of my family's origins. Bilingual students are discouraged from code-switching during class.
  • coelanaglyphic — (of pottery) decorated with sunken relief
  • cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
  • coherent light — light in which the electromagnetic waves maintain a fixed and predictable phase relationship with each other over a period of time.
  • come to nought — If you try to do something but your efforts are not successful, you can say that your efforts come to nought.
  • complete graph — A graph which has a link between every pair of nodes. A complete bipartite graph can be partitioned into two subsets of nodes such that each node is joined to every node in the other subset.
  • configuraholic — (jargon)   A luser who twiddles with computer settings until it no longer works and must be fixed by the system administror.
  • contact flight — a flight in which the pilot remains in sight of land or water
  • coppersmithing — The work of a coppersmith; the forging of copper.
  • cosmographical — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
  • costume change — a change of costume by an actor
  • cottage cheese — Cottage cheese is a soft, white, lumpy cheese made from sour milk.
  • cough medicine — Cough medicine is liquid medicine that you take when you have a cough.
  • counterchanged — Exchanged.
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