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

  • lambeth palace — the official residence of the archbishop of Canterbury, in Lambeth.
  • langue de chat — a flat sweet finger-shaped biscuit
  • lap microphone — a small microphone that may be clipped to the speaker's lapel, pocket, or the like.
  • latchkey child — a child who must spend at least part of the day alone and unsupervised, as when the parents are away at work.
  • late check-out — A late check-out at a hotel is an arrangement which allows a guest to check out later than the normal time.
  • launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space.
  • lease-purchase — the continuing use of property or goods under a lease for a stipulated period with option for the lessee to buy and with part of the rental charges credited toward the purchase price.
  • leatherjackets — Plural form of leatherjacket.
  • lechatelierite — a mineral, an amorphous form of silica formed by the fusion by heat of silica and found in fulgurites.
  • leclanché cell — a primary cell with a carbon anode, surrounded by crushed carbon and manganese dioxide in a porous container, immersed in an electrolyte of aqueous ammonium chloride into which the zinc cathode dips. The common dry battery is a form of Leclanché cell
  • lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
  • left-branching — (of a grammatical construction) characterized by greater structural complexity in the position preceding the head, as the phrase my brother's friend's house; having most of the constituents on the left in a tree diagram (opposed to right-branching).
  • lethal chamber — a room or enclosure where animals may be killed by exposure to a poison gas.
  • leucocythaemia — leukaemia
  • lexicographers — Plural form of lexicographer.
  • lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
  • licentiateship — a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
  • lichenological — relating to lichenology
  • life-enhancing — If you describe something as life-enhancing, you mean that it makes you feel happier and more content.
  • light reaction — the stage of photosynthesis during which light energy is absorbed by chlorophyll and transformed into chemical energy stored in ATP
  • little richard — (Richard Wayne Penniman) born 1932, U.S. rock and roll singer, songwriter, and pianist.
  • local preacher — (in early Methodism) a layperson appointed to supervise the congregation and conduct services between visits of a circuit rider.
  • lower michigan — the southern part of Michigan, S of the Strait of Mackinac.
  • macaroni wheat — durum wheat.
  • machine finish — a very smooth paper surface, created by a machine.
  • machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
  • machine stitch — a stitch created by a sewing machine
  • machine-stitch — to sew on a sewing machine.
  • mackerel shark — any of several fierce sharks of the family Lamidae, including the great white shark and the mako.
  • macrocephalous — Having a large head.
  • magnetic chart — a chart showing the magnetic properties of a portion of the earth's surface, as dip, variation, and intensity.
  • magnetic epoch — a geologically long period of time during which the magnetic field of the earth retains the same polarity. The magnetic field may reverse during such a period for a geologically short period of time (a magnetic event)
  • magnetic north — north as indicated by a magnetic compass, differing in most places from true north.
  • magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
  • mail exchanger — (messaging)   A server running SMTP Message Transfer Agent software that accepts incoming electronic mail and either delivers it locally or forwards it to another server. The mail exchanger to use for a given domain can be discovered by querying DNS for Mail Exchange Records.
  • major mitchell — an Australian cockatoo, Kakatoe leadbeateri, with a white-and-pink plumage
  • make the scene — the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder.
  • malpighiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical plants many of which are lianas
  • marasca cherry — the red acid-tasting fruit of the marasca tree, from which maraschino is made
  • marble orchard — cemetery.
  • march fracture — a hairline crack in a bone, especially of a foot or leg, caused by repeated or prolonged stress and often occurring in runners, dancers, and soldiers (march fracture)
  • mariana trench — a depression in the ocean floor of the Pacific, S and W of the Mariana Islands: site of greatest known depth of any ocean. 36,201 feet (11,034 meters) deep.
  • marking scheme — a plan or guidelines used in the marking of school children's or students' written work by teaching staff
  • mashie niblick — a club with an iron head whose face has more slope than a mashie but less slope than a pitcher.
  • master butcher — a butcher who is fully qualified to practise his trade and to train others in it
  • matched sample — a sample in which the individuals selected for analysis share all properties except that under investigation
  • mathematically — of, relating to, or of the nature of mathematics: mathematical truth.
  • mathematicians — Plural form of mathematician.
  • mechanicalness — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being mechanical.
  • mechanicsville — a village in E Virginia, near Richmond: Civil War battle 1862.
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