14-letter words containing h, a, e, c
- travel voucher — a voucher, usually bought from a travel agency or won in a competition, etc, which can be used to pay for travel costs such as flights, accommodation, etc
- treasure chest — A treasure chest is a box containing treasure.
- treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
- trench warfare — combat in which each side occupies a system of protective trenches.
- trichloracetic — as in trichloracetic acid
- trichobacteria — filamentous bacteria
- trichomonacide — an agent that destroys trichomonads
- trickle charge — a continuous, slow charge supplied to a storage battery to keep it in a fully charged state.
- trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- turing machine — a hypothetical device with a set of logical rules of computation: the concept is used in mathematical studies of the computability of numbers and in the mathematical theories of automata and computers.
- turn the scale — Often, scales. a balance or any of various other instruments or devices for weighing: We gave the parents a baby scale. The butcher placed the meat on the scales.
- two-horse race — a competition, election, etc, in which there are only two teams or candidates with a chance of winning
- tymshare, inc. — (company) The US company that created the TYMNET network.
- un-challenging — offering a challenge; testing one's ability, endurance, etc: a challenging course; a challenging game.
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- unapproachable — not capable of being approached; remote; unreachable: an unapproachable spot; an unapproachable person.
- unauthenticity — the quality of lacking authenticity or not being genuine
- unchangingness — the quality or state of not changing
- unchristianize — to make unchristian; to render no longer Christian; to remove Christian status or nature from
- undecipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- under-achiever — a student who performs less well in school than would be expected on the basis of abilities indicated by intelligence and aptitude tests, etc.
- under-research — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
- underhand chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop where the axeman stands on the log, which is placed on the ground
- unemphatically — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
- unenthusiastic — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
- unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
- unicorn chaser — originally a picture of a unicorn posted on a blog site shortly after an offensive or disturbing picture has been posted, as a kind of antidote to the previous post. Now used of a comforting or innocent image, video clip, or topic viewed or contemplated following a previous, disturbing image, video, etc.
- unit character — a characteristic, usually controlled by a single gene, that is transmitted as a unit in heredity.
- unmathematical — not characterized by or using the precision of mathematics; inexact; imprecise
- unmerchantable — (of goods) not suitable for trading
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
- unpurchaseable — not able to be bought or purchased
- unsophisticate — not sophisticated
- unwatchfulness — the quality or state of being unwatchful
- v-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall followed by a correspondingly sharp rise
- variable-pitch — (of a propeller) controllable-pitch.
- vector graphic — a computer image that is stored in memory as lines rather than a series of dots, allowing it to be rotated or proportionally scaled.
- victor charlie — a Vietcong or the Vietcong; the VC.
- village school — a school in a village
- virginia beach — a town in SE Virginia.
- voting machine — a mechanical apparatus used in a polling place to register and count the votes.
- voyage charter — the hire of a ship or aircraft for a specified number of voyages
- wang ching-wei — 1883–1944, Chinese political leader.
- wappenschawing — a periodical muster or review of the men under arms in a particular lordship or district
- warehouse club — A warehouse club is a large shop which sells goods at reduced prices to people who pay each year to become members of the organization that runs the shop.
- warm the bench — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- water chestnut — any aquatic plant of the genus Trapa, bearing an edible, nutlike fruit, especially T. natans, of the Old World.
- water hyacinth — a floating aquatic plant, Eichornia crassipes, of tropical lakes and rivers, that grows so prolifically it often hinders the passage of boats.