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14-letter words containing h, a, u

  • channel surfer — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
  • channel tunnel — the Anglo-French railway tunnel that runs beneath the English Channel, between Folkestone and Coquelles, near Calais; opened in 1994
  • charge account — a business arrangement by which a customer may buy goods or services and pay for them within a specified future period
  • charles sumnerCharles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
  • charlottenburg — a district of Berlin (of West Berlin until 1990), formerly an independent city. Pop: 315 473 (2005 est)
  • chartered club — a private club licensed to serve alcohol to members
  • chauvinist pig — a sexist man
  • chemical abuse — the habitual use of a mood-altering drug, alcoholic beverage, etc.
  • chemoautotroph — an organism that obtains energy through chemoautotrophy
  • cheque account — an account at a bank or a building society upon which cheques can be drawn
  • chequered flag — the black-and-white checked flag traditionally shown to the winner and all finishers at the end of a motor race by a senior race official
  • child guidance — the counselling of emotionally disturbed children
  • chivalrousness — The state of being chivalrous.
  • chladni figure — a pattern formed by fine powder placed on a vibrating surface, used to display the positions of nodes and antinodes
  • cholera morbus — gastroenteritis
  • chondrocranium — the cartilaginous structure that, in early development, envelops the brain
  • christiansburg — a town in SW Virginia.
  • christmas bush — any of various trees or shrubs flowering at Christmas and used for decoration
  • christmas club — a savings account in a bank in which regular deposits are made, usually throughout one year, as to provide funds for Christmas shopping.
  • chrysanthemums — Plural form of chrysanthemum.
  • church, alonzo — Alonzo Church
  • circular light — light that is circularly polarized.
  • circular pitch — relative point, position, or degree: a high pitch of excitement.
  • class schedule — In a school or college, a class schedule is a list that shows the times in the week at which particular subjects are taught. You can also refer to the range of subjects that a student learns or the classes that a teacher teaches as their class schedule.
  • claustrophilia — abnormal pleasure derived from being in a confined space
  • claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
  • claustrophobia — Someone who suffers from claustrophobia feels very uncomfortable or anxious when they are in small or enclosed places.
  • claustrophobic — You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
  • clavicytherium — a kind of harpsichord
  • 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.
  • coach-and-four — a coach together with the four horses by which it is drawn.
  • coff's harbour — a seaport in E Australia.
  • computerphobia — the fear or dislike of computers
  • conchyliaceous — Alternative form of conchylaceous.
  • configuraholic — (jargon)   A luser who twiddles with computer settings until it no longer works and must be fixed by the system administror.
  • consultantship — the office or function of a consultant
  • coquilhatville — former name of Mbandaka.
  • costume change — a change of costume by an actor
  • counterchanged — Exchanged.
  • countercharged — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharge.
  • countercharges — Plural form of countercharge.
  • countercharmed — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharm.
  • countermarched — Simple past tense and past participle of countermarch.
  • countermarches — Plural form of countermarch.
  • countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
  • courtesy coach — a free coach
  • courting chair — a chair or small upholstered sofa for two persons.
  • cranberry bush — a North American caprifoliaceous shrub or small tree, Viburnum trilobum, producing acid red fruit
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