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14-letter words containing h, c, a, i, n

  • laughing stock — object of others' amusement
  • laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
  • launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space.
  • 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).
  • 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
  • lower michigan — the southern part of Michigan, S of the Strait of Mackinac.
  • macaroni wheat — durum wheat.
  • machicolations — Plural form of machicolation.
  • 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.
  • macintosh iicx — (computer)   (Mac IIcx) A version of Apple's Macintosh II personal computer, introduced in 1989, with a Motorola 68030 processor running at 16 MHz and up to 128 MB of RAM (120 ns, 30-pin DRAM chips). The IIcx requires System 6.0.3 or later and requires "Mode 32" or "32-bit Enabler" to use more than 8MB of RAM. It was discontinued 1991, and in 1996 is still considered one of the best-designed Macs ever.
  • 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.
  • mainland china — the People's Republic of China, as distinguished from Taiwan.
  • marginal hacks — (humour)   Margaret Jacks Hall, a building into which the Stanford AI Lab was moved near the beginning of the 1980s (from the D.C. Power Lab).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • melancholiness — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
  • merchandisable — Suitable for merchandising.
  • merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
  • metaphysicians — Plural form of metaphysician.
  • methanoic acid — systematic name for formic acid
  • methodicalness — The property of being methodical.
  • michael jordan — Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
  • michigan rummy — a variety of five hundred rummy in which each player scores his or her melds as played.
  • misanthropical — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
  • mnemotechnical — Of or pertaining to mnemotechny.
  • money changing — the business of exchanging one currency for another, with the deduction of a commission for the service.
  • money-changing — the business or act of exchanging currency, usually of different countries, esp. at a set rate
  • monochromatism — the quality of having one color: the monochromatism of Picasso's Blue Period.
  • monolithically — of or relating to a monolith.
  • monophonically — In a monophonic manner.
  • monophysitical — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
  • monosaccharide — a carbohydrate that does not hydrolyze, as glucose, fructose, or ribose, occurring naturally or obtained by the hydrolysis of glycosides or polysaccharides.
  • monotheletical — like a monothelete
  • morphinomaniac — a person with an uncontrollable addiction to morphine
  • motor mechanic — a mechanic who maintains and repairs cars and other road vehicles
  • mountain chain — a series of ranges of mountains
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