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

  • circular pitch — relative point, position, or degree: a high pitch of excitement.
  • class 5 switch — (communications)   The lowest designation used in AT&T's hierarchical General Toll Switching Plan, developed in 1929.
  • claustrophilia — abnormal pleasure derived from being in a confined space
  • 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.
  • 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
  • climb the wall — If you say that you are climbing the walls, you are emphasizing that you feel very frustrated, nervous, or anxious.
  • 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).
  • co-chairperson — one of two or more joint chairpersons.
  • coaching glass — a small drinking glass of the early 19th century having no foot.
  • coal-tar pitch — a residue left by the distillation of coal tar: a mixture of hydrocarbons and finely divided carbon used as a binder for fuel briquettes, road surfaces, and carbon electrodes
  • cochairmanship — the position of being one of the two chairmen of an organization
  • coelanaglyphic — (of pottery) decorated with sunken relief
  • coffee machine — a machine that makes coffee from ground coffee
  • cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
  • colporrhaphies — Plural form of colporrhaphy.
  • commandantship — the office of a commandant
  • companionships — Plural form of companionship.
  • 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
  • contact flight — a flight in which the pilot remains in sight of land or water
  • container ship — A container ship is a ship that is designed for carrying goods that are packed in large metal or wooden boxes.
  • coquilhatville — former name of Mbandaka.
  • cosmographical — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
  • 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
  • courting chair — a chair or small upholstered sofa for two persons.
  • crack the whip — to assert one's authority, esp to put people under pressure to work harder
  • credit charges — the charges applied by credit card companies to customers buying goods on credit
  • crimean gothic — a form of the Gothic language that survived in the Crimea after the extinction of Gothic elsewhere in Europe, known only from a list of words and phrases recorded in the 16th century.
  • croagh patrick — a mountain in NW Republic of Ireland, in Mayo: a place of pilgrimage as Saint Patrick is said to have prayed and fasted there. Height: 765 m (2510 ft)
  • cross matching — the testing for compatibility of a donor's and a recipient's blood prior to transfusion, in which serum of each is mixed with red blood cells of the other and observed for hemagglutination.
  • cross-hatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
  • cruising yacht — a yacht which is used for holiday trips
  • crutched friar — a member of a mendicant order, suppressed in 1656
  • cryoanesthesia — (pathology) Insensibility resulting from cold.
  • cryptaesthetic — of or relating to cryptaesthesia
  • cryptographist — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
  • cuban sandwich — a hero sandwich, especially with ham, pork, cheese, and pickles, often grilled.
  • curtain speech — a talk given in front of the curtain after a stage performance, often by the author or an actor
  • cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
  • cyberchondriac — A hypochondriac who researches his/her potential medical condition on the Internet.
  • cycloaliphatic — (of an organic compound) aliphatic in chemical behaviour but having its carbon atoms in a ring
  • cyproheptadine — a type of antihistamine drug used in the treatment of allergies
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