14-letter words containing h, e, s, p
- catastrophized — Simple past tense and past participle of catastrophize.
- catechumenship — the office or position of a catechumen
- cephalometrics — The measurement and analysis of the craniofacial area, especially as an aid to dental or orthodontic procedures.
- cephalosporins — Plural form of cephalosporin.
- champs elysees — a boulevard in Paris, France, noted for its cafés, shops, and theaters.
- champs-elysées — a major boulevard in Paris, leading from the Arc de Triomphe: site of the Elysée Palace and government offices
- chancellorship — The chancellorship is the position of chancellor. Someone's chancellorship is the period of time when they are chancellor.
- chapel of ease — a church built to accommodate those living at a distance from the parish church
- chapel of rest — a room in an undertaker's place of business where bodies are laid out in their coffins to be viewed before the funeral
- chase pointers — (programming) To determine a chain of memory locations where each location holds a pointer to the next, starting from some initial pointer, e.g. traversing a linked list or other graph structure. This may be performed by a computer executing a program or by a programmer going through a core dump or using a debugger.
- cheap as chips — inexpensive; good value
- cheese product — a processed cheese consisting in the U.S. of at least 50 percent cheese to which cheese whey or whey albumin may be added.
- cheese skipper — a dipterous fly, Piophila casei, whose larvae feed on cheese and move by jumping: family Piophilidae
- chemoreceptors — Plural form of chemoreceptor.
- chemotherapies — Plural form of chemotherapy.
- chemotherapist — One who administers chemotherapy.
- chesapeake bay — the largest inlet of the Atlantic in the coast of the US: bordered by Maryland and Virginia
- chest expander — a device for strengthening the chest muscles, consisting of two handles attached to strong springs or elastic cords that the user pulls apart across the chest
- chest-thumping — the act or practice of boasting.
- chinese empire — China as ruled by the emperors until the establishment of the republic in 1911–12
- chinese puzzle — an intricate puzzle, esp one consisting of boxes within boxes
- chippewa falls — a city in W Wisconsin.
- chlamydospores — Plural form of chlamydospore.
- chlorophyllase — an enzyme found in plants that decomposes chlorophyll by removing the phytol chain.
- choreographers — Plural form of choreographer.
- choreographies — Plural form of choreography.
- choroid plexus — a multilobed vascular membrane, projecting into the cerebral ventricles, that secretes cerebrospinal fluid
- chromatophores — Plural form of chromatophore.
- chromoproteins — Plural form of chromoprotein.
- chromosome map — a graphic representation of the positions of genes on chromosomes, obtained by observation of chromosome bands or by determining the degree of linkage between genes
- claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
- co-chairperson — one of two or more joint chairpersons.
- colporrhaphies — Plural form of colporrhaphy.
- composite shot — split screen.
- composite-shot — Also called composite shot. Movies, Television. a type of process photography in which two or more shots are juxtaposed and projected simultaneously on the screen.
- comprehensible — Something that is comprehensible can be understood.
- comprehensibly — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- comprehensions — Plural form of comprehension.
- comprehensives — Plural form of comprehensive.
- coniferophytes — Plural form of coniferophyte.
- container ship — A container ship is a ship that is designed for carrying goods that are packed in large metal or wooden boxes.
- controllership — an employee, often an officer, of a business firm who checks expenditures, finances, etc.; comptroller.
- coppersmithing — The work of a coppersmith; the forging of copper.
- counterpunches — Plural form of counterpunch.
- cryptaesthetic — of or relating to cryptaesthesia
- cryptographers — Plural form of cryptographer.
- cuproscheelite — (mineral) A mineral (CuWO4) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
- curtain speech — a talk given in front of the curtain after a stage performance, often by the author or an actor
- delayed speech — a speech disorder of children in which the levels of intelligibility, vocabulary, complexity of utterance, etc., are significantly below the levels considered standard for a particular age.
- depth of focus — the amount by which the distance between the camera lens and the film can be altered without the resulting image appearing blurred