14-letter words containing h, i, l, o, c
- 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.
- 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.
- cleistothecium — (in certain ascomycetous fungi) a closed, globose ascocarp from which the ascospores are released only by its rupture or decay.
- 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).
- 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
- coelanaglyphic — (of pottery) decorated with sunken relief
- cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
- coherent light — light in which the electromagnetic waves maintain a fixed and predictable phase relationship with each other over a period of time.
- colporrhaphies — Plural form of colporrhaphy.
- comprehendible — comprehensible
- comprehensible — Something that is comprehensible can be understood.
- comprehensibly — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- 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
- controllership — an employee, often an officer, of a business firm who checks expenditures, finances, etc.; comptroller.
- coquilhatville — former name of Mbandaka.
- cosmographical — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- cotswold hills — range of hills in SW central England, mostly in Gloucestershire
- cotton thistle — Scotch thistle.
- council school — (esp formerly) any school maintained by the state
- courtesy light — the interior light in a motor vehicle
- cross holdings — the holding of shares by one company in another company
- cuproscheelite — (mineral) A mineral (CuWO4) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
- cycling shorts — tight-fitting shorts reaching partway to the knee for cycling, sport, etc
- cycloaliphatic — (of an organic compound) aliphatic in chemical behaviour but having its carbon atoms in a ring
- cystolithiasis — a medical condition caused by the formation of a calculus in the bladder
- cytopathologic — the science dealing with the study of the diseases of cells.
- czechoslovakia — a former republic in central Europe: formed after the defeat of Austria-Hungary (1918) as a nation of Czechs in Bohemia and Moravia and Slovaks in Slovakia; occupied by Germany from 1939 until its liberation by the Soviet Union in 1945; became a people's republic under the Communists in 1948; invaded by Warsaw Pact troops in 1968, ending Dubček's attempt to liberalize communism; in 1989 popular unrest led to the resignation of the politburo and the formation of a non-Communist government. It consisted of two federal republics, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which separated in 1993
- dactyliography — the art of engraving or writing on gems
- dechlorination — the removal of chlorine from a substance
- delphic oracle — the oracle of Apollo at Delphi that gave answers held by the ancient Greeks to be of great authority but also noted for their ambiguity
- deparochialize — to make parochial.
- dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
- diachronically — in a diachronic fashion
- diagonal cloth — a twilled fabric woven with distinctly diagonal lines.
- diaheliotropic — exhibiting diaheliotropism
- dichloroethane — a colourless toxic liquid compound that is used chiefly as a solvent. Formula: C2H4Cl2
- dichotomically — division into two parts, kinds, etc.; subdivision into halves or pairs.
- discographical — Of or pertaining to discography.
- dolichocephaly — (medicine) The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.
- door-key child — latchkey child.
- driving school — vehicle operation lessons