14-letter words containing h, i, n, c
- east china sea — a part of the N Pacific, bounded by China, Japan, the Ryukyus, and Taiwan. 480,000 sq. mi. (1,243,200 sq. km).
- east greenwich — a town in central Rhode Island.
- echinococcosis — a parasitic disease caused by tapeworms of the genus Echinococcosis
- election night — the evening when the votes from an election are being counted
- electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
- emphaticalness — The quality of being emphatic; emphasis.
- enantiomorphic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting enantiomorphism.
- encephalitides — Plural form of encephalitis.
- encephalitogen — an agent that is able to produce encephalitis
- endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system
- endomycorrhiza — (ecology) A form of mycorrhiza in which the hyphae of the fungus penetrate the root cells.
- enharmonically — (music) Adjectival form of enharmonic.
- enthusiastical — (obsolete) enthusiastic.
- epenthetically — In an epenthetic manner; by means of epenthesis.
- epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
- etching needle — a type of needle used to etch patterns or designs on printing plates
- ethnobotanical — Of or pertaining to ethnobotany.
- ethnographical — Ethnographic.
- ethnologically — In an ethnological manner or fashion.
- ethnomedicinal — Pertaining to ethnomedicine.
- etiopathogenic — Of or pertaining to etiopathogenesis.
- eutrophication — Excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.
- exercise bench — (in a gymnasium) a low table, which may be inclined, used for various exercises
- fashion victim — A fashion victim is someone who thinks that being fashionable is more important than looking nice, and as a result often wears very fashionable clothes that do not suit them or that make them look silly.
- feel the pinch — If a person or company is feeling the pinch, they do not have as much money as they used to, and so they cannot buy the things they would like to buy.
- fencing school — an academy or school where fencing was taught by fencing masters
- fifth monarchy — the fifth and final monarchy following the Assyrian, Persian, Greek (under Alexander the Great), and Roman monarchies, supposed to have been prophesied in Dan. 2.
- fighting chair — a chair fastened to the deck at the stern of a seagoing fishing boat for use by an angler in landing a large fish.
- finance charge — interest or a fee charged for borrowing money or buying on credit.
- fine champagne — a high-quality cognac distilled from grapes grown in the Grande Champagne or Petite Champagne vineyards of western France.
- finnan haddock — smoked haddock.
- fish and chips — fried fish fillets and French fries.
- fishing tackle — Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.
- fitted kitchen — a kitchen with units that are attached to the wall
- flight control — the direction of airplane movements, especially takeoffs and landings, by messages from the ground.
- flying machine — a vehicle that sustains itself in and propels itself through the air; an airplane, helicopter, glider, or the like.
- focusing cloth — an opaque cloth surrounding the ground glass of a camera so as to shield the eyes of the photographer from light that would otherwise prevent seeing the image in the ground glass.
- framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
- free-machining — (of certain metals) readily machinable at high speeds with low force.
- french cricket — a child's game resembling cricket, in which the batsman's legs are used as the wicket
- french oceania — former name of French Polynesia.
- french tickler — a condom designed with knobs, projections, etc.
- french windows — a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.
- friction match — a kind of match tipped with a compound that ignites by friction.
- friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
- fringed orchis — any of several American orchids of the genus Habenaria, having a cut, fringed lip.
- function shift — a change in the syntactic function of a word, as when the noun mushroom is used as an intransitive verb
- galeopithecine — of, relating to, or resembling the flying lemur (Galeopithecus)
- galley kitchen — a household kitchen designed with kitchen units on both sides and no kitchen table
- gamine haircut — a boyish or elfish hairstyle, esp on a woman