14-letter words containing h, o, l, e, n
- castle shannon — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- cellini's halo — Heiligenschein.
- cellular phone — A cellular phone or cellular telephone is a type of telephone which does not need wires to connect it to a telephone system.
- centrolecithal — (of animal eggs) having a centrally located yolk
- cephalosporins — Plural form of cephalosporin.
- chancellorship — The chancellorship is the position of chancellor. Someone's chancellorship is the period of time when they are chancellor.
- change of life — The change of life is the menopause.
- channelization — the action or process of channelizing
- charlottenburg — a district of Berlin (of West Berlin until 1990), formerly an independent city. Pop: 315 473 (2005 est)
- charter colony — a colony, such as Virginia or Massachusetts, created by royal charter under the control of an individual, trading company, etc, and exempt from interference by the Crown
- chemical toner — toner (def 4).
- chemical-toner — a person or thing that tones.
- chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
- chivalrousness — The state of being chivalrous.
- chlorcyclizine — an antihistamine, C18H21ClN2, used for treating allergies
- chloroethylene — vinyl chloride.
- chlorpromazine — a drug derived from phenothiazine, used as a tranquillizer and sedative, esp in psychotic disorders. Formula: C17H19ClN2S
- chlorthalidone — a diuretic used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and hypertension
- cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
- cholinesterase — an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine to choline and acetic acid
- cholinomimetic — mimicking the action of choline, especially acetylcholine.
- chronicle play — a drama based on a historical subject
- chronometrical — a timepiece or timing device with a special mechanism for ensuring and adjusting its accuracy, for use in determining longitude at sea or for any purpose where very exact measurement of time is required.
- 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.
- clothes hanger — item for hanging clothing
- cochlear nerve — the branch of the auditory nerve that connects with the cochlea and transmits impulses to the hearing center of the brain
- coelanaglyphic — (of pottery) decorated with sunken relief
- coherent light — light in which the electromagnetic waves maintain a fixed and predictable phase relationship with each other over a period of time.
- comprehendable — Misspelling of comprehensible.
- comprehendible — comprehensible
- comprehensible — Something that is comprehensible can be understood.
- comprehensibly — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- conchyliaceous — Alternative form of conchylaceous.
- controllership — an employee, often an officer, of a business firm who checks expenditures, finances, etc.; comptroller.
- convent school — A convent school is a school where many of the teachers are nuns.
- coolheadedness — The state or characteristic of being coolheaded.
- cotton thistle — Scotch thistle.
- crenshaw melon — a variety of melon resembling the casaba, having pinkish flesh.
- crotonaldehyde — a whitish liquid with pungent and suffocating odor, C 4 H 6 O, soluble in water, used as a solvent, in tear gas, and in organic synthesis.
- cyclanthaceous — belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a S American family of tropical plants
- cytotechnology — the microscopic analysis of cells for the early detection of abnormalities and diagnosis of diseases such as cancer
- dcc technology — DCC technology uses a catalytic process to convert heavy hydrocarbons into light olefins.
- dechlorination — the removal of chlorine from a substance
- dehabilitation — (sociology) The process of social estrangement and progressive loosening of social bonds between an individual and his family and society as a result of long-term residence in an institution.
- dehydroretinol — (organic compound) A derivative of retinol having an extra double bond; vitamin A2.
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
- dichloroethane — a colourless toxic liquid compound that is used chiefly as a solvent. Formula: C2H4Cl2
- diethylpropion — a sympathomimetic substance, C 13 H 19 NO⋅HCl, used as an appetite suppressor and a short-term adjunct in the management of certain kinds of obesity.