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16-letter words containing h, o, r, n, s

  • charles coughlinCharles Edward ("Father Coughlin") 1891–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic priest, activist, radio broadcaster, and editor, born in Canada.
  • chase the dragon — to smoke opium or heroin
  • chattel personal — an item of movable personal property, such as furniture, domestic animals, etc
  • chicken mushroom — an edible yellow-to-orange bracket fungus, Laetiporus sulphureus, common on tree trunks, in which it causes wood decay.
  • chinese primrose — any plant of the genus Primula, as P. vulgaris (English primrose) of Europe, having yellow flowers, or P. sinensis (Chinese primrose) of China, having flowers in a variety of colors. Compare primrose family.
  • chipping sparrow — a common North American sparrow, Spizella passerina, having brown-and-grey plumage and a white eye stripe
  • chondrodysplasia — (medicine) A genetic disorder characterized by short-limbed dwarfism.
  • chorioamnionitis — Inflammation of the fetal membranes (amnion and chorion) due to a bacterial infection, most often associated with prolonged labour.
  • choriomeningitis — (medicine) A form of cerebral meningitis associated with inflammation of the choroid plexus.
  • chorionic villus — one of the branching outgrowths of the chorion that, together with maternal tissue, form the placenta.
  • christening robe — a long white dress worn by a baby at his or her christening
  • christian action — an inter-Church movement formed in 1946 to promote Christian ideals in society at large
  • chymotrypsinogen — the inactive precursor of chymotrypsin
  • combined honours — (in British education) a degree course that includes more than one subject
  • commissionership — The role or office of commissioner.
  • concertina crash — a collision in which vehicle after vehicle hits the one ahead in a sequence of events triggered by the first car crash
  • considering that — You use considering that to indicate that you are thinking about a particular fact when making a judgment or giving an opinion.
  • consulting hours — the hours during which health practitioners are available for consultation
  • contour feathers — feathers that form the surface plumage of a bird and determine the outer contour, including the wing and tail feathers
  • corned beef hash — a dish consisting of corned beef chopped and mixed together with mashed potatoes and various other ingredients, then fried
  • cornhusker state — Nebraska (used as a nickname).
  • corona discharge — an electrical discharge appearing on and around the surface of a charged conductor, caused by ionization of the surrounding gas
  • coronary cushion — a thick band of vascular tissue in the coronet of horses and other hoofed animals that secretes the horny wall of the hoof.
  • cowichan sweater — a heavy sweater of grey, unbleached wool with distinctive designs that were originally black-and-white but are now sometimes coloured: knitted originally by Cowichan Indians in British Columbia
  • craftspersonship — The body of activities, skills, techniques, knowledge, and expertise pertinent to (a) particular craft(s).
  • creditworthiness — having a satisfactory credit rating.
  • cut one's throat — to bring about one's own ruin
  • dandruff shampoo — a preparation of soap or detergent used to wash the hair and which helps to control and reduce dandruff
  • data warehousing — the use of large amounts of data taken from multiple sources to create reports and for data analysis
  • dearborn heights — city in SE Mich.: suburb of Detroit: pop. 58,000
  • devonshire cream — clotted cream.
  • devonshire split — a kind of yeast bun split open and served with whipped cream or butter and jam
  • dishonorableness — The property of being dishonorable.
  • dneprodzerzhinsk — a city in the E central Ukraine, in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Dnieper River.
  • do sth in person — If you do something in person, you do it yourself rather than letting someone else do it for you.
  • do the necessary — to do something that is necessary in a particular situation
  • eastern orthodox — of or relating to the Orthodox Church.
  • electromechanics — the engineering aspects of devices that are controlled by either static or magnetic electric charges
  • electronic flash — Photography
  • electrosynthesis — synthesis produced by means of an electric current
  • ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
  • false dragonhead — a North American plant, Physostegia virginiana, of the mint family, having a spike of tubular, two-lipped, pink or white flowers.
  • farmington hills — a city in SE Michigan.
  • fashion designer — creator of clothing designs
  • fashion industry — the industry that deals with the world of fashion
  • father confessor — confessor (def 2).
  • finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
  • fisherman's knot — a knot for joining two ropes of equal thickness consisting of an overhand knot or double overhand knot by each rope round the other, so that the two knots jam when pulled tight
  • flash eliminator — a device fitted to the muzzle of a firearm to reduce the flash made by the ignited propellant gases
  • floridean starch — the storage polysaccharide of red algae.
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