14-letter words containing h, p, c, o
- the palaeozoic — the Palaeozoic era
- theotocopoulos — Domenikos [th aw-men-ee-kaws] /ðɔˈmɛn i kɔs/ (Show IPA), El Greco.
- therianthropic — being partly bestial and partly human in form.
- thermoperiodic — responding to or affected by periodic differences in temperatures.
- thermoreceptor — a receptor stimulated by changes in temperature.
- thought police — a group of people with totalitarian views on a given subject, who constantly monitor others for any deviation from prescribed thinking
- thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
- tomato ketchup — sauce made from tomatoes
- top-hat scheme — a pension scheme for the senior executives of an organization
- tortilla chips — snack food: corn crisps
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
- trichophytosis — a skin infection caused by a trichophyton
- tripe-de-roche — rock tripe.
- tropical month — the period of time taken by the moon to return to the same longitude after one complete revolution around the earth; 27.321 58 days (approximately 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 4.5 seconds)
- uitzilopochtli — the Aztec god of war and of the sun.
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- unapproachable — not capable of being approached; remote; unreachable: an unapproachable spot; an unapproachable person.
- uncomprehended — not comprehended or understood
- underhand chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop where the axeman stands on the log, which is placed on the ground
- unhypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unsophisticate — not sophisticated
- vector graphic — a computer image that is stored in memory as lines rather than a series of dots, allowing it to be rotated or proportionally scaled.
- whooping cough — an infectious disease of the respiratory mucous membrane, caused by Bordetella pertussis, characterized by a series of short, convulsive coughs followed by a deep inspiration accompanied by a whooping sound.
- whooping crane — a white North American crane, Grus americana, having a loud, whooping call: an endangered species.
- winnipeg couch — a couch with no arms or back, opening out into a double bed
- world champion — someone who has won a competition open to people throughout the whole world
- xenophobically — relating to or exhibiting fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.
- xerophytically — As a xerophyte.
- zinc phosphide — a dark-gray, gritty, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, Zn 3 P 2 , used chiefly as a rodenticide.