15-letter words containing i, h, r
- carding machine — card2 (defs 1, 2).
- carmarthenshire — a county of S Wales, formerly part of Dyfed (1974–96): on Carmarthen Bay, with the Cambrian Mountains in the N: generally agricultural (esp dairying). Administrative centre: Carmarthen. Pop: 176 000 (2003 est). Area: 2398 sq km (926 sq miles)
- carrying charge — the opportunity cost of unproductive assets, such as goods stored in a warehouse
- cashier's check — A cashier's check is one which a cashier signs and which is drawn on a bank's own funds.
- catastrophising — Present participle of catastrophise.
- catastrophizing — Present participle of catastrophize.
- catch (on) fire — to begin burning; ignite
- catharine wheel — Catherine wheel.
- cathedral choir — the choir, traditionally consisting of boys and men, that sings in cathedral services
- catherine wheel — A Catherine wheel is a firework in the shape of a circle which spins round and round.
- catheterisation — Alternative spelling of catheterization.
- catheterization — to introduce a catheter into.
- catholic church — any of several Churches claiming to have maintained continuity with the ancient and undivided Church
- central heating — Central heating is a heating system for buildings. Air or water is heated in one place and travels round a building through pipes and radiators.
- cephalothoracic — the anterior part of the body in certain arachnids and crustaceans, consisting of the coalesced head and thorax.
- certified check — A certified check is a check that is guaranteed by a bank, because the bank has set aside sufficient money in the account.
- chairpersonship — a person who presides over a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- chamois leather — soft cleaning cloth
- chandler period — the period of the oscillation (Chandler wobble) of the earth's axis, varying between 416 and 433 days.
- channel surfing — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
- channel-surfing — Channel-surfing is the same as channel-hopping.
- character piece — a short, simple piece, usually for piano, of a type developed chiefly during the 19th century, often of a descriptive or seemingly improvisatory character.
- character trait — a notable feature of a person's character
- characteristick — Obsolete form of characteristic.
- characteristics — Also, characteristical. pertaining to, constituting, or indicating the character or peculiar quality of a person or thing; typical; distinctive: Red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn.
- characterizable — Able to be characterized.
- charismatically — In a charismatic way.
- charlatanically — In a charlatanic manner.
- charles dickens — Charles (John Huf·fam) [huhf-uh m] /ˈhʌf əm/ (Show IPA), ("Boz") 1812–70, English novelist.
- charles simonyi — (person) Microsoft programmer, most famously responsible for Hungarian Notation. Simonyi was born in Budapest in 1948, and for more than a decade was senior programmer at Microsoft in Redmond.
- charles tiffany — Charles Lewis, 1812–1902, U.S. jeweler.
- charlottesville — city in central Va.: pop. 45,000
- charm offensive — If you say that someone has launched a charm offensive, you disapprove of the fact that they are being very friendly to their opponents or people who are causing problems for them.
- chartophylacium — (in a medieval church) a place for the keeping of records and documents.
- chateau-thierry — a town in N central France, on the River Marne: scene of the second battle of the Marne (1918) during World War I. Pop: 14 967 (1999)
- chaulmoogra oil — a brownish-yellow oil or soft fat expressed from the seeds of a chaulmoogra tree, used formerly in the treatment of leprosy and skin diseases.
- chemolithotroph — Chemoautotroph.
- chemoprevention — the prevention of disease, esp cancer, by means of chemical agents
- chemopsychiatry — the study and application of chemical substances in psychiatry
- chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
- cheshire cheese — a mild-flavoured cheese with a crumbly texture, originally made in Cheshire
- chesterfieldian — of or like Lord Chesterfield; suave; elegant; polished
- cheval de frise — a portable obstacle, usually a sawhorse, covered with projecting spikes or barbed wire, for military use in closing a passage, breaking in a defensive wall, etc.
- cheval-de-frise — a portable barrier of spikes, sword blades, etc, used to obstruct the passage of cavalry
- chi-square test — a test derived from the chi-square distribution to compare the goodness of fit of theoretical and observed frequency distributions or to compare nominal data derived from unmatched groups of subjects
- chicken cholera — fowl cholera.
- chicken lobster — a young lobster weighing 1 pound (0.4 kg) or less.
- chicken-hearted — easily frightened; cowardly
- chicken-livered — timid; fearful; cowardly.
- chief inspector — an officer of high rank in British police forces