15-letter words containing i, n, c, h, t
- chemotaxonomist — a specialist in the field of chemotaxonomy
- chest infection — a respiratory infection mainly affecting the chest
- chesterfieldian — of or like Lord Chesterfield; suave; elegant; polished
- chestnut blight — a disease of chestnut trees, caused by a fungus (Endothia parasitica), that has virtually destroyed the American chestnut
- chewing tobacco — tobacco, in the form of a plug, usually flavored, for chewing rather than smoking.
- chicken lobster — a young lobster weighing 1 pound (0.4 kg) or less.
- chicken nuggets — small pieces of chicken fried in batter
- chicken-hearted — easily frightened; cowardly
- chief assistant — the most important or top-ranking assistant to an official
- chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
- chief inspector — an officer of high rank in British police forces
- child abduction — the crime of removing a child from its rightful home
- child battering — child abuse in the form of battering
- child endowment — a social security payment for dependent children
- child restraint — a device used to protect a child in a motor vehicle
- child-battering — the physical abuse of a child by a parent or guardian, as by beating.
- child-resistant — that resists being opened, tampered with, or damaged by a child; childproof: a child-resistant medicine cabinet.
- chiller cabinet — a cupboard or chest in a shop where chilled foods and drinks are displayed and kept cool
- chilling effect — a discouraging or deterring effect, especially one resulting from a restrictive law or regulation.
- chimney-pot hat — a high silk hat; top hat.
- chinese crested — a small dog of a Chinese breed having long slender legs and a hairless body with hair only on the feet, head, and tail
- chinese gelatin — agar (def 1).
- chinese lantern — a collapsible lantern made of thin coloured paper
- chinese mustard — brown mustard.
- chintz curtains — curtains made of chintz
- chitlin circuit — a group of clubs and theaters featuring black performers and intended to appeal to black people.
- cholangiectasis — Dilation of the bile ducts.
- cholecystokinin — a hormone secreted by duodenal cells that stimulates the contraction of the gall bladder and secretion of pancreatic enzymes
- chorda tendinea — any of the tendons extending from the papillary muscles to the atrioventricular valves and preventing the valves from moving into the atria during ventricular contraction.
- chorioallantoic — relating to the chorioallantois
- chorioallantois — the membrane of a fetus that is formed by the merging of the allantois and the chorion
- chorioretinitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the choroid and retina of the eye.
- christadelphian — a member of a Christian millenarian sect founded in the US about 1848, holding that only the just will enter eternal life, that the wicked will be annihilated, and that the ignorant, the unconverted, and infants will not be raised from the dead
- chronobiologist — A person who is involved in chronobiology.
- chryse planitia — a plain on Mars, the landing site of the Viking I spacecraft.
- church militant — those Christians on earth who are engaged in a continuous war against evil and the enemies of Christ.
- cinematographed — a motion-picture projector.
- cinematographer — A cinematographer is a person who decides what filming techniques should be used during the shooting of a film.
- cinematographic — a motion-picture projector.
- coffee whitener — a milk substitute to put in coffee
- come to nothing — plan, idea: fail
- communion cloth — corporal3 .
- communist china — China, People's Republic of.
- community chest — a fund raised by voluntary contribution for local welfare activities
- compotationship — the state of being a compotator or drinking companion
- conservatorship — the legal status of a person appointed by a court to protect the interests of someone, such as a child, who is unable to manage his or her own affairs
- consonant shift — a change, or a set of connected changes, in the articulation of consonants in any language or family of languages
- cooktown orchid — a purple Australian orchid, Dendrobium bigibbum, found in Queensland, of which it is the floral emblem
- corn-root aphid — an aphid, Anuraphis maidiradicis, that lives as a symbiont in colonies of cornfield ants and feeds on the roots of corn: an agricultural pest.
- costochondritis — (medicine) A benign inflammation of the costal cartilage, causing pain between the ribs.