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14-letter words containing i, t, c, h, e

  • baltimore chop — a batted ball that takes a high bounce upon hitting the ground on or immediately in front of home plate, often enabling the batter to reach first base safely.
  • be cursed with — to be afflicted with; suffer from
  • be struck with — to be attracted to or impressed by
  • big red switch — (jargon)   (BRS) IBM jargon for the power switch on a computer, especially the "Emergency Pull" switch on an IBM mainframe or the power switch on an IBM PC where it really is large and red. "This [email protected]%$% bitty box is hung again; time to hit the Big Red Switch." It is alleged that the emergency pull switch on an IBM 360/91 actually fired a non-conducting bolt into the main power feed; the BRSes on more recent mainframes physically drop a block into place so that they can't be pushed back in. People get fired for pulling them, especially inappropriately (see also molly-guard). Compare power cycle, three-finger salute, 120 reset; see also scram switch.
  • biomathematics — the study of the application of mathematics to biology
  • blanket stitch — a strong reinforcing stitch for the edges of blankets and other thick material
  • blanket-stitch — a basic sewing stitch in which widely spaced, interlocking loops, or purls, are formed, used for cutwork, as a decorative finish for edges, etc.
  • branchiostegal — of or relating to the operculum covering the gill slits of fish
  • brewster chair — a chair of 17th-century New England having heavy turned uprights with vertical turned spindles filling in the back, the space beneath the arms, and the spaces between the legs.
  • bronchial tube — Your bronchial tubes are the two tubes which connect your windpipe to your lungs.
  • bronchiectasis — chronic dilation of the bronchi or bronchial tubes, which often become infected
  • c with classes — Short-lived predecessor to C++.
  • cache conflict — (storage)   A sequence of accesses to memory repeatedly overwriting the same cache entry. This can happen if two blocks of data, which are mapped to the same set of cache locations, are needed simultaneously. For example, in the case of a direct mapped cache, if arrays A, B, and C map to the same range of cache locations, thrashing will occur when the following loop is executed: See also ping-pong.
  • café macchiato — a hot beverage consisting of espresso and a small amount of foamed milk.
  • campaign chest — money collected and set aside for use in a campaign, especially a political one; a campaign fund.
  • canada thistle — a prickly European weed (Cirsium arvense) of the composite family, with heads of purplish flowers and wavy leaves: now common as a fast-spreading, injurious weed throughout the N U.S.
  • cap the climax — to be or do more than could be expected or believed
  • cartoonishness — The state or condition of being cartoonish.
  • cat's whiskers — Radio. a stiff wire forming one contact in a crystal detector and used for probing the crystal.
  • catachrestical — Catachrestic.
  • catastrophized — Simple past tense and past participle of catastrophize.
  • catcher's mitt — the glove worn by the catcher to protect the hands
  • catechumenship — the office or position of a catechumen
  • cathedral city — a city that has a cathedral
  • catherine parr — Catherine, Catherine Parr.
  • centrolecithal — (of animal eggs) having a centrally located yolk
  • cephalometrics — The measurement and analysis of the craniofacial area, especially as an aid to dental or orthodontic procedures.
  • cercopithecoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the primate superfamily Cercopithecoidea (Old World monkeys)
  • chain reaction — A chain reaction is a series of chemical changes, each of which causes the next.
  • chalcotrichite — a fibrous variety of cuprite.
  • channelization — the action or process of channelizing
  • chantilly lace — a delicate ornamental lace
  • characterising — Present participle of characterise.
  • characteristic — The characteristics of a person or thing are the qualities or features that belong to them and make them recognizable.
  • characterizing — Present participle of characterize.
  • charge density — the electric charge per unit volume of a medium or body or per unit area of a surface
  • charitableness — (uncountable) The quality of being charitable.
  • charles wright — Charles, born 1935, U.S. poet.
  • charter flight — a flight booked by a holiday company to transport their customers
  • chase pointers — (programming)   To determine a chain of memory locations where each location holds a pointer to the next, starting from some initial pointer, e.g. traversing a linked list or other graph structure. This may be performed by a computer executing a program or by a programmer going through a core dump or using a debugger.
  • check register — A check register is a record of transactions in a checking account.
  • check-out time — the time by which one has to check out of a hotel
  • chemical agent — an agent that produces chemical reactions
  • chemical plant — a factory that produces or processes chemicals
  • chemical toner — toner (def 4).
  • chemical-toner — a person or thing that tones.
  • chemoreception — the response of a chemoreceptor to chemical stimuli
  • chemoreceptive — responsive to chemical stimuli
  • chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
  • chemosterilize — to sterilize (insects or other animals) with a chemosterilant.
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