14-letter words containing l, a, c, h
- framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
- free cash flow — Free cash flow is revenue of a business that is available to spend.
- friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
- galactophorous — bearing milk; lactiferous.
- galeopithecine — of, relating to, or resembling the flying lemur (Galeopithecus)
- galeopithecoid — of or resembling a flying lemur
- galley kitchen — a household kitchen designed with kitchen units on both sides and no kitchen table
- garlic crusher — a kitchen implement used to crush cloves of garlic
- genethliacally — from a genethliac point of view
- genethlialogic — relating to the science of casting horoscopes
- geographically — of or relating to geography.
- glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
- glyceraldehyde — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 3 H 6 O 3 , that is an intermediate in carbohydrate metabolism and yields glycerol on reduction.
- googlewhacking — The action of searching for googlewhacks.
- gothic revival — a Gothic style of architecture popular between the late 18th and late 19th centuries, exemplified by the Houses of Parliament in London (1840)
- gouldian finch — a multicoloured finch, Chloebia gouldiae, of tropical N Australia
- grade-schooler — a pupil in a grade school.
- grammar school — an elementary school.
- graph coloring — graph colouring
- graphite cloth — a nonwoven fabric made by embedding carbon fibers in a plastic bonding material, used in layers as a substitute for sheet metal, as in the construction of aircraft wings.
- greek catholic — a member of the Greek Orthodox Church.
- haematological — Alternative spelling of hematological.
- hagiographical — Hagiographic.
- hairline crack — a very fine crack
- haitian creole — the creolized French that is the native language of most Haitians.
- hale telescope — the 200-inch (508-cm) reflector at the Palomar Observatory.
- half-completed — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- half-concealed — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
- half-conscious — aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
- half-convinced — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
- halicarnassian — an ancient city of Caria, in SW Asia Minor: site of the Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
- halley's comet — a comet with a period averaging 76 years. In this century it was visible to terrestrial observers just before and after reaching perihelion in 1910 and again in 1986.
- hallucinations — Plural form of hallucination.
- hallucinogenic — producing hallucinations: a hallucinogenic drug.
- hamilcar barca — c270–228 b.c, Carthaginian general and statesman (father of Hannibal).
- hanging scroll — a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
- haplodiplontic — (biology, of a life cycle) Having multicellular diploid and haploid stages.
- happy-go-lucky — trusting cheerfully to luck; happily unworried or unconcerned.
- hardshell clam — quahog.
- hardware cloth — galvanized steel wire screen with a mesh usually between 0.25 and 0.5 inches (0.64 and 1.27 cm), used for coarse sieves, animal cages, and the like.
- harlequin duck — a small diving duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, of North America and Iceland, the male of which has bluish-gray plumage marked with black, white, and chestnut.
- hash collision — (programming) (Or "hash clash") When two different keys hash to the same value, i.e. to the same location in a hash table.
- have a lock on — to be sure of winning, gaining, or controlling
- haven't a clue — If you haven't a clue about something, you do not know anything about it or you have no idea what to do about it.
- health officer — an official who administers laws pertaining to health, especially sanitation.
- health physics — the branch of physics concerned with the health and safety of people in medical, scientific, and industrial work, esp with protection from the biological effects of ionizing radiation
- health service — system of medical care
- hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- helicopter dad — a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort.
- helicopter pad — landing area