14-letter words containing l, i, e, c, h
- tip the scales — to exercise a decisive influence
- trichloracetic — as in trichloracetic acid
- trickle charge — a continuous, slow charge supplied to a storage battery to keep it in a fully charged state.
- tumbler switch — electrical control
- turning chisel — a chisel used for shaping work on a lathe.
- un-challenging — offering a challenge; testing one's ability, endurance, etc: a challenging course; a challenging game.
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- undecipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- unemphatically — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
- unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
- unmathematical — not characterized by or using the precision of mathematics; inexact; imprecise
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
- variable-pitch — (of a propeller) controllable-pitch.
- victor charlie — a Vietcong or the Vietcong; the VC.
- village school — a school in a village
- vinyl chloride — a colorless, easily liquefied, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, C 2 H 3 Cl, having a pleasant, etherlike odor: used in the manufacture of plastics, as a refrigerant, and in the synthesis of polyvinyl chloride and other organic compounds.
- visible speech — the representation in graphic or pictorial form of characteristics of speech, as by means of sound spectrograms.
- whale watching — the activity of observing whales in their natural surroundings
- wheel clamping — the practice of attaching wheel clamps to vehicles
- whiplash-curve — the lash of a whip.
- white charlock — a related plant, Raphanus raphanistrum, with yellow, mauve, or white flowers and podlike fruits
- white-knuckled — causing fear, apprehension, or panic: The plane made a white-knuckle approach to the fogged-in airport.
- wild buckwheat — umbrella plant (def 3).
- winter clothes — the type of heavy, warm clothing that people tend to wear in very cold weather
- wristlet watch — a watch that is attached to a band or bracelet
- xenophobically — relating to or exhibiting fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.
- xerophytically — As a xerophyte.