18-letter words containing m, i, c, h
- stoichiometrically — of or relating to stoichiometry.
- stokely carmichael — Hoagland Howard [hohg-luh nd] /ˈhoʊg lənd/ (Show IPA), ("Hoagy") 1899–1981, U.S. songwriter and musician.
- submarine sandwich — a sandwich made with a long cylindrical bread roll
- survival mechanism — something you or your body does automatically, in order to survive in a dangerous or unpleasant situation
- swedish gymnastics — a system of passive and active exercising of muscles and joints
- sympathetic strike — sympathy strike.
- sympathetic string — a thin wire string, as in various obsolete musical instruments, designed to vibrate sympathetically with the bowed or plucked strings to reinforce the sound.
- synthetic geometry — elementary geometry, as distinct from analytic geometry.
- systematic phoneme — a phonological unit in generative phonology representing an underlying form that takes into account the relationship between phonological patterns and morphological variation, as the unit underlying the second vowel in both derive and derivative.
- teaching equipment — teaching aids
- the american dream — the notion that the American social, economic, and political system makes success possible for every individual
- the black mountain — a mountain range in S Wales, in E Carmarthenshire and W Powys. Highest peak: Carmarthen Van, 802 m (2632 ft)
- the dismal science — a name for economics coined by Thomas Carlyle
- the family compact — the ruling oligarchy in Upper Canada in the early 19th century
- the uncircumcision — the gentiles
- thermal efficiency — the ratio of the work output of a heat engine to the heat input expressed in the same units of energy.
- thermionic current — an electric current produced by the flow of thermions.
- thermoluminescence — phosphorescence produced by the heating of a substance.
- thioantimonic acid — a hypothetical acid, H3SbS4, known only in the form of its salts
- to come unstitched — to go wrong or awry
- to take the mickey — If you take the mickey out of someone or something, you make fun of them, usually in an unkind way.
- vermilion rockfish — a scarlet-red rockfish, Sebastes miniatus, inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America, important as a food fish.
- watchdog committee — a committee responsible for monitoring standards of behaviour
- white-collar crime — any of various crimes, as embezzlement, fraud, or stealing office equipment, committed by business or professional people while working at their occupations.
- whittaker chambers — Robert, 1802–71, Scottish publisher and editor.
- widemouth blindcat — any of several catfishes, as Satan eurystomus (widemouth blindcat) of Texas, that inhabit underground streams and have undeveloped eyes and unpigmented skin.
- witch hazel family — the plant family Hamamelidaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having alternate, simple leaves, flowers in clusters or heads, and fruit in the form of a double-beaked woody capsule, and including the sweet gum, witch alder, and witch hazel.
- world championship — an international competition in a particular sport or activity for people all around the world
- writ of attachment — a document by which a court orders the seizing of property in order to ensure satisfaction of a judgement