14-letter words containing r, e, c, n, t, h
- cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
- cyproheptadine — a type of antihistamine drug used in the treatment of allergies
- dechlorination — the removal of chlorine from a substance
- dechristianize — to make non-Christian
- dennis ritchie — (person) Dennis M. Ritchie, co-author of the Unix operating system, inventor of the C programming language and demigod. See also K&R, Core War, If you want X, you know where to find it.
- dichloroethane — a colourless toxic liquid compound that is used chiefly as a solvent. Formula: C2H4Cl2
- disenchantress — a woman who disenchants
- disinheritance — Law. to exclude from inheritance (an heir or a next of kin).
- drainage ditch — a ditch that excess water drains into
- dream merchant — a person, as a moviemaker or advertiser, who panders to or seeks to develop the public's craving for luxury, romance, or escapism.
- dwarf chestnut — the edible nut of the chinquapin tree
- east greenwich — a town in central Rhode Island.
- eastern church — any of the churches originating in countries formerly part of the Eastern Roman Empire, observing an Eastern rite and adhering to the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed; Byzantine Church.
- eastern thrace — an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
- eleventh chord — a chord much used in jazz, consisting of a major or minor triad upon which are superimposed the seventh, ninth, and eleventh above the root
- enantiomorphic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting enantiomorphism.
- endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system
- epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
- ethnographical — Ethnographic.
- eutrophication — Excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.
- farfetchedness — the quality of being far-fetched
- forenoon watch — the watch from 8 a.m. until noon.
- french cricket — a child's game resembling cricket, in which the batsman's legs are used as the wicket
- french mustard — a mild mustard paste made with vinegar rather than water
- french tickler — a condom designed with knobs, projections, etc.
- friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
- gamine haircut — a boyish or elfish hairstyle, esp on a woman
- geochronometry — the determination of the absolute age of earth materials, as by radiometric dating.
- gerontomorphic — relating to mature masculine characteristics
- grape hyacinth — any plant belonging to the genus Muscari, of the lily family, as M. botryoides, having globular, blue flowers resembling tiny grapes.
- graphic accent — any mark written above a letter, especially one indicating stress in pronunciation, as in Spanish rápido.
- greenwich time — the time as measured on the prime meridian running through Greenwich, England: used in England and as a standard of calculation elsewhere.
- gunter's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- haitian creole — the creolized French that is the native language of most Haitians.
- hearing defect — a physical condition that makes it difficult for a person to hear accurately
- heart-stricken — deeply grieved or greatly dismayed
- heartwrenching — Having a painful emotional impact; causing grief or distress.
- heat conductor — a material or device that conducts heat
- heat exchanger — a device for transferring the heat of one substance to another, as from the exhaust gases to the incoming air in a regenerative furnace.
- heliocentrical — Alternative form of heliocentric.
- hepatopancreas — a large gland of shrimps, lobsters, and crabs that combines the functions of a liver and pancreas.
- heracliteanism — the philosophy of Heraclitus, maintaining the perpetual change of all things, the only abiding thing being the logos, or orderly principle, according to which the change takes place.
- hermeneuticist — One who studies hermeneutics.
- heterochronism — a change in the stage at which developmental processes take place relative to members of the same species
- heterochronous — a genetic shift in timing of the development of a tissue or anatomical part, or in the onset of a physiological process, relative to an ancestor.
- heteroromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the opposite gender.
- historicalness — The quality of being historical.
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- horrorstricken — Alternative spelling of horror-stricken.