16-letter words containing s, a, l, c, h
- kirchhoff's laws — the law that the algebraic sum of the currents flowing toward any point in an electric network is zero.
- knuckle sandwich — a punch in the mouth with a clenched fist.
- lachryma christi — a table wine produced from grapes grown near Vesuvius, in Italy.
- lake havasu city — a city in W central Arizona.
- lancashire chair — a chair similar to a Windsor chair, having a rush seat and a back formed of spindles.
- lapsang souchong — a large-leafed variety of China tea with a slightly smoky flavour
- larsen ice shelf — an ice barrier in Antarctica, in the NW Weddell Sea, on the E coast of the Antarctic Peninsula: first explored 1893.
- laughing jackass — kookaburra.
- league champions — the team that has come top of the league
- least flycatcher — a small flycatcher, Empidonax minimus, of eastern North America.
- louisiana french — French as spoken in Louisiana; Cajun. Abbreviation: LaF.
- lumberjack shirt — a thick checked shirt, as worn by lumberjacks
- lymphangiectasia — (medicine) dilation of the lymphatic vessels.
- lymphangiectasis — Alt form lymphangiectasia.
- lymphatic system — an extensive network of capillary vessels that transports the interstitial fluid of the body as lymph to the venous blood circulation
- lymphatic tissue — tissue, such as the lymph nodes, tonsils, spleen, and thymus, that produces lymphocytes
- mach's principle — the proposition that there is no absolute space and that the inertia and acceleration of a body are determined by all of the matter of the universe.
- machiavellianism — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
- machine washable — suitable for washing in a washing machine
- malchus-porphyry — (Malchus) a.d. c233–c304, Greek philosopher.
- marsh cinquefoil — a variety of cinquefoil, Potentilla palustris, that grows in marshy areas
- mcnaughten rules — (in English law) a set of rules established by the case of Regina v. McNaughten (1843) by which legal proof of insanity in the commission of a crime depends upon whether or not the accused can show either that he did not know what he was doing or that he is incapable of realizing that what he was doing was wrong
- medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
- mexican hairless — one of a breed of small dogs having no hair except for a tuft on the top of the head and a little fuzz on the lower part of the tail.
- michaelmas daisy — an aster.
- misanthropically — In a misanthropic manner.
- missile launcher — system that fires missiles
- mit lisp machine — Lisp Machine
- monotheistically — In a monotheistic manner.
- nanotechnologies — Plural form of nanotechnology.
- nanotechnologist — Someone who does research into nanotechnology; someone studying things on the scale of nanometers.
- nephrocalcinosis — (medicine) The deposition of calcium salts in the renal parenchyma due to hyperparathyroidism.
- neurasthenically — In a neurasthenic way.
- nicholas of cusa — 1401–64, German cardinal, philosopher, and mathematician: anticipated Copernicus in asserting that the earth revolves around the sun
- non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- nonphysiological — of or relating to physiology.
- north charleston — a city in SE South Carolina.
- oligosaccharides — Plural form of oligosaccharide.
- open scholarship — a scholarship which anyone can apply for
- osteoarchaeology — the branch of archaeology that deals with the study of bones found at archaeological sites
- parochial school — a primary or secondary private school supervised by a religious organization, especially a Roman Catholic day school affiliated with a parish or a holy order.
- particle physics — the branch of physics that deals with the properties and behavior of elementary particles.
- pascal's theorem — the theorem that the lines joining adjacent vertices of a hexagon intersect the same straight line if alternate vertices lie on two intersecting straight lines.
- pavillon chinois — crescent (def 6).
- pencil sharpener — tool for sharpening pencils to a point
- people's charter — the principles or movement of a party of political reformers, chiefly workingmen, in England from 1838 to 1848: so called from the document (People's Charter or National Charter) that contained a statement of their principles and demands.
- phantasmagorical — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
- philanthropistic — a person who practices philanthropy.
- physical address — (memory management) The address presented to a computer's main memory in a virtual memory system, in contrast to the virtual address which is the address generated by the CPU. A memory management unit translates virtual addresses into physical addresses.
- physical fitness — good physical condition