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14-letter words containing s, c, i, o, r, h

  • cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
  • cholinesterase — an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine to choline and acetic acid
  • chondrogenesis — the growth of cartilage
  • chondromatosis — a painful and immobilizing condition that affects the joints, in particular the elbow, hip, and knee joints, and results in the synovial tissue becoming cartilaginous
  • choral society — an organization of amateur singers
  • choreographies — Plural form of choreography.
  • choroid plexus — a multilobed vascular membrane, projecting into the cerebral ventricles, that secretes cerebrospinal fluid
  • chrestomathies — Plural form of chrestomathy.
  • christ's thorn — a thorny euphorbiaceous Madagascan shrub, Euphorbia milii var. splendens, cultivated as a hedging shrub or pot plant, having flowers with scarlet bracts
  • christ's-thorn — any of certain Old World thorny shrubs or small trees supposed to have been used for Christ's crown of thorns, as the Jerusalem thorn, Paliurus spina-christi, or the jujube, Ziziphus jujuba.
  • christmas rose — an evergreen ranunculaceous plant, Helleborus niger, of S Europe and W Asia, with white or pinkish winter-blooming flowers
  • christocentric — having as the theological focal point the teachings and practices of Jesus Christ.
  • chromatic sign — Music. accidental (def 5).
  • chromium steel — a very hard alloy steel containing chromium
  • chromodynamics — a theory that describes how gluons and their forces bind quarks together to form protons, neutrons, etc.
  • chromoproteins — Plural form of chromoprotein.
  • claustrophilia — abnormal pleasure derived from being in a confined space
  • claustrophobia — Someone who suffers from claustrophobia feels very uncomfortable or anxious when they are in small or enclosed places.
  • claustrophobic — You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
  • clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
  • clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
  • clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
  • cloister garth — garth (def 1).
  • co-chairperson — one of two or more joint chairpersons.
  • cochairmanship — the position of being one of the two chairmen of an organization
  • cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
  • colporrhaphies — Plural form of colporrhaphy.
  • comprehensible — Something that is comprehensible can be understood.
  • comprehensibly — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • comprehensions — Plural form of comprehension.
  • comprehensives — Plural form of comprehensive.
  • coniferophytes — Plural form of coniferophyte.
  • container ship — A container ship is a ship that is designed for carrying goods that are packed in large metal or wooden boxes.
  • controllership — an employee, often an officer, of a business firm who checks expenditures, finances, etc.; comptroller.
  • coppersmithing — The work of a coppersmith; the forging of copper.
  • corpus christi — a festival in honour of the Eucharist, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday
  • cosmochemistry — the study of the chemical composition of the celestial bodies
  • cosmographical — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
  • countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
  • counterweights — Plural form of counterweight.
  • courtesy light — the interior light in a motor vehicle
  • credit history — a record of how promptly a person pays back loans, credits, etc, over time
  • cross holdings — the holding of shares by one company in another company
  • cross matching — the testing for compatibility of a donor's and a recipient's blood prior to transfusion, in which serum of each is mixed with red blood cells of the other and observed for hemagglutination.
  • cross-hatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
  • cryoanesthesia — (pathology) Insensibility resulting from cold.
  • cryptographist — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
  • cryptorchidism — a congenital condition in which one or both testicles fail to descend into the scrotum
  • cuproscheelite — (mineral) A mineral (CuWO4) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
  • curiosity shop — a shop selling unusual items and curios
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