14-letter words containing s, e, c, a
- herald's trick — a conventional method of indicating a tincture, as by printing or carving without color.
- herbaceousness — The state or quality of being herbaceous.
- historicalness — The quality of being historical.
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
- home secretary — the secretary of state for the Home Office.
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- horse mackerel — bluefin tuna.
- horseshoe arch — an arch with the intrados widening above the springing and then narrowing to a rounded crown.
- horseshoe back — a bow back having a slight outward splay at its bottom.
- horseshoe crab — a large marine arthropod, Limulus polyphemus, of shallow coastal waters of eastern North America and eastern Asia, having both compound and simple eyes, book gills, a stiff tail, and a brown carapace curved like a horseshoe: a living fossil related to the woodlouse.
- house of cards — a structure or plan that is insubstantial and subject to imminent collapse, as a structure made by balancing playing cards against each other: The scheme is so overly complicated that it's likely to prove to be just another house of cards.
- house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
- hunter's sauce — chasseur (def 4).
- hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
- hyperacuteness — the state of being extremely acute or aware
- hyperaesthesic — relating to an extreme capacity for feeling
- hypercatalexis — the addition of one or more syllables after the final foot in a line of verse.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hypermicrosoma — dwarfishness.
- hyperparasitic — Relating to, or exhibiting, hyperparasitism.
- hyperrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- hyperresonance — the state or quality of being resonant.
- hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
- hyperuricemias — Plural form of hyperuricemia.
- iatrochemistry — (in the 16th and 17th centuries) the study of chemistry in relation to the physiology, pathology, and treatment of disease.
- ice-cream soda — An ice-cream soda is a dessert made from ice cream, fruit-flavoured syrup, and soda water. It is usually served in a tall glass.
- ice-cream suit — a man's lightweight summer suit of white or a finely striped or solid pastel color.
- idealistically — of or relating to idealism or idealists.
- idiosyncracies — Plural form of idiosyncracy.
- idiosyncrasies — a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.
- immaculateness — The characteristic of being immaculate; spotlessness.
- implacableness — The quality of being implacable.
- improvisatrice — Female improvisatore.
- in case of sth — If you do something or have something in case of a particular thing, you do it or have it because that thing might happen or be true.
- in high places — People in high places are people who have powerful and influential positions in a government, society, or organization.
- inaccurateness — The quality of being inaccurate.
- incandescently — (of light) produced by incandescence.
- incapabilities — not capable.
- incarcerations — Plural form of incarceration.
- incautiousness — The quality of being incautious.
- incense bearer — a person who carries the censer at religious ceremonies
- inclinableness — a readiness to be inclined or persuaded
- incommensurate — not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
- inconscionable — Obsolete form of unconscionable.
- inconsequentia — Trivia; items or facts of little or no importance.
- inconsiderable — small, as in value, amount, or size.