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16-letter words containing s, e, h, u

  • church invisible — the entire body of Christian believers on earth and in heaven.
  • church suffering — the souls in purgatory.
  • chuvash republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga valley: generally low-lying with undulating plains and large areas of forest. Capital: Cheboksary. Pop: 1 313 900 (2002). Area: 18 300 sq km (7064 sq miles)
  • circuit switched — circuit switching
  • cluster headache — a type of recurrent headache characterized by sudden onset and intense pain on one side of the face near the eye
  • cobweb houseleek — a small southern European plant, Sempervivum arachoideum, of the stonecrop family, having a dense, globular cluster of cobwebby leaves and red flowers on hairy stalks.
  • cochineal cactus — a treelike cactus, Nopalea cochenillifera, of Mexico and Central America, that is a principal source of food of the cochineal insect.
  • columbia heights — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
  • combined honours — (in British education) a degree course that includes more than one subject
  • commission house — a brokerage firm that buys and sells for customers on a commission basis
  • continuous hinge — a long narrow hinge that runs the full length of the two surfaces to which its leaves are joined.
  • contour feathers — feathers that form the surface plumage of a bird and determine the outer contour, including the wing and tail feathers
  • cornhusker state — Nebraska (used as a nickname).
  • crash test dummy — a dummy used in crash tests
  • cross-cut chisel — a chisel used for making grooves
  • cut a wide swath — to make an ostentatious display or forceful impression
  • cut one's throat — to bring about one's own ruin
  • cut to the chase — If someone cuts to the chase, they start talking about or dealing with what is important, instead of less important things.
  • cystourethrocele — A urethrocele occurring with a cystocele.
  • data warehousing — the use of large amounts of data taken from multiple sources to create reports and for data analysis
  • diesel-hydraulic — a locomotive driven by a diesel engine through hydraulic transmission and torque converters
  • dimethyl sulfate — a colorless or yellow, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, (CH 3) 2 SO 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • disorderly house — a house of prostitution; brothel.
  • distinguishments — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
  • do business with — trade or deal with
  • drumhead service — a religious service attended by members of a military unit while in the field
  • dual citizenship — Also called dual nationality. the status of a person who is a legal citizen of two or more countries.
  • duchess of malfi — a tragedy (1614?) by John Webster.
  • dunderheadedness — Stupidity.
  • easter sepulcher — sepulcher (def 2).
  • easter-sepulcher — a tomb, grave, or burial place.
  • enough is enough — expressing exasperation
  • enthusiastically — In an enthusiastic manner.
  • entrepreneurship — The art or science of innovation and risk-taking for profit in business.
  • episcopal church — an autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland and the US
  • escutcheon plate — a plate or shield that surrounds a keyhole, door handle, light switch, etc, esp an ornamental one protecting a door or wall surface
  • ethnolinguistics — The field of linguistic anthropology which studies the language of a specific ethnic group.
  • exchange student — sb who studies abroad
  • exhaust analysis — An exhaust analysis is an examination of the constituents of an engine's gases, vapors, and particulates.
  • exhaust manifold — An exhaust manifold is a heat-resistant tube that connects an engine to an exhaust pipe.
  • farmhouse cheese — cheese that is made by traditional methods, on or as if on a farm
  • fashion business — the business dealing with style in clothes, cosmetics, behaviour, etc, esp the latest or most admired style
  • father-surrogate — a male who replaces an absent father and becomes an object of attachment.
  • ferrous sulphate — an iron salt with a saline taste, usually obtained as greenish crystals of the heptahydrate, which are converted to the white monohydrate above 100°C: used in inks, tanning, water purification, and in the treatment of anaemia. Formula: FeSO4
  • figure of speech — any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, personification, or antithesis, in which words are used in other than their literal sense, or in other than their ordinary locutions, in order to suggest a picture or image or for other special effect. Compare trope (def 1).
  • finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
  • flashbulb memory — the clear recollections that a person may have of the circumstances associated with a dramatic event
  • follicular phase — a stage of the menstrual cycle, from onset of menstruation to ovulation.
  • forbush decrease — the sudden decrease in the intensity of cosmic rays after an increase in solar activity.
  • founders' shares — shares awarded to the founders of a company and often granting special privileges
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