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

  • 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.
  • christian name — Some people refer to their first names as their Christian names.
  • christian year — a year in the ecclesiastical calendar, used especially in reference to the various feast days and special seasons.
  • christiansburg — a town in SW Virginia.
  • christmas bush — any of various trees or shrubs flowering at Christmas and used for decoration
  • christmas cake — A Christmas cake is a special cake that is eaten at Christmas in Britain and some other countries.
  • christmas card — Christmas cards are cards with greetings, which people send to their friends and family at Christmas.
  • christmas club — a savings account in a bank in which regular deposits are made, usually throughout one year, as to provide funds for Christmas shopping.
  • christmas fern — an evergreen fern, Polystichum acrostichoides, having dense clusters of stiff fronds growing from a central rootstock.
  • christmas rose — an evergreen ranunculaceous plant, Helleborus niger, of S Europe and W Asia, with white or pinkish winter-blooming flowers
  • christmas seal — a decorative stamp sold by some charitable organizations during the Christmas season to raise money.
  • christmas time — the period around Christmas
  • christmas tree — A Christmas tree is a fir tree, or an artificial tree that looks like a fir tree, which people put in their houses at Christmas and decorate with coloured lights and ornaments.
  • christmasberry — toyon.
  • 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.
  • church service — an instance of a religious service in a church
  • church visible — the entire body of Christian believers on earth.
  • circuit switch — circuit switching
  • citrus heights — a city in central California, near Sacramento.
  • civil rightist — a person who actively supports or works for safeguarding or obtaining civil rights.
  • class 5 switch — (communications)   The lowest designation used in AT&T's hierarchical General Toll Switching Plan, developed in 1929.
  • 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.
  • cleistothecium — (in certain ascomycetous fungi) a closed, globose ascocarp from which the ascospores are released only by its rupture or decay.
  • cloister garth — garth (def 1).
  • co-chairperson — one of two or more joint chairpersons.
  • coaching glass — a small drinking glass of the early 19th century having no foot.
  • cochairmanship — the position of being one of the two chairmen of an organization
  • code of ethics — an agreement on ethical standards for a profession or business
  • code-switching — Linguistics. the alternating or mixed use of two or more languages, especially within the same discourse: My grandma’s code-switching when we cook together reminds me of my family's origins. Bilingual students are discouraged from code-switching during class.
  • cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
  • colporrhaphies — Plural form of colporrhaphy.
  • commandantship — the office of a commandant
  • companionships — Plural form of companionship.
  • composite shot — split screen.
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