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14-letter words containing t, h, e, m

  • break the mold — If you say that someone breaks the mold, you mean that they do completely different things from what has been done before or from what is usually done.
  • bremsstrahlung — the radiation produced when an electrically charged particle, esp an electron, is slowed down by the electric field of an atomic nucleus or an atomic ion
  • bring sth home — To bring something home to someone means to make them understand how important or serious it is.
  • british empire — (formerly) the United Kingdom and the territories under its control, which reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I when it embraced over a quarter of the world's population and more than a quarter of the world's land surface
  • british museum — a museum in London, founded in 1753: contains one of the world's richest collections of antiquities and (until 1997) most of the British Library
  • buteyko method — a breath control technique used to prevent hyperventilation and treat asthma without drugs
  • by the numbers — in prescribed sequence of movements and accompanied by a count
  • café macchiato — a hot beverage consisting of espresso and a small amount of foamed milk.
  • calendar month — A calendar month is one of the twelve months of the year.
  • campaign chest — money collected and set aside for use in a campaign, especially a political one; a campaign fund.
  • cap the climax — to be or do more than could be expected or believed
  • carpenter moth — any of various large moths of the family Cossidae, the larvae of which bore beneath and cause damage to tree bark
  • carpet muncher — lesbian
  • casement cloth — a sheer fabric made of a variety of fibers, used for window curtains and as backing for heavy drapery or decorative fabrics.
  • catcher's mitt — the glove worn by the catcher to protect the hands
  • catchment area — The catchment area of a school, hospital, or other service is the area that it serves.
  • catechumenship — the office or position of a catechumen
  • cephalhematoma — Alt form cephalohematoma.
  • cephalometrics — The measurement and analysis of the craniofacial area, especially as an aid to dental or orthodontic procedures.
  • charles martel — grandfather of Charlemagne. ?688–741 ad, Frankish ruler of Austrasia (715–41), who checked the Muslim invasion of Europe by defeating the Moors at Poitiers (732)
  • charm bracelet — a bracelet that has small ornaments fixed to it
  • charter member — A charter member of a club, group, or organization is one of the first members, often one who was involved in setting it up.
  • check the helm — to swing back the helm of a vessel to prevent it from turning too quickly or too far
  • check-out time — the time by which one has to check out of a hotel
  • chemical agent — an agent that produces chemical reactions
  • chemical plant — a factory that produces or processes chemicals
  • chemical toner — toner (def 4).
  • chemical-toner — a person or thing that tones.
  • chemoautotroph — an organism that obtains energy through chemoautotrophy
  • chemoreception — the response of a chemoreceptor to chemical stimuli
  • chemoreceptive — responsive to chemical stimuli
  • chemoreceptors — Plural form of chemoreceptor.
  • chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
  • chemosterilize — to sterilize (insects or other animals) with a chemosterilant.
  • chemosynthesis — the formation of organic material by certain bacteria using energy derived from simple chemical reactions
  • chemosynthetic — That utilizes chemosynthesis.
  • chemotaxonomic — of or relating to chemotaxonomy
  • chemotherapies — Plural form of chemotherapy.
  • chemotherapist — One who administers chemotherapy.
  • chest-thumping — the act or practice of boasting.
  • child molester — someone who sexually violates a child, esp someone legally convicted of this
  • chimney breast — A chimney breast is the part of a wall in a room which is built out round a chimney.
  • chlorochromate — (inorganic chemistry) The univalent anion CrClO3-, or any salt containing this anion.
  • chocolate milk — milk flavored with chocolate syrup or powdered chocolate.
  • cholecystogram — the production of x-ray photographs of the gallbladder following administration of a radiopaque substance that is secreted by the liver into the gallbladder.
  • cholecystotomy — the surgical procedure of cutting into the gall bladder in order to extract gallstones
  • choledochotomy — incision of the common bile duct.
  • cholesteatomas — Plural form of cholesteatoma.
  • cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
  • cholinomimetic — mimicking the action of choline, especially acetylcholine.
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