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14-letter words containing y, a, c, h, t, e

  • endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system
  • epenthetically — In an epenthetic manner; by means of epenthesis.
  • erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
  • ethnologically — In an ethnological manner or fashion.
  • euphuistically — In a euphuistic manner.
  • exothermically — In an exothermic manner.
  • family butcher — a butcher's shop that belongs to a family, and in which family members work
  • foley catheter — an indwelling catheter used for draining urine from the bladder and having an inflatable part at the bladder end that allows the tube to be kept in place for variable time periods.
  • friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
  • galley kitchen — a household kitchen designed with kitchen units on both sides and no kitchen table
  • genethliacally — from a genethliac point of view
  • grape hyacinth — any plant belonging to the genus Muscari, of the lily family, as M. botryoides, having globular, blue flowers resembling tiny grapes.
  • haemocytometer — an apparatus for counting the number of cells in a quantity of blood, typically consisting of a graduated pipette for drawing and diluting the blood and a ruled glass slide on which the cells are counted under a microscope
  • halley's comet — a comet with a period averaging 76 years. In this century it was visible to terrestrial observers just before and after reaching perihelion in 1910 and again in 1986.
  • hattie carawayHattie Ophelia Wyatt, 1878–1950, U.S. politician: first elected woman senator, from Arkansas, 1932.
  • health physics — the branch of physics concerned with the health and safety of people in medical, scientific, and industrial work, esp with protection from the biological effects of ionizing radiation
  • hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
  • hepatotoxicity — Toxicity that damages the liver.
  • heterokaryotic — condition in which a binucleate or multinucleate cell contains genetically dissimilar nuclei.
  • holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
  • home secretary — the secretary of state for the Home Office.
  • humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
  • hydroextractor — a device that dries things by means of the material to be dried being spun around the device's central axis
  • hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • hyperacuteness — the state of being extremely acute or aware
  • hyperaesthesic — relating to an extreme capacity for feeling
  • hyperbatically — in a hyperbatic manner
  • hypercatalexis — the addition of one or more syllables after the final foot in a line of verse.
  • hyperchromatic — Hyperchromic.
  • hyperexcitable — an excessive reaction to stimuli.
  • hyperkeratotic — Pathology. proliferation of the cells of the cornea. a thickening of the horny layer of the skin.
  • hyperlactation — the secretion or formation of milk.
  • hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
  • 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.
  • hypertechnical — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
  • hypertrophical — relating to hypertrophy
  • hypothetically — assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case.
  • hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
  • iatrochemistry — (in the 16th and 17th centuries) the study of chemistry in relation to the physiology, pathology, and treatment of disease.
  • ichthyocentaur — a sea creature with a human head and torso, the legs of a horse, and the tail of a fish.
  • immethodically — Unmethodically.
  • impeachability — The state or condition of being impeachable.
  • inauthenticity — not authentic: inauthentic Indian jewelry mass-produced in a factory.
  • isothiocyanate — a chemical compound containing the univalent radical –NCS.
  • lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
  • latchkey child — a child who must spend at least part of the day alone and unsupervised, as when the parents are away at work.
  • lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
  • leucocythaemia — leukaemia
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