14-letter words containing ch
- heat exchanger — a device for transferring the heat of one substance to another, as from the exhaust gases to the incoming air in a regenerative furnace.
- heiligenschein — a ring of light around the shadow cast by a person's head, especially on a dewy, sunlit lawn, caused by reflection and diffraction of light rays; halo.
- hell's kitchen — (in New York City) a section of midtown Manhattan, west of Times Square, formerly notorious for its slums and high crime rate.
- herring choker — a native or resident of any of the Maritime Provinces but especially of New Brunswick.
- heterochromous — of different colors.
- heterochronism — a change in the stage at which developmental processes take place relative to members of the same species
- heterochronous — a genetic shift in timing of the development of a tissue or anatomical part, or in the onset of a physiological process, relative to an ancestor.
- hierarchically — of, belonging to, or characteristic of a hierarchy.
- high-achieving — (of a person) dynamic, ambitious, and successful
- highly charged — electrical
- histochemistry — the branch of science dealing with the chemical components of cellular and subcellular tissue.
- hollow-cheeked — having sunken cheeks, as from thinness
- holy sepulcher — the sepulcher in which the body of Jesus lay between His burial and His resurrection.
- holy sepulchre — the tomb in which the body of Christ was laid after the Crucifixion
- home schooling — Home schooling is the practice of educating your child at home rather than in a school.
- hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
- horse chestnut — a tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, native to the Old World, having digitate leaves and upright clusters of white flowers.
- horse-chestnut — a tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, native to the Old World, having digitate leaves and upright clusters of white flowers.
- horseshoe arch — an arch with the intrados widening above the springing and then narrowing to a rounded crown.
- housing scheme — arrangement offering subsidized housing
- hydrochlorides — Plural form of hydrochloride.
- hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
- hyperchromatic — Hyperchromic.
- hypertechnical — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
- hypertrichosis — excessive growth of hair.
- hypochondriacs — Plural form of hypochondriac.
- 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.
- ichthyolatrous — relating to the worship of fish or divination by means of fish parts
- ichthyological — Of or pertaining to ichthyology. Adjective form of ichthyology.
- ichthyophagist — a person who eats or subsists on fish.
- ichthyophagous — the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.
- ichthyosaurian — (paleontology) Of or relating to the Ichthyosauria.
- idle character — a transmitted control character that holds a position but does not appear in the output at the receiver.
- immunochemical — Pertaining to immunochemistry.
- impeachability — The state or condition of being impeachable.
- imperial beach — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
- inapproachable — not approachable.
- interchangable — Misspelling of interchangeable.
- interparochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- inverted chord — a chord in which the notes are transposed such that the root, originally in the bass, is placed in an upper part.
- irreproachable — free from blame; not able to be reproached or censured.
- irreproachably — In an irreproachable manner; blamelessly.
- itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
- james buchanan — James, 1791–1868, 15th president of the U.S. 1857–61.
- japanese larch — a tree, Larix kaempferi, of Japan, having bluish-green leaves and egg-shaped cones.
- just/you watch — You say to someone 'you watch' or 'just watch' when you are predicting that something will happen, and you are very confident that it will happen as you say.
- kaffee klatsch — coffee klatsch.
- kaffeeklatches — Plural form of kaffeeklatch.