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14-letter words containing ch

  • self-searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
  • servant church — the attitude or practices of a church whose avowed purpose is to serve the world.
  • service charge — a fee charged for a service, sometimes in addition to a basic charge.
  • servomechanism — an electronic control system in which a hydraulic, pneumatic, or other type of controlling mechanism is actuated and controlled by a low-energy signal.
  • sewing machine — any of various foot-operated or electric machines for sewing or making stitches, ranging from machines with a shuttle for a spool of thread and a needle for sewing garments to industrial machines for sewing leather, book pages together, etc.
  • sex chromosome — a chromosome, differing in shape or function from other chromosomes, that determines the sex of an individual.
  • shalach manoth — the practice of giving gifts to one another or to the needy on Purim.
  • shankaracharya — a.d. 789?–821? Hindu Vedantist philosopher and teacher.
  • sheva brachoth — the seven blessings said during the marriage service and repeated at the celebration thereafter
  • shooting match — a contest in marksmanship.
  • shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
  • shouting match — a loud, often abusive quarrel or argument.
  • shulchan aruch — the main codification of Jewish law derived from the Talmud, compiled by the 16th-century rabbi, Joseph Caro
  • simchath torah — a Jewish festival, celebrated on the 23rd day of Tishri, being the 9th day of Sukkoth, that marks the completion of the annual cycle of the reading of the Torah in the synagogue and the beginning of the new cycle.
  • simple machine — machine (def 3b).
  • sistine chapel — the chapel of the pope in the Vatican at Rome, built for Pope Sixtus IV and decorated with frescoes by Michelangelo and others.
  • slanging match — A slanging match is an angry quarrel in which people insult each other.
  • sleeping chair — a chair of the 17th century, having a high back, usually adjustable, with deep wings of the same height.
  • sleeping porch — a porch enclosed with glass or screening or a room with open sides or a row of windows used for sleeping in the open air.
  • snigging chain — a chain attached to a log when being hauled out of the bush
  • sobriety coach — a person who is employed to help another to refrain from drinking alcohol
  • social chapter — The social chapter is an agreement between countries in the European Union concerning workers' rights and working conditions.
  • social charter — a declaration of the rights, minimum wages, maximum hours, etc, of workers in the European Union, later adopted in the Social Chapter
  • soil mechanics — the branch of civil engineering that deals with the mechanical behavior of soil and similar materials when they are compressed or sheared or when liquids flow through them.
  • soldier orchid — a European orchid, Orchis militaris, having pale purple flowers with a four-lobed lower lip
  • son of a bitch — a contemptible or thoroughly disagreeable person; scoundrel.
  • soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
  • sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes
  • sowing machine — a machine that scatters seeds on land so that they may grow
  • spanner wrench — a spanner with a fixed opening that cannot be adjusted to different sizes
  • sparring match — a practice boxing match
  • special branch — The Special Branch is the department of the British police that is concerned with political security and deals with things such as terrorism and visits by foreign leaders.
  • special school — A special school is a school for children who have some kind of serious physical or mental problem.
  • speech therapy — treatment for speaking disorders
  • speech-reading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
  • speed merchant — a person who habitually drives too fast in a motor vehicle
  • spine-chilling — very frightening or horrifying.
  • spirochaetosis — a disease caused by infection with a spirochete.
  • sporotrichosis — a widespread infectious disease marked by nodules or ulcers of the skin, chiefly affecting humans and domestic mammals and caused by the fungus Sporothrix schenckii.
  • spotted orchid — any of various common Eurasian orchids, esp the heath and common spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata and D. fuchsii). The flowers are variable but usually have dark blotches
  • spring chicken — a young chicken, especially a broiler or fryer.
  • stand a chance — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
  • standard pitch — concert pitch
  • starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
  • starch-reduced — (of food, esp bread) having the starch content reduced, as in proprietary slimming products
  • station church — any of the churches in Rome that have been used from ancient times as points of assembly for religious processions
  • stay stitching — a line of stitches made in the seam allowance to prevent the edges from stretching
  • steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
  • stereochemical — of, relating to, stereochemistry
  • stock exchange — a building or place where stocks and other securities are bought and sold.
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