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14-letter words containing ch

  • stoichiometric — of or relating to stoichiometry.
  • stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
  • straight chain — an open chain of atoms, usually carbon, with no side chains attached to it.
  • straight chair — a chair with a straight back, especially one that is unupholstered and has straight legs and straight arms or no arms.
  • straight-chain — an open chain of atoms, usually carbon, with no side chains attached to it.
  • straining arch — an arch for resisting thrusts, as in a flying buttress.
  • stretch runner — an athlete or horse that is especially strong or fast in the final stage of a race.
  • stretchability — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
  • stretcher case — someone who has to be taken away on a stretcher because they are too ill to walk
  • streuselkuchen — coffeecake topped with streusel.
  • strike it rich — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
  • submachine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
  • summer kitchen — an extra kitchen, usually detached from a house, for use in warm weather.
  • supply teacher — A supply teacher is a teacher whose job is to take the place of other teachers at different schools when they are unable to be there.
  • surinam cherry — a tropical American tree, Eugenia uniflora, of the myrtle family, having ovate leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
  • sweet chestnut — tree: edible nuts
  • swimmer's itch — an inflammation of the skin, resembling insect bites, caused by burrowing larval forms of schistosomes.
  • switch selling — a system of selling, now illegal in Britain, whereby potential customers are attracted by a special offer on some goods but the salesman's real aim is to sell other more expensive goods instead
  • synchronically — having reference to the facts of a linguistic system as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history: synchronic analysis; synchronic dialectology.
  • synchronoscope — synchroscope.
  • synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
  • tachygraphical — characteristic of tachygraphy
  • tachyphylactic — Medicine/Medical. immediate, temporary immunization against the effects of injection of a toxic extract owing to previous small injections of the same extract.
  • tacking stitch — a long, loose, temporary stitch used in dressmaking, etc
  • tailor's chalk — hardened chalk or soapstone used to make temporary guide marks on a garment that is being altered.
  • take the chair — to preside as chairman for a meeting, etc
  • teach a lesson — give a class, give instruction
  • teacher's aide — A teacher's aide is a person who helps a teacher in a school classroom but who is not a qualified teacher.
  • teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
  • teaching staff — those members of staff in a school, college, or university who teach
  • technical area — the area at the side of the pitch to which managers, trainers, coaches, etc are restricted during play
  • technical foul — a foul committed by a player or coach, usually not involving physical contact with an opponent, called often for unsportsmanlike conduct, as holding on to the basket or using profanity, that gives the opposing team one or two free throws and sometimes, if the foul was flagrant, requires the ejection of the offending player or coach from the game.
  • technicalities — technical methods and vocabulary
  • technothriller — a suspense novel in which the manipulation of sophisticated technology, as of aircraft or weapons systems, plays a prominent part.
  • terotechnology — a branch of technology that utilizes management, financial, and engineering expertise in the installation and efficient operation and maintenance of equipment and machinery
  • tetrachotomous — divided into four parts
  • text to speech — (application)   (TTS) Automatic conversion of text streams to voice.
  • the archeozoic — the Archean (see phrase under Archean)
  • the charioteer — the constellation Auriga
  • the chosen few — a small group who are treated better than other people
  • the long march — a journey of about 10 000 km (6000 miles) undertaken (1934–35) by some 100 000 Chinese Communists when they were forced out of their base in Kiangsi in SE China. They made their way to Shensi in NW China; only about 8000 survived the rigours of the journey
  • thermochromism — a phenomenon in which certain dyes made from liquid crystals change colour reversibly when their temperature is changed
  • throw a wrench — If someone throws a wrench or throws a monkey wrench into a process, they prevent something happening smoothly by deliberately causing a problem.
  • ticket machine — automated ticket dispenser
  • tiruchirapalli — a city in central Tamil Nadu, in S India, on the Kaveri River.
  • tiruchirappali — a city in central Tamil Nadu, in S India, on the Kaveri River.
  • to be slouched — to sit, lie or lean in an ungainly way, with one's limbs spread out
  • to change tack — If you change tack or try a different tack, you try a different method for dealing with a situation.
  • tomato ketchup — sauce made from tomatoes
  • toothache tree — prickly ash (def 1).
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