14-letter words containing cha
- shankaracharya — a.d. 789?–821? Hindu Vedantist philosopher and teacher.
- 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.
- 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.
- sleeping chair — a chair of the 17th century, having a high back, usually adjustable, with deep wings of the same height.
- snigging chain — a chain attached to a log when being hauled out of the bush
- 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.
- speed merchant — a person who habitually drives too fast in a motor vehicle
- spirochaetosis — a disease caused by infection with a spirochete.
- stand a chance — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
- stock exchange — a building or place where stocks and other securities are bought and sold.
- 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.
- 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.
- synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
- 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
- the charioteer — the constellation Auriga
- to change tack — If you change tack or try a different tack, you try a different method for dealing with a situation.
- trickle charge — a continuous, slow charge supplied to a storage battery to keep it in a fully charged state.
- un-challenging — offering a challenge; testing one's ability, endurance, etc: a challenging course; a challenging game.
- unapproachable — not capable of being approached; remote; unreachable: an unapproachable spot; an unapproachable person.
- unchangingness — the quality or state of not changing
- unchauvinistic — not chauvinistic
- unicorn chaser — originally a picture of a unicorn posted on a blog site shortly after an offensive or disturbing picture has been posted, as a kind of antidote to the previous post. Now used of a comforting or innocent image, video clip, or topic viewed or contemplated following a previous, disturbing image, video, etc.
- unit character — a characteristic, usually controlled by a single gene, that is transmitted as a unit in heredity.
- unmerchantable — (of goods) not suitable for trading
- unpurchaseable — not able to be bought or purchased
- untouchability — the quality or condition of being an untouchable, ascribed in the Vedic tradition to persons of low caste or to persons excluded from the caste system.
- victor charlie — a Vietcong or the Vietcong; the VC.
- voyage charter — the hire of a ship or aircraft for a specified number of voyages
- wainscot chair — an armchair of the 17th century, made of oak and having a solid paneled back.
- wappenschawing — a periodical muster or review of the men under arms in a particular lordship or district
- wave mechanics — a form of quantum mechanics formulated in terms of a wave equation, as the Schrödinger equation.
- weltanschauung — a comprehensive conception or image of the universe and of humanity's relation to it.
- whachamacallit — an object or person whose name one does not know or cannot recall.
- white charlock — a related plant, Raphanus raphanistrum, with yellow, mauve, or white flowers and podlike fruits
- world champion — someone who has won a competition open to people throughout the whole world