15-letter words containing cho
- frederic chopin — Frédéric François [fred-uh-rik fran-swah,, fred-rik;; French frey-dey-reek frahn-swa] /ˈfrɛd ə rɪk frænˈswɑ,, ˈfrɛd rɪk;; French freɪ deɪˈrik frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1810–49, Polish composer and pianist, in France after 1831.
- globe artichoke — artichoke (defs 1, 2).
- graduate school — a school, usually a division of a university, offering courses leading to degrees more advanced than the bachelor's degree.
- haematachometer — (dated) An apparatus for measuring the velocity of the blood.
- hobson's choice — the choice of taking either that which is offered or nothing; the absence of a real alternative.
- hypochondriacal — Also, hypochondriacal, H05/H0509000 hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-kuh l, ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə kəl. Psychiatry. pertaining to or suffering from hypochondria, an excessive preoccupation with and worry about one's health: The comedy is aimed at the hypochondriac demographic. produced by hypochondria: Hypochondriac feelings overwhelmed her.
- hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
- hypochondriasis — Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
- infants' school — kindergarten.
- interscholastic — between schools, or representative of different schools, especially secondary schools: interscholastic athletics.
- kailyard school — a school of writers describing homely life in Scotland, with much use of Scottish dialect: in vogue toward the close of the 19th century.
- kaleyard school — a group of writers who depicted the sentimental and homely aspects of life in the Scottish Lowlands from about 1880 to 1914. The best known contributor to the school was J. M. Barrie
- lake okeechobee — a lake in S Florida, in the Everglades: second largest freshwater lake wholly within the US. Area: 1813 sq km (700 sq miles)
- language school — A language school is a private school where a foreign language is taught.
- low-cholesterol — containing little dietary cholesterol
- mannheim school — a group of musicians of the mid-18th century in Mannheim, Germany, notable for developing a style of orchestral composition and performance directly antecedent to and influential on the classical style of Haydn and Mozart.
- mass psychology — the study of the behavior of large groups of people.
- melancholically — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
- military school — military academy.
- motoring school — an organization that provides driving lessons
- multiple choice — question: with several options
- multiple-choice — consisting of several possible answers from which the correct one must be selected: a multiple-choice question.
- mushroom anchor — a stockless anchor having a bowlike head, used chiefly for semipermanent moorings.
- national school — (in Ireland) a state primary school
- neuropsychology — The study of the relationship between behavior, emotion, and cognition on the one hand, and brain function on the other.
- new york school — a loosely associated group of American and European artists and sculptors, especially abstract expressionist painters, active in and near New York City chiefly in the 1940s and 1950s.
- nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- nicholas, saint — Saint ("Nicholas the Great") died a.d. 867, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 858–867.
- nonpsychoactive — Not psychoactive.
- odontorhynchous — (of birds) having toothlike ridges inside the beak
- of one's choice — The thing or person of your choice is the one that you choose.
- onychocryptosis — a form of nail disease in which nails are ingrown
- osteochondritis — inflammation of bone and cartilage.
- osteochondrosis — a disease of bone and cartilage growth centers in children that begins as a necrosis and is followed by regeneration or renewed calcification.
- pick and choose — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- plain chocolate — dark eating chocolate
- psychoacoustics — the study of sound perception.
- psychobiography — a biographical study focusing on psychological factors, as childhood traumas and unconscious motives.
- psychobiologist — the use of biological methods to study normal and abnormal emotional and cognitive processes, as the anatomical basis of memory or neurochemical abnormalities in schizophrenia.
- psychochemistry — the treatment of mental illnesses by drugs
- psychodiagnosis — a psychological examination using psychodiagnostic techniques.
- psychogeriatric — the psychology of old age.
- psychographical — relating to psychographics
- psychohistorian — a person who writes psychohistory
- psychologically — of or relating to psychology.
- psychopathology — the science or study of mental disorders.
- psychophysicist — a person who specializes in psychophysics
- psychosociology — the study of subjects, issues, and problems common to psychology and sociology.
- psychosynthesis — a theoretical effort to reconcile components of the unconscious, including dreams, with the rest of the personality.
- psychotherapist — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.