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14-letter words containing ho

  • cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
  • cholinesterase — an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine to choline and acetic acid
  • cholinomimetic — mimicking the action of choline, especially acetylcholine.
  • chondrichthian — any member of the class Chondrichthyes, comprising the cartilaginous fishes.
  • chondrocranium — the cartilaginous structure that, in early development, envelops the brain
  • chondrogenesis — the growth of cartilage
  • chondromalacia — degeneration of cartilage in the knee, usually caused by excessive wear between the patella and lower end of the femur.
  • chondromatosis — a painful and immobilizing condition that affects the joints, in particular the elbow, hip, and knee joints, and results in the synovial tissue becoming cartilaginous
  • chondrophorine — relating to chondrophores
  • chondrosarcoma — A type of bone cancer, a cartilage-based tumour.
  • chopping block — a thick wooden board used for chopping vegetables, meat etc on
  • chopping board — A chopping board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
  • chopping knife — a knife for chopping meat, vegetables etc
  • choral society — an organization of amateur singers
  • chordamesoderm — a kind of mesoderm that develops into the notochord
  • choreographers — Plural form of choreographer.
  • choreographies — Plural form of choreography.
  • choreographing — Present participle of choreograph.
  • choroid plexus — a multilobed vascular membrane, projecting into the cerebral ventricles, that secretes cerebrospinal fluid
  • christ's thorn — a thorny euphorbiaceous Madagascan shrub, Euphorbia milii var. splendens, cultivated as a hedging shrub or pot plant, having flowers with scarlet bracts
  • christ's-thorn — any of certain Old World thorny shrubs or small trees supposed to have been used for Christ's crown of thorns, as the Jerusalem thorn, Paliurus spina-christi, or the jujube, Ziziphus jujuba.
  • chromatophores — Plural form of chromatophore.
  • claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
  • claustrophobia — Someone who suffers from claustrophobia feels very uncomfortable or anxious when they are in small or enclosed places.
  • claustrophobic — You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
  • clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
  • clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
  • clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
  • code of honour — the standards of behaviour regarded as proper
  • community home — a home provided by a local authority for children who cannot remain with parents or relatives, or be placed with foster parents
  • composite shot — split screen.
  • composite-shot — Also called composite shot. Movies, Television. a type of process photography in which two or more shots are juxtaposed and projected simultaneously on the screen.
  • computerphobia — the fear or dislike of computers
  • computerphobic — a computerphobe
  • configuraholic — (jargon)   A luser who twiddles with computer settings until it no longer works and must be fixed by the system administror.
  • convent school — A convent school is a school where many of the teachers are nuns.
  • council school — (esp formerly) any school maintained by the state
  • counting house — a room or building used by the accountants of a business
  • court of honor — the planning body of a girl-scout troop, composed of patrol leaders, the troop scribe, the troop treasurer, and the adult troop leader.
  • cover-shoulder — a type of blouse worn in Ghana
  • cross holdings — the holding of shares by one company in another company
  • curiosity shop — a shop selling unusual items and curios
  • cuyahoga falls — a city in NE Ohio, near Akron.
  • cyberchondriac — A hypochondriac who researches his/her potential medical condition on the Internet.
  • cycling shorts — tight-fitting shorts reaching partway to the knee for cycling, sport, etc
  • cytopathogenic — causing cytopathy
  • cytopathologic — the science dealing with the study of the diseases of cells.
  • cytophotometer — an instrument for examining cells by determining the intensity or wavelengths of light transmitted through them.
  • cytophotometry — the use of a photometer in order to study the chemical compounds of a cell
  • czechoslovakia — a former republic in central Europe: formed after the defeat of Austria-Hungary (1918) as a nation of Czechs in Bohemia and Moravia and Slovaks in Slovakia; occupied by Germany from 1939 until its liberation by the Soviet Union in 1945; became a people's republic under the Communists in 1948; invaded by Warsaw Pact troops in 1968, ending Dubček's attempt to liberalize communism; in 1989 popular unrest led to the resignation of the politburo and the formation of a non-Communist government. It consisted of two federal republics, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which separated in 1993
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