14-letter words containing c, h, l, o, r
- hemlock looper — the larva of a geometrid moth, Lambdina fiscellaria, common in some areas of North America and a serious pest of various trees, as hemlock, Douglas fir, balsam spruce, and oak.
- hepatocellular — pertaining to or affecting liver cells.
- hero's welcome — a very enthusiastic reception from a group of people who show their admiration for something good that you have done
- heroic couplet — a stanza consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter, especially one forming a rhetorical unit and written in an elevated style, as, Know then thyself, presume not God to scan / The proper study of Mankind is Man.
- herpetological — Of or relating to herpetology, the study of reptiles.
- heteroclitical — (obsolete) Anomalous, heteroclite.
- heterolecithal — having an unequal distribution of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- hieroglyphical — Hieroglyphic: related to or resembling hieroglyphs.
- hierographical — hierographic
- high-card pool — red dog.
- historicalness — The quality of being historical.
- histrionically — of or relating to actors or acting.
- hollerith code — a system for coding data into punched cards, in which each horizontal row is assigned a different value, and letters, numbers, or special characters are encoded as combinations of these values in a vertical column.
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
- holy sepulcher — the sepulcher in which the body of Jesus lay between His burial and His resurrection.
- holy sepulchre — the tomb in which the body of Christ was laid after the Crucifixion
- homeric simile — a simile developed over several lines of verse, especially one used in an epic poem.
- homomultimeric — (biochemistry) Describing a protein containing two or more identical polypeptide chains.
- honey-coloured — having the colour of honey
- horace greeley — Horace, 1811–72, U.S. journalist, editor, and political leader.
- horse mackerel — bluefin tuna.
- horticulturist — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
- hradec kralove — a town in the N Czech Republic, on the Elbe River: Austrians defeated by Prussians in Battle of Sadowa 1866.
- humoristically — In a humoristic way.
- hydrocellulose — a gelatinous substance obtained by the partial hydrolysis of cellulose, used chiefly in the manufacture of paper, mercerized cotton, and viscose rayon.
- hydrocephaloid — resembling hydrocephalus.
- hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
- hydrochlorides — Plural form of hydrochloride.
- hydrocolloidal — of or relating to a hydrocolloid
- hydrodynamical — Hydrodynamic.
- hydrographical — Hydrographic.
- hydrologically — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hydrolytically — By means of hydrolysis.
- hydrophilicity — (uncountable) The condition of being hydrophilic.
- hydroponically — Using hydroponics.
- hydrosulphuric — Alternative spelling of hydrosulfuric.
- hyperbolically — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hypercorrectly — In a hypercorrect manner.
- hypergolically — in a hypergolic manner
- hyperlactation — the secretion or formation of milk.
- hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
- hypertrophical — relating to hypertrophy
- hypoallergenic — designed to reduce or minimize the possibility of an allergic response, as by containing relatively few or no potentially irritating substances: hypoallergenic cosmetics.
- hypocoristical — (rare) synonym of hypocoristic.
- hypocritically — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- hypodermically — By hypodermic means.
- hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
- ichthyolatrous — relating to the worship of fish or divination by means of fish parts