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14-letter words containing n, a, s, h

  • chauvinist pig — a sexist man
  • chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
  • chest expander — a device for strengthening the chest muscles, consisting of two handles attached to strong springs or elastic cords that the user pulls apart across the chest
  • chicken breast — pigeon breast
  • children's day — the second Sunday in June, celebrated by Protestant churches with special programs for children: first started in the U.S. in 1868.
  • chimney breast — A chimney breast is the part of a wall in a room which is built out round a chimney.
  • china syndrome — a hypothetical nuclear-reactor accident in which the fuel would melt through the floor of the containment structure and burrow into the earth.
  • chinese banana — a large southern Chinese plant, Musa acuminata, of the banana family, having blue-green leaves, yellowish-white flowers with reddish-brown bracts, and fragrant, edible, curved fruit from 4 to 5 inches (10 to 13 cm) long, often borne in clusters of 200.
  • chinese leaves — the edible leaves of a Chinese cabbage
  • chinook salmon — a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, valued as a food fish
  • chivalrousness — The state of being chivalrous.
  • 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
  • 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
  • chondrosarcoma — A type of bone cancer, a cartilage-based tumour.
  • christian name — Some people refer to their first names as their Christian names.
  • christian year — a year in the ecclesiastical calendar, used especially in reference to the various feast days and special seasons.
  • christiansburg — a town in SW Virginia.
  • christmas fern — an evergreen fern, Polystichum acrostichoides, having dense clusters of stiff fronds growing from a central rootstock.
  • chromatic sign — Music. accidental (def 5).
  • chromodynamics — a theory that describes how gluons and their forces bind quarks together to form protons, neutrons, etc.
  • chrysanthemums — Plural form of chrysanthemum.
  • 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.
  • clothes hanger — item for hanging clothing
  • co-chairperson — one of two or more joint chairpersons.
  • coach transfer — a short journey by coach constituting part of a longer journey taken chiefly by a different mode of transport, esp a journey to or from an airport
  • coaching glass — a small drinking glass of the early 19th century having no foot.
  • cochairmanship — the position of being one of the two chairmen of an organization
  • commandantship — the office of a commandant
  • companionships — Plural form of companionship.
  • conchyliaceous — Alternative form of conchylaceous.
  • consultantship — the office or function of a consultant
  • container ship — A container ship is a ship that is designed for carrying goods that are packed in large metal or wooden boxes.
  • coolheadedness — The state or characteristic of being coolheaded.
  • costume change — a change of costume by an actor
  • countercharges — Plural form of countercharge.
  • countermarches — Plural form of countermarch.
  • countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
  • cranberry bush — a North American caprifoliaceous shrub or small tree, Viburnum trilobum, producing acid red fruit
  • crash and burn — to fail; be unsuccessful
  • crenshaw melon — a variety of melon resembling the casaba, having pinkish flesh.
  • cross matching — the testing for compatibility of a donor's and a recipient's blood prior to transfusion, in which serum of each is mixed with red blood cells of the other and observed for hemagglutination.
  • cross-hatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
  • cruising yacht — a yacht which is used for holiday trips
  • cryoanesthesia — (pathology) Insensibility resulting from cold.
  • cuban sandwich — a hero sandwich, especially with ham, pork, cheese, and pickles, often grilled.
  • curtain speech — a talk given in front of the curtain after a stage performance, often by the author or an actor
  • cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
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