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14-letter words that end in ch

  • machine stitch — a stitch created by a sewing machine
  • machine-stitch — to sew on a sewing machine.
  • magnetic epoch — a geologically long period of time during which the magnetic field of the earth retains the same polarity. The magnetic field may reverse during such a period for a geologically short period of time (a magnetic event)
  • mariana trench — a depression in the ocean floor of the Pacific, S and W of the Mariana Islands: site of greatest known depth of any ocean. 36,201 feet (11,034 meters) deep.
  • mercury switch — an especially quiet switch that opens and closes an electric circuit by shifting a vial containing a pool of mercury so as to cover or uncover the contacts.
  • military march — a brisk march, especially one suitable for a military parade.
  • nicotine patch — plaster to quit smoking
  • not up to much — If you say that something is not up to much, you mean that it is of poor quality.
  • oceanic trench — a long narrow steep-sided depression in the earth's oceanic crust, usually lying above a subduction zone
  • part of speech — any of the classes into which words in some languages, as Latin and English, have traditionally been divided on the basis of their meaning, form, or syntactic function, as, in English, noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.
  • pendulum watch — (formerly) a watch having a balance wheel, especially a balance wheel bearing a fake pendulum bob oscillating behind a window in the dial.
  • popcorn stitch — a crochet stitch made with a number of loose stitches fastened in a common base so that the yarn puffs up, looking much like a piece of popcorn
  • practice-teach — to work as a practice teacher.
  • prawn-sandwich — characterizing or belonging to the type of spectator at a football match who is motivated to attend more by the corporate hospitality available than a true devotion to a particular club
  • queen's speech — (in the British Parliament) a speech reviewing domestic conditions and foreign relations, prepared by the ministry in the name of the sovereign, and read at the opening of the Parliament either by the sovereign in person or by commission.
  • rathke's pouch — an invagination of stomodeal ectoderm developing into the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
  • rehoboth beach — a town in SE Delaware: beach resort.
  • relative pitch — the pitch of a tone as determined by its relationship to other tones in a scale.
  • relieving arch — discharging arch.
  • richard trench — Richard Chenevix [shen-uh-vee] /ˈʃɛn ə vi/ (Show IPA), 1807–86, English clergyman and scholar, born in Ireland.
  • rolling launch — the process of introducing a new product into a market gradually
  • running stitch — a sewing stitch made by passing the needle in and out repeatedly with short, even stitches.
  • russian church — the autocephalous Eastern Church in Russia: the branch of the Orthodox Church that constituted the established church in Russia until 1917.
  • schwyzertutsch — any of the local dialects of German spoken in Switzerland.
  • sconcheon arch — an archway that includes the sconcheons of a door or window.
  • segmental arch — a shallow arch not including a complete semicircle
  • servant church — the attitude or practices of a church whose avowed purpose is to serve the world.
  • shooting match — a contest in marksmanship.
  • shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
  • shouting match — a loud, often abusive quarrel or argument.
  • shulchan aruch — the main codification of Jewish law derived from the Talmud, compiled by the 16th-century rabbi, Joseph Caro
  • slanging match — A slanging match is an angry quarrel in which people insult each other.
  • sleeping porch — a porch enclosed with glass or screening or a room with open sides or a row of windows used for sleeping in the open air.
  • sobriety coach — a person who is employed to help another to refrain from drinking alcohol
  • son of a bitch — a contemptible or thoroughly disagreeable person; scoundrel.
  • spanner wrench — a spanner with a fixed opening that cannot be adjusted to different sizes
  • sparring match — a practice boxing match
  • special branch — The Special Branch is the department of the British police that is concerned with political security and deals with things such as terrorism and visits by foreign leaders.
  • standard pitch — concert pitch
  • station church — any of the churches in Rome that have been used from ancient times as points of assembly for religious processions
  • straining arch — an arch for resisting thrusts, as in a flying buttress.
  • strike it rich — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
  • swimmer's itch — an inflammation of the skin, resembling insect bites, caused by burrowing larval forms of schistosomes.
  • tacking stitch — a long, loose, temporary stitch used in dressmaking, etc
  • text to speech — (application)   (TTS) Automatic conversion of text streams to voice.
  • the long march — a journey of about 10 000 km (6000 miles) undertaken (1934–35) by some 100 000 Chinese Communists when they were forced out of their base in Kiangsi in SE China. They made their way to Shensi in NW China; only about 8000 survived the rigours of the journey
  • throw a wrench — If someone throws a wrench or throws a monkey wrench into a process, they prevent something happening smoothly by deliberately causing a problem.
  • treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
  • triumphal arch — a monumental archway, often erected in permanent materials as a commemorative structure, straddling the line of march of a victorious army during a triumphal procession.
  • tumbler switch — electrical control
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