13-letter words containing a, c, h, e, s
- elasmobranchs — Plural form of elasmobranch.
- electrographs — Plural form of electrograph.
- embranchments — Plural form of embranchment.
- enchantresses — Plural form of enchantress.
- encroachments — Plural form of encroachment.
- enfranchising — Present participle of enfranchise.
- eschatologies — Plural form of eschatology.
- eschscholzias — Plural form of eschscholzia.
- esophagoscope — An instrument for the inspection or treatment of the esophagus.
- eucharistical — Alternative form of eucharistic.
- euphausiacean — a member of the Euphausiacea order of small shrimplike crustaceans
- euphemistical — Archaic form of euphemistic.
- express coach — a fast coach which goes from one place to another directly or with very few stops
- factory-fresh — coming directly from the factory; brand new
- farmer cheese — a cheese made by pressing together the soft white curds of whole milk or partly skimmed milk, similar in texture to dry cottage cheese.
- featherstitch — an embroidery stitch producing work in which a succession of branches extend alternately on each side of a central stem.
- feature shock — (jargon) (From Alvin Toffler's "Future Shock") A user's confusion when confronted with a package that has too many features and poor introductory material.
- feta (cheese) — a soft, white cheese first made in Greece
- fidus achates — a faithful friend or companion
- finisher card — (in manufacturing fibers) the last card in the carding process, for converting stock into roving.
- fireside chat — an informal address by a political leader over radio or television, especially as given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt beginning in 1933.
- first chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- fish hatchery — a facility where fish eggs are hatched and the fry raised, especially to stock lakes, streams, and ponds.
- flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
- for chrissake — for Christ's sake
- franchisement — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- french pastry — fine, rich, or fancy dessert pastry, especially made from puff paste and filled with cream or fruit preparations.
- frisches haff — a lagoon in N Poland. 52 miles (84 km) long; 4–12 miles (6–19 km) wide.
- gangster chic — a cinematic or literary genre which seeks to glamorize the criminal underworld
- garter stitch — a basic knitting pattern that produces an evenly pebbled texture on both sides of the work, created by consistently knitting or purling every stitch of every row.
- gastrohepatic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and the liver.
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- geophysically — In a geophysical manner; in terms of geophysics.
- global search — a word-processing operation in which a complete computer file or set of files is searched for every occurrence of a particular word or other sequence of characters
- goat's cheese — cheese made from goat's milk
- grand duchess — the wife or widow of a grand duke.
- grave clothes — the wrappings in which a dead body is interred
- gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- habeas corpus — a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court, especially for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment.
- haber process — a process for synthesizing ammonia from gaseous nitrogen and hydrogen under high pressure and temperature in the presence of a catalyst.
- haemodynamics — a branch of physiology that deals with the circulation of the blood
- hair clippers — device for trimming hair
- hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
- hand-stitched — stitched by hand rather than by a machine
- handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
- harness hitch — a hitch forming a loop around a rope, especially one formed at the end of a bowline.
- haskell curry — (person) Haskell Brooks Curry (1900-09-12 - 1982-09-01). The logician who re-invented and developed combinatory logic. The functional programming language Haskell was named after him.
- haute cuisine — fine or gourmet cooking; food preparation as an art.
- have occasion — If you have occasion to do something, it is necessary for you to do it.
- heartsickness — The condition of being heartsick.