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13-letter words containing a, c, h, i, p

  • ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
  • ship decanter — a glass decanter with a very wide base.
  • shop chairman — a unionized employee elected to represent a shop, department, or the like, in dealings with an employer.
  • shopping cart — a four-wheeled cart provided by a supermarket or other retail store for a customer's use in collecting purchases.
  • slipper chair — a small bedroom chair with a low seat.
  • social phobia — a type of anxiety disorder characterized by shyness and heightened self-consciousness in particular social situations
  • somatopsychic — of or relating to the effects of the body on the mind.
  • sophistically — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
  • sophisticated — sophisticated.
  • space heating — the heating of a limited area, as a room, by means of a heater (space heater) within the area.
  • spanish cedar — a tropical American tree, Cedrela odorata, of the mahogany family.
  • specific heat — the number of calories required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance 1°C, or the number of BTU's per pound per degree F.
  • spectatorship — the state of being a spectator
  • speech island — a speech community that is completely surrounded by another, usually larger, speech community.
  • speech making — act of addressing the public formally
  • speechreading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
  • sphagnicolous — growing in moss
  • spying charge — an accusation of having taken part in espionage
  • stamp machine — a machine used for stamping documents, as with the time, etc
  • standing chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing upright
  • stratigraphic — a branch of geology dealing with the classification, nomenclature, correlation, and interpretation of stratified rocks.
  • stratospheric — relating to the stratosphere
  • superachiever — someone who achieves more than most; high achiever
  • supergraphics — large-scale painted or applied decorative art in bold colors and typically in geometric or typographic designs, used over walls and sometimes floors and ceilings to create an illusion of expanded or altered space.
  • superphysical — above or beyond what is physical; hyperphysical.
  • suprachiasmic — relating to the area in the hypothalamus that regulates the biological clock
  • sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
  • tachistoscope — an apparatus for use in exposing visual stimuli, as pictures, letters, or words, for an extremely brief period, used chiefly to assess visual perception or to increase reading speed.
  • tachyphylaxis — Medicine/Medical. immediate, temporary immunization against the effects of injection of a toxic extract owing to previous small injections of the same extract.
  • technopolitan — of or relating to a place or society dominated by technology
  • telencephalic — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
  • terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
  • the cup final — the annual final of the FA Cup soccer competition, played at Wembley, or the Scottish Cup, played at Hampden Park
  • the paleozoic — the Paleozoic Era or its rocks
  • therapeutical — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • tin parachute — an employment agreement guaranteeing a worker compensation, especially in the form of bonuses and benefits, in the event of dismissal as a result of a merger or takeover.
  • topographical — the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
  • tortilla chip — Tortilla chips are thick crisps made from corn which are often served with dips such as salsa.
  • toxicophagous — poison-eating
  • trip a switch — to activate (a mechanical trip)
  • tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
  • typographical — of or relating to typography.
  • ultraphysical — extremely physical
  • unimpeachable — above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable: unimpeachable motives.
  • unimpeachably — above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable: unimpeachable motives.
  • unreproaching — not reproaching or blaming
  • unsympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
  • whipped cream — dairy cream that has been whisked
  • white crappie — See under crappie.
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