13-letter words containing a, c, h, s
- chastisements — severe criticism; a rebuke or strong reprimand.
- chastity belt — a locking beltlike device with a loop designed to go between a woman's legs in order to prevent her from having sexual intercourse
- chattel house — (esp in Barbados) a movable wooden dwelling, usually set on a foundation of loose stones on rented land
- cheese grater — an implement for grating cheese
- cheese spread — a processed cheese of smooth and spreadable consistency.
- cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
- chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
- cheshire east — a unitary authority in NW England. Administrative centre: Sandbach. Pop: 358 900 (2008 est). Area: 1160 sq km (448 sq miles)
- chestnut clam — Astarte (def 2).
- chestnut coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 1 3/16 to 1 5/8 inch (3 to 4 cm).
- cheval screen — a fire screen, usually with a cloth panel, having supports at the ends and mounted on legs.
- chiaroscurist — A painter who uses light and shade rather than colour to create the illusion of volume.
- chicago steak — a strip steak or, sometimes, a shell steak.
- chicago style — a style of jazz flourishing in Chicago especially in the early 1920s, constituting a direct offshoot of New Orleans style, and differing from its predecessor chiefly in the diminished influence of native folk sources, the greater tension of its group improvisation, the increased emphasis on solos, and the regular use of the tenor saxophone as part of the ensemble.
- chicken snake — rat snake
- chieftainship — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
- childrenswear — clothing for children
- chilkoot pass — a mountain pass in North America between SE Alaska and NW British Columbia, over the Coast Range
- chiloe island — an island administered by Chile, off the W coast of South America in the Pacific Ocean: timber. Pop: 154 775 (2002, Chiloé province). Area: 8394 sq km (3240 sq miles)
- chimney stack — A chimney stack is the brick or stone part of a chimney that is above the roof of a building.
- chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
- chinese anise — star anise.
- chinese-anise — Also called Chinese anise. a shrub or small tree, Illicium verum, of China, having white flowers that turn purple and bearing anise-scented, star-shaped clusters of carminative fruit.
- chinling shan — Qinling Shan
- chirographist — a person who studies or who is knowledgeable about handwriting styles
- chiropractics — The practice of a chiropractor.
- chiropractors — Plural form of chiropractor.
- chlamydomonas — a green, fresh water alga of the class Chlorophyceae that is flagellate and made up of a single cell
- chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
- chloroplastal — of or like a chloroplast
- chloroplastic — a plastid containing chlorophyll.
- chlorous acid — an unstable acid that is a strong oxidizing agent. Formula: HClO2
- cholesteatoma — A destructive and expanding keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear and/or mastoid process.
- cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
- chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
- chopped steak — ground, cooked beef, usually served as a main course.
- chorepiscopal — (in early Christianity) relating to or connected with a local bishop
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- chrematistics — Study of wealth.
- chrestomathic — (of teaching or learning) That has a practical use.
- christian era — the period beginning with the year of Christ's birth. Dates in this era are labelled ad, those previous to it bc
- christianlike — like or befitting a Christian.
- christiansand — former name of Kristiansand.
- christmas box — a tip or present given at Christmas, esp to postmen, tradesmen, etc
- christmas day — Christmas Day is the 25th of December, when Christmas is celebrated.
- christmas eve — Christmas Eve is the 24th of December, the day before Christmas Day.
- christmastide — the festival season from Christmas to after New Year's Day.
- christmastime — the Christmas season, traditionally from Christmas Eve through New Year's Day or to Epiphany (Jan. 6)
- chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
- chromatograms — Plural form of chromatogram.