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13-letter words containing a, c, n, t, h, u

  • hermeneutical — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
  • human capital — the collective skills, knowledge, or other intangible assets of individuals that can be used to create economic value for the individuals, their employers, or their community: Education is an investment in human capital that pays off in terms of higher productivity.
  • hunt and peck — a slow and inefficient method of typing by looking for each key separately before striking it: used by untrained typists.
  • hunt-and-peck — a method of typing while looking at the keyboard, usually using only the forefingers to press the keys
  • hunting chair — a chair having a sliding frame in front serving as a footrest.
  • hunting watch — hunter (def 6).
  • ichthyofaunal — relating to ichthyofauna
  • kachang puteh — (in Malaysia) roasted or fried nuts or beans
  • kenyapithecus — a genus of fossil hominoids of middle Miocene age found in Kenya and having large molars, small incisors, and powerful chewing muscles.
  • laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
  • luncheon meat — any of various sausages or molded loaf meats, usually sliced and served cold, as in sandwiches or as garnishes for salads.
  • lycanthropous — Lycanthropic.
  • mango chutney — chutney which contains or is made from the fruit mango
  • match-funding — the stipulation set by a grant-providing body that the recipients of a grant raise a certain percentage of the money they require, generally a sum more or less equal to that of the sum of money being granted
  • multibranched — Having more than one branch.
  • natural child — Law. an illegitimate child; one born of illicit intercourse. (especially in Louisiana) an illegitimate child who has been lawfully acknowledged by its father.
  • non-rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
  • nonchauvinist — a person who is not a chauvinist
  • not much of a — If you describe something as not much of a particular type of thing, you mean that it is small or of poor quality.
  • nut chocolate — chocolate containing nuts
  • octagon house — a type of American house, c. 1850, having an octagonal perimeter to reduce exterior wall area.
  • patch pumpkin — pumpkin
  • pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
  • puritan ethic — work ethic.
  • rann of kutch — an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq km (9000 sq miles)
  • scathefulness — the state or quality of being harmful or injurious
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • share account — a savings account in a credit union.
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • short account — the account of a short seller.
  • south african — of southern Africa.
  • southern cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
  • tautochronism — the fact or quality of being a tautochrone
  • tautochronous — having the character of a tautochrone
  • the consulate — the consular government of France from 1799 to 1804
  • the cup final — the annual final of the FA Cup soccer competition, played at Wembley, or the Scottish Cup, played at Hampden Park
  • thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
  • throw a punch — try to hit sb
  • thurification — the act of incense-burning
  • 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.
  • toque blanche — the tall white hat traditionally worn by a chef
  • touch a nerve — to mention or bring to mind a sensitive issue or subject
  • touch-in-goal — the area at each end of the field outside of a touch-in-goal line.
  • touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
  • turbocharging — the process or action of supplying an internal combustion engine or a motor vehicle with a turbocharger
  • un-attachable — to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
  • uncharismatic — (of a person) not charismatic; lacking charisma; dull
  • unchastisable — not deserving to be chastised; beyond reproach
  • unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
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