13-letter words containing a, g, t, h, o, c
- galactic halo — a spheroidal aggregation of globular clusters, individual stars, dust, and gas that surrounds the Galaxy
- galactorrhoea — (British spelling) alternative spelling of galactorrhea.
- gallocatechol — An antioxidant that contains catechin, found in food.
- gastrohepatic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and the liver.
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- goat's cheese — cheese made from goat's milk
- goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
- gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
- grave clothes — the wrappings in which a dead body is interred
- growth factor — any of various proteins that promote the growth, organization, and maintenance of cells and tissues.
- hack together — (jargon) To throw something together so it will work. Unlike "kluge together" or "cruft together", this does not necessarily have negative connotations.
- hematological — Hematologic.
- heortological — of or relating to heortology
- heterogametic — (of a species or individual organism) having two unlike gametes.
- heterographic — Misspelled; of or pertaining to an incorrect spelling or a spelling that differs from accepted standards.
- heterological — (grammar) Of an adjective, not describing itself.
- hogarth chair — a Queen Anne chair having a solid splat and cabriole legs, all pieces having a cyma curve or outline.
- homogenetical — of, involving or relating to homogeny
- hygrometrical — Alternative form of hygrometric.
- hypothecating — Present participle of hypothecate.
- 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.
- logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
- logical shift — (programming) (Either shift left logical or shift right logical) Machine-level operations available on nearly all processors which move each bit in a word one or more bit positions in the given direction. A left shift moves the bits to more significant positions (like multiplying by two), a right shift moves them to less significant positions (like dividing by two). The comparison with multiplication and division breaks down in certain circumstances - a logical shift may discard bits that are shifted off either end of the word and does not preserve the sign of the word (positive or negative). Logical shift is approriate when treating the word as a bit string or a sequence of bit fields, whereas arithmetic shift is appropriate when treating it as a binary number. The word to be shifted is usually stored in a register, or possibly in memory.
- logical truth — the property of being logically tautologous
- magnet school — a public school with special programs and instruction that are not available elsewhere in a school district and that are specially designed to draw students from throughout a district, especially to aid in desegregation.
- mango chutney — chutney which contains or is made from the fruit mango
- mastigophoric — Carrying or wielding a whip.
- matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
- method acting — film, theater: acting approach
- microteaching — a scaled-down teaching procedure with a few students under controlled conditions, often videotaped in order to analyze teaching techniques and develop new teaching skills.
- morning watch — the watch from 4 a.m. until 8 a.m.
- mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
- nonpathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
- north chicago — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
- octagon house — a type of American house, c. 1850, having an octagonal perimeter to reduce exterior wall area.
- onychophagist — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
- orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
- pathogenicity — the disease-producing capacity of a pathogen.
- pathognomonic — Medicine/Medical. characteristic or diagnostic of a specific disease: a pathognomonic sign of pneumonia.
- pharyngectomy — excision of part or all of the pharynx.
- phlogisticate — to integrate or blend phlogiston with
- photoallergic — photosensitive.
- post exchange — a retail store on an army installation that sells goods and services to military personnel and their dependents and to certain authorized civilian personnel. Abbreviation: PX.
- presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
- reflectograph — a type of mechanical instrument used for communication with spirits or the dead
- saratoga chip — potato chip.
- scotch lovage — a similar and related plant, Ligusticum scoticum, of N Europe
- shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
- shopping cart — a four-wheeled cart provided by a supermarket or other retail store for a customer's use in collecting purchases.
- spectrography — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.