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13-letter words containing a, n, e, c

  • han character — (character)   (From the Han dynasty, 206 B.C.E to 25 C.E.) One of the set of glyphs common to Chinese (where they are called "hanzi"), Japanese (where they are called kanji), and Korean (where they are called hanja). Han characters are generally described as "ideographic", i.e., picture-writing; but see the reference below. Modern Korean, Chinese and Japanese fonts may represent a given Han character as somewhat different glyphs. However, in the formulation of Unicode, these differences were folded, in order to conserve the number of code positions necessary for all of CJK. This unification is referred to as "Han Unification", with the resulting character repertoire sometimes referred to as "Unihan".
  • hand-stitched — stitched by hand rather than by a machine
  • handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
  • hard currency — money that is backed by gold reserves and is readily convertible into foreign currencies.
  • harmonic mean — the mean obtained by taking the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of a set of nonzero numbers.
  • harmonic tone — a tone produced by suppressing the fundamental tone and bringing into prominence one of its overtones.
  • harness hitch — a hitch forming a loop around a rope, especially one formed at the end of a bowline.
  • hate campaign — A hate campaign is a series of actions which are intended to harm or upset someone, or to make other people have a low opinion of them.
  • 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.
  • health center — medical clinic
  • health centre — A health centre is a building in which a group of doctors have offices or surgeries where their patients can visit them.
  • heartsickness — The condition of being heartsick.
  • heartstricken — Shocked; dismayed.
  • heavenly city — the abode of God and His saints; heaven. Rev. 21:2.
  • hefner candle — a German unit of luminous intensity, equal to 0.92 of a candela.
  • henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
  • hendecahedron — a solid figure having 11 faces.
  • heptadecanoic — as in heptadecanoic acid, a saturated fatty acid, aka margaric acid
  • herb patience — a European plant, Rumex patientia, of the buckwheat family, naturalized in North America, having long, wavy-margined, basal leaves used for salads.
  • hermeneutical — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
  • hero sandwich — a large sandwich, usually consisting of a small loaf of bread or long roll cut in half lengthwise and containing a variety of ingredients, as meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes.
  • heroic stanza — elegiac stanza.
  • heroin addict — sb dependent on heroin
  • heterostracan — any of several ostracoderms of the order Heterostraci, from the Silurian and Devonian Periods, having the anterior part of the body enclosed in bony plates.
  • hexactinellid — a type of sponge characterized by their (usually) six siliceous spicules or rays
  • hexanoic acid — caproic acid.
  • hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
  • histaminergic — releasing histamine
  • holy alliance — a league formed by the principal sovereigns of Europe in 1815 with the professed object of promoting Christian brotherhood but the practical object of repressing democratic revolutions and institutions. The English and Turkish rulers and Pope Pius VII did not join the league.
  • homogenetical — of, involving or relating to homogeny
  • honey stomach — the crop of an ant, bee, or other hymenopterous insect, serving as a reservoir for honeydew and nectar, especially the enlarged crop of a honeybee in which nectar is acted on by enzymes to form honey.
  • housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
  • human ecology — ecology (def 4).
  • 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
  • hyacinth bean — an Old World tropical vine, Dolichos lablab, of the legume family, having purple or white flowers and black or white seeds in a papery, beaked pod.
  • hypercinnabar — (mineral) A form of cinnabar that forms hexagonal crystals.
  • hypercyanotic — blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
  • hypermagnetic — (physics) Extremely magnetic.
  • hyperromantic — extremely or excessively romantic
  • hypothecating — Present participle of hypothecate.
  • hypothecation — to pledge to a creditor as security without delivering over; mortgage.
  • ice-cream van — a mobile shop that sells ice cream and confectionery
  • iceland poppy — any of various widely cultivated arctic poppies, esp Papaver nudicaule, with white or yellow nodding flowers
  • iceman cometh — a play (1946) by Eugene O'Neill.
  • iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
  • identicalness — The state or quality of being identical.
  • identity card — a card for identifying the bearer, giving name, address, and other personal data.
  • idiomaticness — Idiomaticity.
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