13-letter words containing a, r, c, h, n, g
- free reaching — sailing on a free reach.
- french guiana — an overseas department of France, on the NE coast of South America: formerly a French colony. 35,135 sq. mi. (91,000 sq. km). Capital: Cayenne.
- french guinea — former name of Guinea.
- gangster chic — a cinematic or literary genre which seeks to glamorize the criminal underworld
- garden orache — a plant of the goosefoot family, Atriplex hortensis, which is cultivated as a vegetable and used like spinach
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- girl-watching — the activity of looking at young women to enjoy their attractiveness, perhaps with a view to starting a relationship
- goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
- gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
- grain alcohol — alcohol (def 1).
- grand duchess — the wife or widow of a grand duke.
- grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
- graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
- green channel — the route followed in passing through customs in an airport, etc by passengers claiming to have no dutiable goods to declare
- green machine — A computer or peripheral device that has been designed and built to military specifications for field equipment (that is, to withstand mechanical shock, extremes of temperature and humidity, and so forth). Comes from the olive-drab "uniform" paint used for military equipment.
- gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- histaminergic — releasing histamine
- hunting chair — a chair having a sliding frame in front serving as a footrest.
- hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
- hydrocracking — the cracking of petroleum or the like in the presence of hydrogen.
- hydrofracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- hypermagnetic — (physics) Extremely magnetic.
- iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
- interchanging — Present participle of interchange.
- kitchen range — cooker with oven and hob
- logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
- marching band — musical group that parades
- marching girl — one of a team of girls dressed in fancy uniform who perform marching formations
- marching song — a song with the rhythm of a march, esp sung by marching soldiers
- matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
- merchandising — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandizing — Alternative spelling of merchandising.
- merchant flag — the ensign used by all ships engaged in commerce, fishing, etc.
- 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.
- money-changer — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
- moneychangers — Plural form of moneychanger.
- morning watch — the watch from 4 a.m. until 8 a.m.
- nephrological — of or relating to nephrology
- night crawler — an earthworm.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- north chicago — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
- oceanographer — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- oceanographic — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
- overachieving — Present participle of overachieve.
- paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
- part exchange — If you give an old item in part exchange for something you are buying, the seller accepts the old item as part of the payment, so you do not have to give them as much money.
- pharmacognosy — materia medica (def 2).
- pharyngectomy — excision of part or all of the pharynx.
- pharyngoscope — an instrument for inspecting the pharynx.