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13-letter words containing a, t, h, e, b, c

  • 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
  • chateaubriand — François René (frɑ̃swa rəne), Vicomte de Chateaubriand. 1768–1848, French writer and statesman: a precursor of the romantic movement in France; his works include Le Génie du Christianisme (1802) and Mémoires d'outre-tombe (1849–50)
  • chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
  • china cabinet — a cabinet in which china is stored when not in use
  • chocolate bar — a block of chocolate
  • chocolate-box — Chocolate-box places or images are very pretty but in a boring or conventional way.
  • city chambers — (in Scotland) the municipal building of a city; town hall
  • claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
  • clearing bath — any solution for removing material from the surface of a photographic image, as silver halide, metallic silver, or a dye or stain.
  • clothesbasket — a basket for holding and carrying laundry.
  • cocaine habit — an addiction to cocaine
  • copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
  • cross the bar — to die
  • daytona beach — a city in NE Florida, on the Atlantic: a resort with a beach of hard white sand, used since 1903 for motor speed trials. Pop: 64 581 (2003 est)
  • death chamber — a room in which someone has died
  • detachability — The quality of being detachable.
  • embranchments — Plural form of embranchment.
  • first chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
  • float chamber — Automotive. the bowl-shaped section of a carburetor in which a reserve of fuel is maintained, the fuel level being regulated by a float.
  • garbage chute — sloped channel for rubbish disposal
  • halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
  • hemimetabolic — (zoology) Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvae differing from the adults chiefly in lacking wings.
  • hemocytoblast — a primordial cell capable of developing into any type of blood cell.
  • heptasyllabic — having seven syllables
  • herb patience — a European plant, Rumex patientia, of the buckwheat family, naturalized in North America, having long, wavy-margined, basal leaves used for salads.
  • heteroblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing a marked difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
  • hilbert space — a complete infinite-dimensional vector space on which an inner product is defined.
  • holometabolic — Of, pertaining to, or undergoing holometabolism.
  • 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.
  • hypometabolic — Relating to hypometabolism.
  • inhabitancies — Plural form of inhabitancy.
  • laughter club — a group of people who meet regularly to take part in communal laughing for therapeutic effect
  • merchant bank — a private banking firm engaged chiefly in investing in new issues of securities and in accepting bills of exchange in foreign trade.
  • methocarbamol — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 5 , used as a muscle relaxant in combination with other drugs in the treatment of acute, painful musculoskeletal conditions.
  • multibranched — Having more than one branch.
  • newport beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
  • nonalphabetic — not employing alphabetic order
  • nondetachable — Not capable of being detached.
  • optical bench — an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies, having a ruled bar to which these devices can be attached and along which they can be readily adjusted.
  • pass the buck — Poker. any object in the pot that reminds the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.
  • peccatophobia — an abnormal fear of sinning.
  • photocopiable — able or legally permitted to be photocopied
  • public health — health services to improve and protect community health, especially sanitation, immunization, and preventive medicine.
  • right bracket — (character)   "]". ASCII character 93. Common names: right square bracket; ITU-T: closing bracket; unbracket. Rare: unsquare; INTERCAL: U turn back. Paired with left bracket.
  • rock the boat — to move or sway to and fro or from side to side.
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • sketchability — the suitability for being sketched
  • state chamber — a room for public ceremonies and celebrations.
  • teachableness — the quality or condition of being teachable
  • techno-babble — technical jargon relating to computing and other technological subjects
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