0%

13-letter words containing a, t, h, e, o

  • batch-process — to perform batch processing on (files)
  • behavioristic — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
  • benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
  • benton harbor — a city in SW Michigan, on Lake Michigan.
  • beta-naphthol — either of two isomeric hydroxyl derivatives, C 1 0 H 7 OH, of naphthalene (alpha-naphthol or 1-naphthol and beta-naphthol or 2-naphthol) white or yellowish crystals, with a phenolic odor, that darken on exposure to light: used chiefly in dyes, drugs, perfumes, and insecticides.
  • betamethasone — a synthetic analogue of a glucocorticoid, C 22 H 29 FO 5 , used in various forms in the treatment of inflammation, allergies, and tumors, and for replacement therapy in adrenal insufficiency.
  • bibliothecary — a librarian
  • bibliotherapy — the use of reading as therapy
  • blepharoplast — a cylindrical cytoplasmic body in protozoa
  • blow the gaff — to divulge a secret
  • body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
  • bohr magneton — a unit that is used to indicate the magnetic moment of the electron structure in an atom, equal to 9.27 × 10 −21 erg/gauss.
  • bottle-washer — a menial or factotum
  • boynton beach — a city in SE Florida.
  • brachypterous — having very short or incompletely developed wings
  • break through — If you break through a barrier, you succeed in forcing your way through it.
  • breakthroughs — a military movement or advance all the way through and beyond an enemy's front-line defense.
  • broad hatchet — a hatchet with a broad cutting edge.
  • brokenhearted — Someone who is brokenhearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
  • bulbourethral — of or relating to the rounded mass of tissue surrounding the urethra at the root of the penis.
  • cache storage — cache (def 3).
  • carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
  • carboxymethyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical -CH2-COOH derived from acetic acid.
  • cardiopathies — Plural form of cardiopathy.
  • cartographers — Plural form of cartographer.
  • cash customer — a purchaser who pays cash rather than by check, credit card, or charge account.
  • castle howard — a mansion near York in Yorkshire: designed in 1700 by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor; the grounds include the Temple of the Four Winds and a mausoleum
  • catastrophise — Alt form catastrophize.
  • catastrophize — (obsolete) To end a comedy.
  • catch oneself — to hold oneself back abruptly from saying or doing something
  • catcher's box — box1 (def 16d).
  • catechization — The act of catechizing.
  • catecholamine — any of a group of hormones that are catechol derivatives, esp adrenaline and noradrenaline
  • cecropia moth — a large North American saturniid moth, Hyalophora (or Samia) cecropia, with brightly coloured wings and feathery antennae
  • cephalization — (in the evolution of animals) development of a head by the concentration of feeding and sensory organs and nervous tissue at the anterior end
  • cephalometric — Relating to cephalometrics.
  • cephalothorax — the anterior part of many crustaceans and some other arthropods consisting of a united head and thorax
  • cetyl alcohol — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 16 H 34 O, used chiefly as an emollient in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
  • chaetophorous — bearing bristles; setigerous.
  • chain reactor — reactor (def 4).
  • chalcostibite — a mineral, antimony copper sulfide, CuSbS 2 , occurring in lead-gray crystals.
  • chalicotheres — Plural form of chalicothere.
  • changing tone — cambiata.
  • changing-note — cambiata.
  • chapter house — A chapter house is the building or set of rooms in the grounds of a cathedral where the members of the clergy hold their meetings.
  • charles abbot — Charles Greeley, 1872–1973, U.S. astrophysicist.
  • charlottetown — a port in SE Canada, capital of the province of Prince Edward Island. Pop: 34 562 (2011)
  • chase mortise — a mortise having one inclined narrow side.
  • chattahoochee — river flowing from N Ga. southward along the Ga.-Ala. border into the Apalachicola: 436 mi (702 km)
  • chattel house — (esp in Barbados) a movable wooden dwelling, usually set on a foundation of loose stones on rented land
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?