13-letter words containing a, t, h, n
- birth parents — a child's biological parents, regardless of whether they subsequently bring up the child
- birthing ball — a large soft rubber ball used by women during childbirth to give support and to aid pain relief
- black panther — (in the US) a member of a militant Black political party (1965–82) founded to end the political dominance of White people
- blacksmithing — the work of a blacksmith.
- blandishments — Blandishments are pleasant things that someone says to another person in order to persuade them to do something.
- blanket chest — a chest, with or without drawers, having a rectangular space under a lifting lid or top, used for storing blankets, bedding, or clothing.
- blanket sheet — a newspaper of larger than average size, common in the mid 19th century.
- 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.
- bowling match — a game of bowls
- boynton beach — a city in SE Florida.
- brahminy kite — a common kite, Haliastur indus, of southern Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, having reddish-brown plumage with a white head and breast.
- breathe again — to feel relief
- british asian — A British Asian person is someone of Indian, Pakistani, or Bangladeshi origin who has grown up in Britain.
- british india — the 17 provinces of India formerly governed by the British under the British sovereign: ceased to exist in 1947 when the independent states of India and Pakistan were created
- brokenhearted — Someone who is brokenhearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
- bull elephant — an adult male elephant
- bundle sheath — a layer of cells in plant leaves and stems that surrounds a vascular bundle.
- burt standish — Burt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
- cafe chantant — an intimate cabaret offering sophisticated musical entertainment.
- cage fighting — Cage fighting is a type of organized violent fighting that takes place in an enclosed space.
- cainotophobia — Alternative form of cainophobia.
- call the tune — to be in control of the proceedings
- call the turn — to predict successfully
- callisthenics — light exercises designed to promote general fitness, develop muscle tone, etc
- callithumpian — relating to or resembling a callithump
- can't hack it — If you say that someone can't hack it or couldn't hack it, you mean that they do not or did not have the qualities needed to do a task or cope with a situation.
- candidateship — candidature
- candlelighter — a person whose task it is to light candles
- canthaxanthin — an orange carotenoid, C40H52O2, that is put in feed for poultry and feed for farmed salmon and trout
- capstan lathe — a lathe for repetitive work, having a rotatable turret resembling a capstan to hold tools for successive operations
- card clothing — a very sturdy fabric with a leather or rubber fillet imbedded with wire teeth for disentangling and cleaning textile fibers, used to cover the rollers or flats of a carding machine.
- carpet knight — a soldier who spends his life away from battle; idler
- carpetmuncher — Alternative form of carpet muncher.
- carrantuohill — a mountain in SW Republic of Ireland, in Macgillicuddy's Reeks in Kerry: the highest peak in Ireland. Height: 1041 m (3414 ft)
- carry the can — to take the responsibility for some misdemeanour, etc (on behalf of)
- carte blanche — If someone gives you carte blanche, they give you the authority to do whatever you think is right.
- cash discount — a discount granted to a purchaser who pays before a stipulated date
- casting couch — a couch on which a casting director is said to seduce women seeking a part in a film or play
- casting wheel — a wheel having on its circumference molds for receiving molten metal.
- catch oneself — to hold oneself back abruptly from saying or doing something
- catch the sun — to become slightly sunburnt
- catechization — The act of catechizing.
- catecholamine — any of a group of hormones that are catechol derivatives, esp adrenaline and noradrenaline
- catechumenate — Ecclesiastical. a person under instruction in the rudiments of Christianity, as in the early church; a neophyte.
- catheterizing — Present participle of catheterize.
- cayenne-whist — a seaport in and the capital of French Guiana.
- 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
- chain printer — a line printer in which the type is on a continuous chain, used to print computer output
- chain reactor — reactor (def 4).