13-letter words containing c, a, h, i
- beanbag chair — a chair like a large beanbag covered with vinyl, fabric, etc. and filled with foam pellets, as of polystyrene, that shift about to fit one's body
- 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.
- benefit match — a sports match organized to raise money for charity, or for a particular player
- benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
- berbice chair — large armchair with long arms that can be folded inwards to act as leg rests
- bibliographic — a complete or selective list of works compiled upon some common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer.
- bibliothecary — a librarian
- bicycle chain — a chain that transmits power from the pedals to the driving wheel of a bicycle
- big enchilada — enchilada (def 2).
- binary search — (algorithm) A search algorithm which repeatedly divides an ordered search space in half according to how the required (key) value compares with the middle element. The following pseudo-C routine performs a binary search return the index of the element of vector "thing[first..last]" equal to "target": if (target < thing[first] || target > thing[last]) return NOT_FOUND; while (first < last) { mid = (first+last)/2; /* truncate to integer */ if (target == thing[mid]) return mid; if (target < thing[mid]) last = mid-1; else first = mid+1; } if (target == thing[last]) return last; return NOT_FOUND; (2003-01-14)
- biochemically — the science dealing with the chemistry of living matter.
- biomechanical — relating to biomechanics
- biphasic pill — a drug with two dosage levels over the period taken, as an oral contraceptive.
- bird-watching — Bird-watching is the activity of watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
- birthday cake — a special cake eaten at a birthday party
- birthday card — a greeting card sent on someone's birthday
- black english — the group of related dialects of American English spoken variously by many black people in the U.S.
- black hickory — a species of smooth-barked hickory, Carya tomentosa, with fragrant foliage that turns bright yellow in autumn
- blacksmithing — the work of a blacksmith.
- blanchisseuse — a washer-woman
- bois de vache — dried buffalo dung, used as fuel by Canadian and U.S. fur trappers in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- bowling match — a game of bowls
- brachiosaurus — a dinosaur of the genus Brachiosaurus, up to 30 metres long: the largest land animal ever known
- brachycranial — brachycephalic
- branch office — the local branch of a bank, shop, or other business
- branch rickey — (Wesley) Branch, 1881–1965, U.S. baseball executive.
- break the ice — to relieve shyness or reserve, esp between strangers
- breechloading — loaded at the breech.
- broca-aphasia — a type of aphasia caused by a lesion in Broca's area of the brain, characterized by misarticulated speech and lack of grammatical morphemes.
- buffalo chips — the dried dung of buffalo used as fuel, especially by early settlers on the western plains.
- butch haircut — a short haircut for men, similar to a crew cut.
- cabbage aphid — a small, blue aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae, that feeds on cabbage and related plants.
- cabbage white — any large white butterfly of the genus Pieris, esp the Eurasian species P. brassicae, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of cabbages and related vegetables: family Pieridae
- cacographical — Synonym of cacographic.
- cactus dahlia — a double-flowered variety of dahlia
- cage fighting — Cage fighting is a type of organized violent fighting that takes place in an enclosed space.
- cainotophobia — Alternative form of cainophobia.
- calcium light — limelight (sense 1)
- calligraphist — fancy penmanship, especially highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes: She appreciated the calligraphy of the 18th century.
- callisthenics — light exercises designed to promote general fitness, develop muscle tone, etc
- callithumpian — relating to or resembling a callithump
- camping chair — a chair which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
- 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.
- cancerophobia — a morbid dread of being afflicted by cancer
- 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
- cape crawfish — an edible South African spiny lobster, Jasus lalandii.
- carcinophobia — Inordinate dread of contracting cancer.
- 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.