13-letter words containing c, a, n, t, h, p
- phonocamptics — the branch of acoustics dealing with echoes
- photodynamics — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- photoreaction — a chemical reaction that involves or requires light.
- piano teacher — tutor of piano-playing
- pitcher plant — any of various insectivorous New World bog plants of the genera Sarracenia, Darlingtonia, and Heliamphora, having tubular or trumpet-shaped leaves containing a liquid in which insects are trapped.
- plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- polytechnical — relating to a technical school
- pontchartrain — Lake, a shallow extension of the Gulf of Mexico in SE Louisiana, N of New Orleans. 41 miles (66 km) long; 25 miles (40 km) wide.
- post exchange — a retail store on an army installation that sells goods and services to military personnel and their dependents and to certain authorized civilian personnel. Abbreviation: PX.
- pre-christian — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the Christian Era.
- preanesthetic — a substance that produces a preliminary or light anesthesia.
- preattachment — an act of attaching or the state of being attached.
- presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
- promonarchist — the principles of monarchy.
- psilanthropic — relating to psilanthropism
- psychasthenia — Psychiatry. (no longer in technical use) a neurosis marked by fear, anxiety, phobias, etc.
- psychasthenic — a person who has psychasthenia
- psychoanalyst — a person trained to practice psychoanalysis.
- puritan ethic — work ethic.
- pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- ramapithecine — of or relating to an extinct hominoid of the genus Ramapithecus
- rapprochement — an establishment or reestablishment of harmonious relations: a rapprochement reached between warring factions.
- scintigraphic — of or relating to scintigraphy
- scotch plains — a township in NE New Jersey.
- shack-tapping — the making of house-by-house visits to canvass.
- ship decanter — a glass decanter with a very wide base.
- shopping cart — a four-wheeled cart provided by a supermarket or other retail store for a customer's use in collecting purchases.
- space heating — the heating of a limited area, as a room, by means of a heater (space heater) within the area.
- stamp machine — a machine used for stamping documents, as with the time, etc
- standing chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing upright
- technopolitan — of or relating to a place or society dominated by technology
- telencephalic — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
- telencephalon — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
- terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
- the cup final — the annual final of the FA Cup soccer competition, played at Wembley, or the Scottish Cup, played at Hampden Park
- the paleocene — the Paleocene Epoch or its rocks
- throw a punch — try to hit sb
- tin parachute — an employment agreement guaranteeing a worker compensation, especially in the form of bonuses and benefits, in the event of dismissal as a result of a merger or takeover.
- unsympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- white pelican — an aquatic bird of the tropical and warm water family Pelecanidae, P. onocrotalus: order Pelecaniformes. They have a long straight flattened bill, with a distensible pouch for engulfing fish
- yachting trip — a pleasure trip on a yacht
- yachtsmanship — The ability or art of being adept at sailing a yacht.
- zinc sulphate — a colourless soluble crystalline substance usually existing as the heptahydrate or monohydrate: used as a mordant, in preserving wood and skins, and in the electrodeposition of zinc. Formula: ZnSO4