13-letter words containing c, a, o, e, t, h
- boynton beach — a city in SE Florida.
- brachypterous — having very short or incompletely developed wings
- broad hatchet — a hatchet with a broad cutting edge.
- 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
- cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
- chemautotroph — an organism, such as a bacterium, that obtains its energy from inorganic reactions using simple compounds, such as ammonia or hydrogen sulphide
- chemotaxonomy — the taxonomy of species of organisms based on biochemical characteristics
- cherry tomato — a miniature tomato not much bigger than a cherry
- chestnut coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 1 3/16 to 1 5/8 inch (3 to 4 cm).
- chicago steak — a strip steak or, sometimes, a shell steak.
- chicago style — a style of jazz flourishing in Chicago especially in the early 1920s, constituting a direct offshoot of New Orleans style, and differing from its predecessor chiefly in the diminished influence of native folk sources, the greater tension of its group improvisation, the increased emphasis on solos, and the regular use of the tenor saxophone as part of the ensemble.
- chlorargyrite — a mineral, the naturally occurring form of silver chloride, formed in the oxidation process of silver
- chloroacetone — a colorless, lachrymatory, poisonous liquid, C 3 H 5 ClO, used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of insecticides and perfumes.
- chloromethane — methyl chloride.
- chocolate bar — a block of chocolate
- chocolate-box — Chocolate-box places or images are very pretty but in a boring or conventional way.
- cholesteatoma — A destructive and expanding keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear and/or mastoid process.
- cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
- chopped steak — ground, cooked beef, usually served as a main course.
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- chrestomathic — (of teaching or learning) That has a practical use.