13-letter words containing c, a, s, t, h
- thoracentesis — insertion of a hollow needle or similar instrument into the pleural cavity of the chest in order to drain pleural fluid.
- thoracoplasty — the operation removing selected portions of the ribs to collapse part of the underlying lung or an abnormal pleural space, usually in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- thromboclasis — thrombolysis.
- toxicophagous — poison-eating
- tracheophytes — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
- trachycarpous — having rough-skinned fruit.
- tracking shot — dolly shot.
- transthoracic — of or relating to the thorax.
- treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
- trichromatism — the quality or condition of being trichromatic.
- trip a switch — to activate (a mechanical trip)
- trisaccharide — a carbohydrate composed of three monosaccharide units, and hydrolyzable to a monosaccharide or a mixture of monosaccharides.
- tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
- truchas peaks — group of mountains in N New Mexico, NE of Santa Fe in the S Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
- twin camshaft — A twin camshaft is an arrangement of two parallel camshafts for each set of cylinders in an engine. Usually one operates the intake valve and the other the exhaust valve.
- ultraphysical — extremely physical
- uncharismatic — (of a person) not charismatic; lacking charisma; dull
- unchastisable — not deserving to be chastised; beyond reproach
- under hatches — below decks
- unethicalness — lacking moral principles; unwilling to adhere to proper rules of conduct.
- unscratchable — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- unstaunchable — incapable of being stopped
- unstretchable — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- unsympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- up to scratch — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- vanishing act — a vanishing act is when someone is impossible to contact, or disappears from public view
- wasatch range — a mountain range in N Utah and SE Idaho. Highest peak, Mt. Timpanogos, 12,008 feet (3660 meters).
- watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
- weathercaster — an announcer on a radio or television station who delivers the weathercast.
- western larch — a North American larch, Larix occidentalis, having oval cones and found mainly in S British Columbia
- white arsenic — arsenous acid
- wholistically — Alternative form of holistically.
- wichita falls — a city in N Texas.
- without cease — without stopping; incessantly
- xanthochroism — a condition in certain animals, esp aquarium goldfish, in which all skin pigments other than yellow and orange disappear
- xanthochroous — light-skinned and fair-haired
- 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