13-letter words containing c, a, u, h, o
- ocean sunfish — a brown and gray mola, Mola mola, inhabiting tropical and temperate seas, having the posterior half of the body sharply truncated behind the elongated dorsal and anal fins.
- octagon house — a type of American house, c. 1850, having an octagonal perimeter to reduce exterior wall area.
- one-punch law — a law prescribing punitive sentences for assault, including assault comprising a single blow
- outreach work — work (done by welfare workers, volunteers, etc) designed to help and encourage disadvantaged members of the community
- packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
- pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
- photoacoustic — optoacoustic
- phyllocladous — having phylloclades.
- poison sumach — an anacardiaceous swamp shrub, Rhus (or Toxicodendron) vernix of the southeastern US, that has greenish-white berries and causes an itching rash on contact with the skin
- port harcourt — a seaport in S Nigeria.
- postholocaust — following a holocaust
- prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
- quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
- quadriphonics — quadraphony.
- rann of kutch — an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq km (9000 sq miles)
- reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- rhesus factor — Rh factor.
- rogue's march — a derisive tune played to accompany a person's expulsion from a regiment, community, etc.
- schizaeaceous — relating to a type of extinct fern
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- share account — a savings account in a credit union.
- she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- short account — the account of a short seller.
- south african — of southern Africa.
- south america — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- southern cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- sphagnicolous — growing in moss
- stomach upset — a slight illness affecting your stomach and/or bowels characterized by nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhoea
- sugar orchard — sugarbush (def 2).
- sunday school — a school, now usually in connection with a church, for religious instruction on Sunday.
- tautochronism — the fact or quality of being a tautochrone
- tautochronous — having the character of a tautochrone
- terrace house — a house in a terrace or a row of houses, usually identical and having common dividing walls
- tetrastichous — arranged in a spike of four vertical rows, as flowers.
- the consulate — the consular government of France from 1799 to 1804
- the holocaust — the systematic, genocidal destruction of over six million European Jews by the Nazis before and during WWII
- thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
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- thoracic duct — the main trunk of the lymphatic system, passing along the spinal column in the thoracic cavity, and conveying a large amount of lymph and chyle into the venous circulation.
- thoracolumbar — of the thoracic and lumbar regions
- thoroughbrace — either of two strong leather straps upon which the body of certain types of carriage is supported
- thoroughpaced — trained to go through all the possible paces, as a horse.
- throw a curve — a continuously bending line, without angles.
- throw a punch — try to hit sb
- thurification — the act of incense-burning
- tobacco pouch — a pouch for carrying pipe tobacco
- toque blanche — the tall white hat traditionally worn by a chef
- touch a nerve — to mention or bring to mind a sensitive issue or subject
- touch-in-goal — the area at each end of the field outside of a touch-in-goal line.