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13-letter words containing c, e, t, s, h

  • telemechanics — the science or practice of operating mechanisms by remote control.
  • terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
  • terrace house — a house in a terrace or a row of houses, usually identical and having common dividing walls
  • testing bench — a piece of equipment for testing if a machine or device is working properly
  • tetrastichous — arranged in a spike of four vertical rows, as flowers.
  • the ascension — the bodily ascent of Jesus into heaven on the fortieth day after the Resurrection: Acts 1:9
  • the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
  • the conscious — that part of one's mental activity of which one is fully aware at any given time
  • the consulate — the consular government of France from 1799 to 1804
  • the decencies — those things that are considered necessary for a decent life
  • the franchise — the right to vote, esp for representatives in a legislative body; suffrage
  • the holocaust — the systematic, genocidal destruction of over six million European Jews by the Nazis before and during WWII
  • the necessary — the money required for a particular purpose
  • the provinces — those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture
  • the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
  • the superrich — exceptionally wealthy people, considered collectively
  • the-alchemist — a comedy (1610) by Ben Jonson.
  • the-spectator — a weekly periodical (1711–12, 1714) issued by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.
  • theatricalism — conduct suggesting theatrical actions or mannerisms, especially of an extravagant or exhibitionist sort.
  • thermal shock — a fluctuation in temperature causing stress in a material. It often results in fracture, esp in brittle materials such as ceramics
  • thermoelastic — pertaining to the thermodynamic effects produced by deformation of an elastic substance.
  • thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • thermospheric — pertaining to the thermosphere
  • thermostatics — the branch of science concerned with thermal equilibrium
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  • thick-skinned — having a thick skin.
  • thick-skulled — stupid; dull.
  • thieves' cant — slang used by thieves
  • thirty-second — next after the thirty-first; being the ordinal number for 32.
  • thomas becket — Saint Thomas à, 1118?–70, archbishop of Canterbury: murdered because of his opposition to Henry II's policies toward the church.
  • thomas decker — Thomas, 1572?–1632? English dramatist.
  • thoracenteses — insertion of a hollow needle or similar instrument into the pleural cavity of the chest in order to drain pleural fluid.
  • thoracentesis — insertion of a hollow needle or similar instrument into the pleural cavity of the chest in order to drain pleural fluid.
  • thunderstruck — overcome with consternation; confounded; astounded: He was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion.
  • tilting chest — a medieval chest decorated with a representation of a tournament.
  • to lose touch — If you lose touch with someone, you gradually stop writing, telephoning, or visiting them.
  • toggle switch — a switch in which a projecting knob or arm, moving through a small arc, causes the contacts to open or close an electric circuit suddenly, as commonly used in most homes.
  • topochemistry — the study of reactions that only occur at specific regions in a system
  • tracheophytes — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
  • treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
  • trichopterist — a student of, or expert in, trichopteran insects
  • trichopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Trichoptera, comprising the caddisflies.
  • trisaccharide — a carbohydrate composed of three monosaccharide units, and hydrolyzable to a monosaccharide or a mixture of monosaccharides.
  • truchas peaks — group of mountains in N New Mexico, NE of Santa Fe in the S Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
  • 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.
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