13-letter words containing c, h, a, l, e, d
- speech island — a speech community that is completely surrounded by another, usually larger, speech community.
- synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- tax schedules — the different ways of classifying income under tax law
- tetrachloride — a chloride containing four atoms of chlorine.
- the afflicted — afflicted people considered collectively
- the backfield — the quarterback and running backs in a team
- three old cat — three-a-cat.
- unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
- velocity head — the velocity of a fluid expressed in terms of the head or static pressure required to produce that velocity. It equals ρν/2 where ρ is the density of the fluid and ν is the velocity. In hydrology the density of water can be written 1/G where G is the gravitational constant
- well-anchored — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.