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13-letter words containing c, h, a, n, g

  • game-changing — having the potential to change significantly the outcome of something
  • gangster chic — a cinematic or literary genre which seeks to glamorize the criminal underworld
  • garden orache — a plant of the goosefoot family, Atriplex hortensis, which is cultivated as a vegetable and used like spinach
  • gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
  • girl-watching — the activity of looking at young women to enjoy their attractiveness, perhaps with a view to starting a relationship
  • gnathic index — Craniometry. the ratio of the distance from basion to prosthion to the distance from basion to nasion, expressed in percent of the latter.
  • goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
  • gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
  • grain alcohol — alcohol (def 1).
  • grand duchess — the wife or widow of a grand duke.
  • grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
  • graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
  • green channel — the route followed in passing through customs in an airport, etc by passengers claiming to have no dutiable goods to declare
  • green machine — A computer or peripheral device that has been designed and built to military specifications for field equipment (that is, to withstand mechanical shock, extremes of temperature and humidity, and so forth). Comes from the olive-drab "uniform" paint used for military equipment.
  • gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
  • gynaecophobia — (psychology) An irrational fear of women.
  • hacking cough — a harsh, dry and spasmodic cough
  • half coupling — a flange fixed at the end of each of the two shafts that are connected in a flange coupling
  • hallucinating — Present participle of hallucinate.
  • hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
  • hate campaign — A hate campaign is a series of actions which are intended to harm or upset someone, or to make other people have a low opinion of them.
  • histaminergic — releasing histamine
  • homogenetical — of, involving or relating to homogeny
  • housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
  • human cloning — the act of producing a human as a clone
  • human ecology — ecology (def 4).
  • hunting chair — a chair having a sliding frame in front serving as a footrest.
  • hunting watch — hunter (def 6).
  • hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
  • hydrocracking — the cracking of petroleum or the like in the presence of hydrogen.
  • hydrofracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
  • hypermagnetic — (physics) Extremely magnetic.
  • hypothecating — Present participle of hypothecate.
  • iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
  • interchanging — Present participle of interchange.
  • kachang puteh — (in Malaysia) roasted or fried nuts or beans
  • kangchenjunga — a mountain on the border between Nepal and Sikkim, in the Himalayas: the third highest mountain in the world. Height: 8598 m (28 208 ft)
  • kitchen range — cooker with oven and hob
  • lake michigan — a state in the N central United States. 58,216 sq. mi. (150,780 sq. km). Capital: Lansing. Abbreviation: MI (for use with zip code), Mich.
  • laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
  • launching pad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
  • li hung-chang — 1823–1901, Chinese statesman.
  • life-changing — having major impact on sb
  • logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
  • machinegunned — Simple past tense and past participle of machinegun.
  • magnet school — a public school with special programs and instruction that are not available elsewhere in a school district and that are specially designed to draw students from throughout a district, especially to aid in desegregation.
  • magnetic head — head (def 33).
  • mango chutney — chutney which contains or is made from the fruit mango
  • marching band — musical group that parades
  • marching girl — one of a team of girls dressed in fancy uniform who perform marching formations
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