13-letter words containing c, h, a, r, l
- cloud chamber — an apparatus for detecting high-energy particles by observing their tracks through a chamber containing a supersaturated vapour. Each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- coal merchant — a person engaged in the purchase and sale of coal for profit
- cochlear duct — a spiral tube enclosed in the bony canal of the cochlea.
- cochleariform — having a spoon shape
- cocktail hour — the interval before the evening meal during which cocktails and other alcoholic beverages are often served.
- coldheartedly — Alternative spelling of cold-heartedly.
- colomb-bechar — former name of Béchar.
- control chart — a chart on which observed values of a variable are plotted, usually against the expected value of the variable and its allowable deviation, so that excessive variations in the quality, quantity, etc, of the variable can be detected
- copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
- core handling — Core handling is the way that a core is dealt with to make sure it maintains its properties for testing.
- corinth canal — a ship canal connecting the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf across the Isthmus of Corinth
- costochondral — (anatomy) Relating to ribs and cartilage.
- coxwell chair — Cogswell chair.
- crackle china — porcelain or pottery with intentional crazing
- cradle scythe — cradle (def 4b).
- crash blossom — an ambiguously worded headline whose meaning can be interpreted in the wrong way, as “Missing Woman Remains Found.”. See also garden-path.
- crash landing — aircraft: emergency descent
- critical path — the sequence of stages of a project requiring the longest time
- cross-channel — Cross-Channel travel is travel across the English Channel, especially by boat.
- cruel-hearted — having a cruel heart; lacking kindness, compassion, etc.
- crystal habit — the external shape of a crystal
- culture clash — a conflict arising from the interaction of people with different cultural values
- cylinder head — the detachable metal casting that fits onto the top of a cylinder block. In an engine it contains part of the combustion chamber and in an overhead-valve four-stroke engine it houses the valves and their operating mechanisms
- dactylography — the scientific study of fingerprints for purposes of identification
- daughter cell — either of the two cells that result from the division of a cell, as in mitosis
- demographical — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
- diaphoretical — Alternative form of diaphoretic.
- digraphically — in a digraphic manner
- dischargeable — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- dolichocranic — dolichocephalic.
- dolichosaurus — any of various extinct Cretaceous aquatic reptiles that had long necks and bodies and well-developed limbs
- donald cherry — Donald Eugene ("Don") 1936–95, U.S. jazz trumpeter.
- downhill race — a competitive event in which skiers are timed in a downhill run
- dual monarchy — the kingdom of Austria-Hungary 1867–1918.
- elasmobranchs — Plural form of elasmobranch.
- electric hare — (in greyhound racing) a model of a hare, mounted on an electrified rail, which the dogs chase
- electrographs — Plural form of electrograph.
- encephalogram — An image, trace, or other record of the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
- endobronchial — (anatomy) Pertaining to the lining of the bronchi.
- entrance hall — large lobby, foyer
- epitrachelion — The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
- epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
- eproctophilia — Sexual arousal from flatulence.
- ethnocultural — Relating to or denoting a particular ethnic group.
- eucharistical — Alternative form of eucharistic.
- fibre channel — (storage, networking, communications) An ANSI standard originally intended for high-speed SANs connecting servers, disc arrays, and backup devices, also later adapted to form the physical layer of Gigabit Ethernet. Development work on Fibre channel started in 1988 and it was approved by the ANSI standards committee in 1994, running at 100Mb/s. More recent innovations have seen the speed of Fibre Channel SANs increase to 10Gb/s. Several topologies are possible with Fibre Channel, the most popular being a number of devices attached to one (or two, for redundancy) central Fibre Channel switches, creating a reliable infrastructure that allows servers to share storage arrays or tape libraries. One common use of Fibre Channel SANs is for high availability databaseq clusters where two servers are connected to one highly reliable RAID array. Should one server fail, the other server can mount the array itself and continue operations with minimal downtime and loss of data. Other advanced features include the ability to have servers and hard drives seperated by hundreds of miles or to rapidly mirror data between servers and hard drives, perhaps in seperate geographic locations.
- flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
- float chamber — Automotive. the bowl-shaped section of a carburetor in which a reserve of fuel is maintained, the fuel level being regulated by a float.
- fluorographic — of or pertaining to fluorography