13-letter words containing c, h, e, i, l
- night crawler — an earthworm.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- nike hercules — a 40 feet (12 meters) U.S. surface-to-air missile effective at medium to high altitudes and having a range of more than 87 miles (140 km).
- non-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- non-technical — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
- nonalphabetic — not employing alphabetic order
- nonhaemolytic — relating to a transfusion reaction in which the red blood cells survive
- nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
- nonmechanical — having to do with machinery: a mechanical failure.
- nontheatrical — not relating to the theatre
- normocephalic — Having a normal sized head; neither macrocephalic nor microcephalic; mesocephalic.
- office-holder — An office-holder is a person who has an important official position in an organization or government.
- officeholders — Plural form of officeholder.
- optical bench — an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies, having a ruled bar to which these devices can be attached and along which they can be readily adjusted.
- orchestralist — a person who writes or arranges orchestral music
- orthocephalic — having a medium or intermediate relation between the height of the skull and the breadth or length.
- orthoepically — In terms of correct pronunciation.
- orthopaedical — Pertaining to orthopaedics; characteristic of orthopaedia.
- orthosilicate — a silicate mineral
- parenthetical — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
- paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
- pencil pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
- pencil-pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
- perchlorinate — to combine with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
- perilymphatic — the fluid between the bony and membranous labyrinths of the ear.
- petrochemical — a chemical substance obtained from petroleum or natural gas, as gasoline, kerosene, or petrolatum.
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- phallic phase — the time from about age three to five when the genitals become the focus of a child's sensual pleasure.
- phallocentric — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- phelloplastic — an image or a representation that has been fashioned from cork
- phencyclidine — an anesthetic drug, C 1 7 H 2 5 N, used as an animal tranquilizer: also widely used in several forms as an illicit hallucinogen.
- phenylic acid — phenol (def 1).
- phlebographic — relating to phlebography or the X-ray imaging of a vein that has been injected with a dye that is visible on the image taken
- phlogisticate — to integrate or blend phlogiston with
- photoallergic — photosensitive.
- photochemical — the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light.
- photocopiable — able or legally permitted to be photocopied
- photoelectric — pertaining to the electronic or other electric effects produced by light.
- photogeologic — of or relating to photogeology
- phyllogenetic — of or relating to the development of leaves.
- physical file — (file system) A low-level view of the physical characteristics of a file, such as its location on a disk or its physical structure, for example, whether indexed or sequential.
- physicalities — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
- physics model — a variety of software illustrating the movement of objects in reality, used by designers of video games to improve verisimilitude
- phytochemical — Also called phytonutrient. any of various bioactive chemical compounds found in plants, as antioxidants, considered to be beneficial to human health.
- pick holes in — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- pitcher plant — any of various insectivorous New World bog plants of the genera Sarracenia, Darlingtonia, and Heliamphora, having tubular or trumpet-shaped leaves containing a liquid in which insects are trapped.
- plagiocephaly — a deformity of the skull in which one side is more developed in the front, and the other side is more developed in the rear.
- plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- platycephalic — having a head whose cranial vault is broad or flat.
- pocket chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade of medium length.