13-letter words containing c, h, e, p, i
- hypothecation — to pledge to a creditor as security without delivering over; mortgage.
- hypotheticals — Plural form of hypothetical.
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
- ideographical — Alternative form of ideographic.
- impact wrench — an electric or pneumatic power wrench with interchangeable toolhead attachments, used for installing and removing nuts, bolts, and screws.
- in the pocket — (of a fly half) in an attacking position slightly further back from play than normal, making himself available for a drop goal attempt
- inspectorship — The condition of being an inspector; the office of an inspector.
- iontophoretic — Of or pertaining to iontophoresis.
- japanese chin — one of a Japanese breed of toy dogs having a long, silky, black and white or red and white coat and a tail carried over the back.
- keep in touch — stay in contact
- kenyapithecus — a genus of fossil hominoids of middle Miocene age found in Kenya and having large molars, small incisors, and powerful chewing muscles.
- king's speech — (in the British Parliament) a speech reviewing domestic conditions and foreign relations, prepared by the ministry in the name of the sovereign, and read at the opening of the Parliament either by the sovereign in person or by commission.
- kitchen paper — also kitchen roll
- kosher pickle — a garlic-flavored pickle, sold especially in Jewish delicatessens.
- leprechaunish — somewhat similar to a leprechaun
- leptocephalic — having a narrow skull
- lexicographer — a writer, editor, or compiler of a dictionary.
- lexicographic — Like a dictionary, relating to lexicography (the writing of a dictionary).
- lexigraphical — Misspelling of lexicographical.
- life is cheap — You use life is cheap or life has become cheap to refer to a situation in which nobody cares that large numbers of people are dying.
- lymphoid cell — a cell in the lymph glands that produces leukocytes.
- macrocephalic — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
- maiden speech — the first speech made in a legislature by a newly elected member.
- medicine shop — (in Malaysia) a Chinese chemist's shop where traditional herbs are sold as well as modern drugs. It is not, however, a dispensary for prescribed medicines
- merchant ship — law: commercial vessel
- mesaticephaly — the state or condition of being mesaticephalic or mesocephalic
- mesencephalic — Anatomy. the midbrain.
- mesocephalism — mesocephaly
- metamorphotic — Of or relating to metamorphosis.
- metaphoricity — The power of a metaphor.
- metaphysician — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- metaphysicist — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- metaphysicize — to think, write, etc, metaphysically
- microcephalia — Microcephaly.
- microcephalic — having a head with a small braincase.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- mineral pitch — asphalt.
- miscomprehend — Misunderstand.
- molly pitcher — Molly (Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley) 1754–1832, American Revolutionary heroine.
- monomorphemic — containing only one morpheme, as the words wait and gorilla.
- morphemically — By means of, or in terms, of morphemes.
- morphogenetic — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
- morphometrics — a technique of taxonomic analysis using measurements of the form of organisms
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- myrmecophiles — Plural form of myrmecophile.
- necrophiliacs — Plural form of necrophiliac.
- nephelometric — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
- nephrectomies — Plural form of nephrectomy.
- nephrectomize — to perform a nephrectomy upon.