13-letter words containing c, h, e, r, i
- counterweight — A counterweight is an action or proposal that is intended to balance or counter other actions or proposals.
- court hearing — an official meeting held in court
- coxwell chair — Cogswell chair.
- crackle china — porcelain or pottery with intentional crazing
- crash barrier — A crash barrier is a strong low fence built along the side of a road or between the two halves of a motorway in order to prevent accidents.
- credit crunch — A credit crunch is a period during which there is a sudden reduction in the amount of money that banks and other lenders have available to lend.
- creme fraiche — Crème fraiche is a type of thick, slightly sour cream.
- crime-fighter — any person, as a law-enforcement officer or government official, who works to prevent crime or to enforce criminal laws.
- crosschecking — Present participle of crosscheck.
- crotchetiness — The state or quality of being crotchety.
- cruiserweight — A cruiserweight is another name for a light heavyweight.
- crush barrier — a barrier erected to separate sections of large crowds in order to prevent crushing
- cryotherapies — Plural form of cryotherapy.
- cryptesthesia — allegedly paranormal perception, as clairvoyance or clairaudience.
- cuckoo shrike — any Old World tropical songbird of the family Campephagidae, typically having a strong notched bill, long rounded tail, and pointed wings
- cuckoo-shrike — any of numerous Old World passerine birds of the family Campephagidae, certain species of which superficially resemble cuckoos and have hooked bills like shrikes.
- cushion cover — a fabric cover, often with a decorative design, designed to protect a cushion
- cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
- cyberchondria — unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites
- cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
- cyberthriller — A thriller whose plot hinges on cyberspace.
- 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
- cytochemistry — the chemistry of living cells
- dechorionated — (biology) From which the chorion has been removed.
- demochristian — a member or supporter of a Christian democratic party or movement
- demographical — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
- desynchronize — Disturb the synchronization of; put out of step or phase.
- diaphoretical — Alternative form of diaphoretic.
- diffeomorphic — (mathematics) Having a diffeomorphism.
- dimmer switch — A dimmer switch is an electrical switch which turns off the full beam of a headlamp and turns on the low beam.
- dimmer-switch — a person or thing that dims.
- direct method — a technique of foreign-language teaching in which only the target language is used, little instruction is given concerning formal rules of grammar, and language use is often elicited in situational contexts.
- direct speech — actual words spoken, not quoted or reported
- directorships — Plural form of directorship.
- disaccharides — Plural form of disaccharide.
- dischargeable — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- discographies — Plural form of discography.
- disfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of disfranchise.
- disfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfranchise.
- downhill race — a competitive event in which skiers are timed in a downhill run
- dresden china — porcelain ware produced at Meissen, Germany, near Dresden, after 1710.
- dryopithecine — (sometimes initial capital letter) an extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from Old World Miocene fossils.
- dysmenorrheic — Of, pertaining to, or experiencing dysmenorrhea.
- earth science — any of various sciences, as geography, geology, or meteorology, that deal with the earth, its composition, or any of its changing aspects.
- echoic memory — the ability to recapture the exact impression of a sound shortly after the sound has finished
- electric hare — (in greyhound racing) a model of a hare, mounted on an electrified rail, which the dogs chase
- electrochemic — electrochemical
- electrophiles — Plural form of electrophile.
- electrophilic — (of a molecule or group) having a tendency to attract or acquire electrons.
- electrophonic — Relating to electronic equipment to produce sound (this adjectival sense is not comparable).