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13-letter words containing c, h, e, r, y

  • chrysotherapy — gold therapy.
  • city chambers — (in Scotland) the municipal building of a city; town hall
  • clearheadedly — In a clearheaded manner.
  • close harmony — a type of singing in which all the parts except the bass lie close together and are confined to the compass of a tenth
  • coldheartedly — Alternative spelling of cold-heartedly.
  • coniferophyte — (biology) conifer.
  • 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.
  • country house — A country house is a large, often attractive, house in the country, usually one that is or was owned by a rich or noble family.
  • cradle scythe — cradle (def 4b).
  • cryotherapies — Plural form of cryotherapy.
  • cryptesthesia — allegedly paranormal perception, as clairvoyance or clairaudience.
  • cryptographer — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
  • 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.
  • cycle drought — A scarcity of cycles. It may be due to a cycle crunch, but it could also occur because part of the computer is temporarily not working, leaving fewer cycles to go around. "The high moby is down, so we're running with only half the usual amount of memory. There will be a cycle drought until it's fixed."
  • 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
  • cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
  • dance therapy — the use of dance or movement for therapeutic purposes; a form of therapy in which people are encouraged to express their feelings through dance or movement.
  • desynchronize — Disturb the synchronization of; put out of step or phase.
  • donald cherry — Donald Eugene ("Don") 1936–95, U.S. jazz trumpeter.
  • 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.
  • echoic memory — the ability to recapture the exact impression of a sound shortly after the sound has finished
  • electrothermy — the use of electrically produced heat for therapeutic purposes
  • ethchlorvynol — A sedative and hypnotic drug used to treat insomnia.
  • exothermicity — (chemistry, physics) The release of heat during an exothermic reaction.
  • factory-fresh — coming directly from the factory; brand new
  • fish hatchery — a facility where fish eggs are hatched and the fry raised, especially to stock lakes, streams, and ponds.
  • french pastry — fine, rich, or fancy dessert pastry, especially made from puff paste and filled with cream or fruit preparations.
  • french system — a method of spinning in which fibers of extremely short-staple wool are not twisted before being spun.
  • geochronology — the chronology of the earth, as based on both absolute and relative methods of age determination.
  • geohydrologic — relating to geohydrology
  • graphemically — In terms of or by means of graphemes.
  • ground cherry — Also called husk tomato. any of several plants belonging to the genus Physalis, of the nightshade family, the several species bearing an edible berry enclosed in an enlarged calyx.
  • hard currency — money that is backed by gold reserves and is readily convertible into foreign currencies.
  • haskell curry — (person)   Haskell Brooks Curry (1900-09-12 - 1982-09-01). The logician who re-invented and developed combinatory logic. The functional programming language Haskell was named after him.
  • heavy cruiser — a naval cruiser having 8-inch (20.3-cm) guns as its main armament.
  • hemacytometer — hemocytometer.
  • hemocytometer — an instrument for counting blood cells.
  • heterocystous — containing or relating to heterocysts
  • heterozygotic — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
  • heuristically — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
  • hieroglyphics — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
  • hockey player — sportsperson: plays hockey
  • holy mackerel — astonishment
  • homopolymeric — relating to or made of homopolymers
  • honey creeper — any of several small, usually brightly colored birds, related to the tanagers and wood warblers, of tropical and semitropical America.
  • honeycreepers — Plural form of honeycreeper.
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