13-letter words containing c, h, e, r
- inductothermy — the production of fever by means of electromagnetic induction.
- inspectorship — The condition of being an inspector; the office of an inspector.
- interchanging — Present participle of interchange.
- interchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- intrathecally — In an intrathecal way; into the spinal canal.
- iontophoretic — Of or pertaining to iontophoresis.
- isochromosome — an abnormal chromosome in which the two arms share identical genetic information
- jack-the-rags — a rag-and-bone man
- jockey shorts — Jockey shorts are a type of men's underpants.
- john fletcher — John, 1579–1625, English dramatist: collaborated with Francis Beaumont 1606?–16; with Philip Massinger 1613–25.
- joseph crater — Joseph Force [fawrs,, fohrs] /fɔrs,, foʊrs/ (Show IPA), 1889–? a judge of the New York State Supreme Court: his mysterious disappearance on August 6, 1930, has never been solved.
- kitchen paper — also kitchen roll
- kitchen range — cooker with oven and hob
- kitchen-diner — a kitchen that has an area intended to be used for eating meals, usually because there is no dining room elsewhere
- knee breeches — trousers worn by men in the past, which came down as far as their knees rather than their ankles
- kosher pickle — a garlic-flavored pickle, sold especially in Jewish delicatessens.
- ladder stitch — an embroidery stitch in which crossbars at equal distances are produced between two solid ridges of raised work.
- lamellibranch — bivalve.
- lateral chain — an open chain of atoms attached to an atom of a larger chain, or to a ring.
- laughter club — a group of people who meet regularly to take part in communal laughing for therapeutic effect
- laurel cherry — a tree, Prunus caroliniana, of the rose family, of the southeastern U.S., having small, milky-white flowers and black, shiny fruit.
- lead chromate — a yellow crystalline compound, PbCrO 4 , toxic, insoluble in water: used as an industrial paint pigment.
- leatherjacket — Also called leather jack. any of several carangid fishes having narrow, linear scales embedded in the skin at various angles, especially Oligoplites saurus, found in tropical American waters.
- lecherousness — The property of being lecherous.
- leprechaunish — somewhat similar to a leprechaun
- lethal factor — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.
- lethargically — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- letzeburgesch — a Germanic dialect that is the native language of most of the people of Luxembourg.
- leucitohedron — a trapezohedron
- 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.
- lickerishness — Quality of being lickerish.
- liebfraumilch — a white wine produced chiefly in the region of Hesse in Germany.
- light cruiser — a naval cruiser having 6-inch (15-cm) guns as its main armament.
- literacy hour — (in England and Wales) a daily reading and writing lesson that was introduced into the national primary school curriculum in 1998 to raise standards of literacy
- lower chamber — lower house.
- lower chinook — an extinct Chinookan language that was spoken by tribes on both banks of the Columbia River estuary.
- lucifer match — friction match.
- lunch counter — a counter, as in a store or restaurant, where light meals and snacks are served or are sold to be taken out.
- maccheroncini — thin pasta tubes made from wheat flour
- machine error — an error caused by a fault or defect in a machine rather than by human error
- machine screw — a threaded fastener, either used with a nut or driven into a tapped hole, usually having a diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or less and a slotted head for tightening by a screwdriver.
- macrencephaly — The presence of an abnormally large brain.
- macrocephalic — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
- macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
- macrolecithal — megalecithal.
- magma chamber — a reservoir of magma in the earth's crust where the magma may reside temporarily on its way from the upper mantle to the earth's surface
- manhole cover — a removable metal plate covering a shaft that leads down to a sewer or drain
- marchionesses — Plural form of marchioness.