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13-letter words containing c, h, i, a, m

  • photochemical — the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light.
  • photodynamics — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
  • physharmonica — a keyboard musical instrument fitted with free reeds, and which is an early form of harmonium
  • phytochemical — Also called phytonutrient. any of various bioactive chemical compounds found in plants, as antioxidants, considered to be beneficial to human health.
  • poison sumach — an anacardiaceous swamp shrub, Rhus (or Toxicodendron) vernix of the southeastern US, that has greenish-white berries and causes an itching rash on contact with the skin
  • poker machine — a fruit machine
  • polychromatic — having or exhibiting a variety of colors.
  • polycythaemia — an abnormal condition of the blood characterized by an increase in the number of red blood cells. It can occur as a primary disease of unknown cause (polycythaemia vera or erythraemia) or in association with respiratory or circulatory diseases
  • pre christmas — the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and an occasion for exchanging gifts.
  • pre-christmas — the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and an occasion for exchanging gifts.
  • primary cache — (hardware, architecture)   (L1 cache, level one cache) A small, fast cache memory inside or close to the CPU chip. For example, an Intel 80486 has an eight-kilobyte on-chip cache, and most Pentiums have a 16-KB on-chip level one cache that consists of an 8-KB instruction cache and an 8-KB data cache. The larger, slower secondary cache is normally connected to the CPU via its external bus.
  • privy chamber — a private apartment in a royal residence.
  • promonarchist — the principles of monarchy.
  • psychodynamic — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
  • psychosomatic — of or relating to a physical disorder that is caused by or notably influenced by emotional factors.
  • radiochemical — pertaining to or involving radiochemistry.
  • ramapithecine — of or relating to an extinct hominoid of the genus Ramapithecus
  • regime change — the transition from one political regime to another, esp through concerted political or military action
  • rhinoscleroma — an inflammatory bacterial disease of the nose that is mostly found in Africa and Central America
  • saccharimeter — an optical instrument for determining the strength of sugar solutions by measuring the rotation of the plane of polarized light they produce.
  • saccharimetry — the process of measuring the amount of sugar in a sample, as with a saccharimeter or by polarimetry.
  • sadomasochism — interaction, especially sexual activity, in which one person enjoys inflicting physical or mental suffering on another person, who derives pleasure from experiencing pain.
  • sadomasochist — interaction, especially sexual activity, in which one person enjoys inflicting physical or mental suffering on another person, who derives pleasure from experiencing pain.
  • saint michael — one of the archangels. Feast day: Sept 29 or Nov 8
  • sandwich beam — flitch beam.
  • schematically — pertaining to or of the nature of a schema, diagram, or scheme; diagrammatic.
  • scholasticism — (sometimes initial capital letter) the system of theological and philosophical teaching predominant in the Middle Ages, based chiefly upon the authority of the church fathers and of Aristotle and his commentators.
  • schoolmarmish — a female schoolteacher, especially of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.
  • schwärmerisch — excessively or extremely enthusiastic
  • scythian lamb — a fern, Cibotium barometz, of southeastern Asia, having stalks covered with shaggy, brownish hair and large, feathery leaves, formerly believed to be a source of vegetable wool.
  • semi-attached — partially attached; semidetached.
  • semi-detached — partly detached.
  • semi-mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
  • semiochemical — a chemical substance produced by an animal and used in communications, such as a pheromone
  • sex chromatin — Barr body.
  • shambolically — in a completely disorganized or chaotic manner
  • shaving cream — a preparation, as of soap and free fatty acid, that is lathered and applied to the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving.
  • shop chairman — a unionized employee elected to represent a shop, department, or the like, in dealings with an employer.
  • silvichemical — any of a number of chemicals derived from a tree.
  • somatopsychic — of or relating to the effects of the body on the mind.
  • south america — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
  • speech making — act of addressing the public formally
  • stamp machine — a machine used for stamping documents, as with the time, etc
  • steamer chair — deck chair.
  • suprachiasmic — relating to the area in the hypothalamus that regulates the biological clock
  • sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
  • tautochronism — the fact or quality of being a tautochrone
  • team teaching — a system whereby two or more teachers pool their skills, knowledge, etc, to teach combined classes
  • telemechanics — the science or practice of operating mechanisms by remote control.
  • the-alchemist — a comedy (1610) by Ben Jonson.
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