13-letter words containing c, h, i, p, e, n
- eighteenpence — The monetary amount of eighteen pence.
- electrophonic — Relating to electronic equipment to produce sound (this adjectival sense is not comparable).
- encephalalgia — pain in the head; headache
- endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
- enterohepatic — Relating to or denoting the circulation of bile salts and other secretions from the liver to the intestine, where they are reabsorbed into the blood and returned to the liver.
- epitrachelion — The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
- ethnographica — a collection of ethnographic items
- euler-chelpin — Hans (Karl August) von. 1873–1964, Swedish biochemist, born in Germany: shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1929) with Sir Arthur Harden for their work on enzymes: father of Ulf von Euler
- euphausiacean — a member of the Euphausiacea order of small shrimplike crustaceans
- french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.
- french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- genetotrophic — pertaining to nutrition and genetics
- gopher client — (networking) A program which runs on your local computer and provides a user interface to the Gopher protocol and to gopher servers. Web browsers can act as Gopher clients and simple Gopher-only clients are available for ordinary terminals, the X Window System, GNU Emacs, and other systems.
- graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
- gynaecophobia — (psychology) An irrational fear of women.
- hairpin curve — A hairpin curve or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
- hate campaign — A hate campaign is a series of actions which are intended to harm or upset someone, or to make other people have a low opinion of them.
- heptadecanoic — as in heptadecanoic acid, a saturated fatty acid, aka margaric acid
- herb patience — a European plant, Rumex patientia, of the buckwheat family, naturalized in North America, having long, wavy-margined, basal leaves used for salads.
- hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
- hypercinnabar — (mineral) A form of cinnabar that forms hexagonal crystals.
- hypercyanotic — blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
- hyperfunction — abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.
- hypermagnetic — (physics) Extremely magnetic.
- hyperromantic — extremely or excessively romantic
- hypertonicity — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
- hyposecretion — a diminished secretion.
- hypothecating — Present participle of hypothecate.
- hypothecation — to pledge to a creditor as security without delivering over; mortgage.
- iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
- 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
- leprechaunish — somewhat similar to a leprechaun
- 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
- mesencephalic — Anatomy. the midbrain.
- metaphysician — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- mineral pitch — asphalt.
- miscomprehend — Misunderstand.
- monomorphemic — containing only one morpheme, as the words wait and gorilla.
- morphogenetic — the development of structural features of an organism or part.