13-letter words containing c, h, i, p, s
- french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
- gastrohepatic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and the liver.
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- geophysically — In a geophysical manner; in terms of geophysics.
- graphics card — graphics adaptor
- hair clippers — device for trimming hair
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- helispherical — spiral
- hemiparasitic — Semiparasitic.
- hemispherical — having the form of a hemisphere.
- hepatectomies — Plural form of hepatectomy.
- heptasyllabic — having seven syllables
- heteroplastic — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
- 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.
- hilbert space — a complete infinite-dimensional vector space on which an inner product is defined.
- hire purchase — buying sth by instalments
- hire-purchase — a system of payment for a commodity in regular installments while using it.
- hitching post — a post to which horses, mules, etc., are tied.
- hospital care — medical treatment provided in a hospital
- hospital case — a patient that is being, or needs to be, treated in a hospital
- host-specific — capable of living solely on or in one species of host, as a parasite that infests only chickens.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hyperesthetic — Relating to, or exhibiting, hyperesthesia.
- hyperphysical — being above or beyond the physical; immaterial; supernatural.
- hypersarcosis — a fleshy outgrowth
- hypochlorites — Plural form of hypochlorite.
- hyposecretion — a diminished secretion.
- hyposulphuric — relating to sulphur which is in a lower state of oxidation than it is in sulphuric compounds
- hypotheticals — Plural form of hypothetical.
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- hystricomorph — any rodent of the suborder Hystricomorpha, which includes porcupines, cavies, agoutis, and chinchillas
- ichthyopsidan — a member of the class Ichthyopsida
- iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
- indian physic — American ipecac.
- inspectorship — The condition of being an inspector; the office of an inspector.
- 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.
- 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.
- kosher pickle — a garlic-flavored pickle, sold especially in Jewish delicatessens.
- leprechaunish — somewhat similar to a leprechaun
- life is cheap — You use life is cheap or life has become cheap to refer to a situation in which nobody cares that large numbers of people are dying.
- lithoglyptics — The art of cutting and engraving gems.
- lophotrichous — (biology, of bacteria) Having multiple flagella located at the same point, so that they can act in concert to drive the bacterium in a single direction.
- lymphoblastic — (US, cytology, immunology) Of or pertaining to a lymphoblast.
- lymphocytosis — an abnormal increase in the number of lymphocytes in the blood.
- maiden speech — the first speech made in a legislature by a newly elected member.
- mastigophoric — Carrying or wielding a whip.
- 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