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13-letter words containing c, h, i, r, s

  • cardiganshire — a former county of W Wales: became part of Dyfed in 1974; reinstated as Ceredigion in 1996
  • cardinal fish — a small brightly coloured fish found in shallow tropical seas, of the family Apogonidae, the male of which often broods eggs in its mouth
  • cardiopathies — Plural form of cardiopathy.
  • casehardening — Present participle of caseharden.
  • cash receipts — the money a business receives from its customers over a specified period
  • cash register — A cash register is a machine in a shop, pub, or restaurant that is used to add up and record how much money people pay, and in which the money is kept.
  • casing hanger — A casing hanger is the part of a wellhead that supports the casing string.
  • cat's whisker — a pointed wire used to make contact with the crystal in a crystal radio receiver
  • catastrophise — Alt form catastrophize.
  • catastrophism — an old doctrine, now discarded, that the earth was created and has subsequently been shaped by sudden divine acts which have no logical connection with each other rather than by gradual evolutionary processes
  • catastrophist — the doctrine that certain vast geological changes in the earth's history were caused by catastrophes rather than gradual evolutionary processes.
  • catastrophize — (obsolete) To end a comedy.
  • cephalosporin — any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium
  • chain measure — measurement of distance using a chain 66 feet (20 meters) long, of which one link equals 7.9 inches (20.1 cm).
  • chairmanships — Plural form of chairmanship.
  • chalicotheres — Plural form of chalicothere.
  • chamber music — Chamber music is classical music written for a small number of instruments.
  • chancelleries — Plural form of chancellery.
  • chaperoneship — State or position of chaperone.
  • characterised — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
  • characterises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of characterise.
  • characterizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of characterize.
  • charing cross — a district of London, in the city of Westminster: the modern cross (1863) in front of Charing Cross railway station replaces the one erected by Edward I (1290), the last of twelve marking the route of the funeral procession of his queen, Eleanor
  • charlatanries — Plural form of charlatanry.
  • charles fries — Charles Carpenter, 1887–1967, U.S. linguist.
  • charles louis — (Karl Ludwig Johann) 1771–1847, archduke of Austria.
  • charlier shoe — special light horseshoe
  • chase mortise — a mortise having one inclined narrow side.
  • cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
  • chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
  • chemistry set — equipment and chemicals that enable a child to do experiments
  • chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
  • cheshire east — a unitary authority in NW England. Administrative centre: Sandbach. Pop: 358 900 (2008 est). Area: 1160 sq km (448 sq miles)
  • chester white — a variety of large, white hog
  • chesterfields — Plural form of chesterfield.
  • chiaroscurist — A painter who uses light and shade rather than colour to create the illusion of volume.
  • child process — (operating system)   A process created by another process (the parent process). Each process may create many child processes but will have only one parent process, except for the very first process which has no parent. The first process, called init in Unix, is started by the kernel at boot time and never terminates. A child process inherits most of its attributes, such as open files, from its parent. In fact in Unix, a child process is created (using fork) as a copy of the parent. The chid process can then overlay itself with a different program (using exec) as required.
  • child support — If a parent pays child support, they legally have to pay money to help provide things such as food and clothing for a child with whom they no longer live.
  • child version — (system management)   In change management, a configuration item derived by altering another item (its parent version).
  • childrenswear — clothing for children
  • chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
  • chirographist — a person who studies or who is knowledgeable about handwriting styles
  • chiropractics — The practice of a chiropractor.
  • chiropractors — Plural form of chiropractor.
  • chloroformist — a person who is skilled in the use of or who dispenses or provides chloroform as part of their job
  • chloroplastic — a plastid containing chlorophyll.
  • chlorous acid — an unstable acid that is a strong oxidizing agent. Formula: HClO2
  • chokecherries — Plural form of chokecherry.
  • cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
  • chorepiscopal — (in early Christianity) relating to or connected with a local bishop
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