13-letter words containing c, h, i, s, e, l
- chinese block — a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow wooden block played with a drumstick
- cholecystitis — inflammation of the gall bladder, due to bacterial infection or the presence of gallstones
- cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
- chorepiscopal — (in early Christianity) relating to or connected with a local bishop
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- christianlike — like or befitting a Christian.
- chrysophilite — a person who loves gold
- clear-sighted — If you describe someone as clear-sighted, you admire them because they are able to understand situations well and to make sensible judgments and decisions about them.
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- cleistothecia — (in certain ascomycetous fungi) a closed, globose ascocarp from which the ascospores are released only by its rupture or decay.
- clishmaclaver — idle talk; gossip
- clistothecium — cleistothecium.
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- cohesive soil — sticky soil such as clay or clayey silt whose strength depends on the surface tension of capillary water
- colleagueship — workplace companionship
- collectorship — The rank or office of a collector of customs or other taxes.
- collieshangie — a quarrel
- column inches — the amount of coverage given to a story in a newspaper
- cosmochemical — relating to cosmochemistry
- cosmothetical — cosmothetic
- council house — In Britain, a council house is a house that is owned by a local council and that people can rent at a low cost.
- counselorship — The function and rank or office of a counselor.
- dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
- diencephalons — Plural form of diencephalon.
- dischargeable — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- ecophysiology — the branch of physiology that deals with the physiological processes of organisms with respect to their environment.
- electrophiles — Plural form of electrophile.
- eschatologies — Plural form of eschatology.
- eschscholzias — Plural form of eschscholzia.
- eucharistical — Alternative form of eucharistic.
- euphemistical — Archaic form of euphemistic.
- firmer chisel — a narrow-bladed chisel for paring and mortising, driven by hand pressure or with a mallet.
- flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
- 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.
- gelsenkirchen — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr valley.
- geophysically — In a geophysical manner; in terms of geophysics.
- hair clippers — device for trimming hair
- hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
- heliocentrism — The theory that the sun is the center of the universe, (This theory is historically important and was widely accepted at the time of Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler.).
- helispherical — spiral
- hemicellulose — any of a group of gummy polysaccharides, intermediate in complexity between sugar and cellulose, that hydrolyze to monosaccharides more readily than cellulose.
- hemispherical — having the form of a hemisphere.
- heptasyllabic — having seven syllables
- heteroblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing a marked difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- heteroclitous — heteroclite
- heteroplastic — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heuristically — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- hexadactylism — Sexdactyly.
- 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.