13-letter words containing c, h, i, s
- holosericeous — covered with short, silky hairs.
- home counties — The Home Counties are the counties which surround London.
- homeschooling — a school set up in the home.
- homoeroticism — a tendency to be sexually aroused by a member of the same sex.
- homoscedastic — having the same variance.
- honor society — (in a college, university, or secondary school) a student society that admits members on the basis of academic merit and, sometimes, worthwhile contributions in extracurricular activities.
- honoris causa — for the sake of honour
- hortus siccus — a collection of dried plants; herbarium.
- 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.
- house cricket — a dark brown cricket, Acheta domesticus, having a light-colored head with dark crossbands, commonly occurring throughout North America and Europe, where it may be an indoor pest.
- house officer — a doctor who is the most junior member of the medical staff of a hospital, usually resident in the hospital
- housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- housing stock — the total number of houses, flats, etc, in an area
- how's tricks? — how are you?
- hubristically — in a presumptuous or arrogant manner
- huckleberries — Plural form of huckleberry.
- hydroaerobics — aerobic exercises performed in water, as in a swimming pool.
- hydrocolloids — Plural form of hydrocolloid.
- hydrodynamics — the branch of fluid dynamics that deals with liquids, including hydrostatics and hydrokinetics.
- hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
- hydrostatical — Alternative form of hydrostatic.
- hydrosulfuric — (chemistry) Derived from hydrogen sulfide considered as hydrosulfuric acid.
- 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
- ichthyologist — the branch of zoology dealing with fishes.
- ichthyopsidan — a member of the class Ichthyopsida
- ichthyosaurus — ichthyosaur.
- iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
- ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
- immunochemist — A chemist whose speciality is immunochemistry.
- in the clouds — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- in the secret — among the people who know a secret
- incoherencies — incoherence.
- indian physic — American ipecac.
- infant school — In Britain, an infant school is a school for children between the ages of five and seven.
- inhabitancies — Plural form of inhabitancy.
- inspectorship — The condition of being an inspector; the office of an inspector.
- insulin shock — a state of collapse caused by a decrease in blood sugar resulting from the administration of excessive insulin.
- isochromosome — an abnormal chromosome in which the two arms share identical genetic information
- isochronously — In an isochronous manner.