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13-letter words containing c, h, i, t, l, n

  • nonalphabetic — not employing alphabetic order
  • nonhaemolytic — relating to a transfusion reaction in which the red blood cells survive
  • nonhistorical — Not based on or drawn from history.
  • nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
  • nontheatrical — not relating to the theatre
  • optical bench — an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies, having a ruled bar to which these devices can be attached and along which they can be readily adjusted.
  • parenthetical — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
  • perchlorinate — to combine with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
  • phallocentric — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • philanthropic — of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent: a philanthropic foundation.
  • phyllogenetic — of or relating to the development of leaves.
  • pitcher plant — any of various insectivorous New World bog plants of the genera Sarracenia, Darlingtonia, and Heliamphora, having tubular or trumpet-shaped leaves containing a liquid in which insects are trapped.
  • pitching tool — a masonry chisel for rough work
  • plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • polysynthetic — (of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Compare analytic (def 3), synthetic (def 3).
  • polytechnical — relating to a technical school
  • psilanthropic — relating to psilanthropism
  • pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
  • retail anchor — A retail anchor is a popular store whose name will attract customers to a shopping mall.
  • rolling hitch — a hitch on a spar or the like, composed of two round turns and a half hitch so disposed as to jam when a stress is applied parallel to the object on which the hitch is made.
  • saint michael — one of the archangels. Feast day: Sept 29 or Nov 8
  • school outing — a short trip that a school organizes for schoolchildren, usually during the school day, to a place of interest such as museum or art gallery
  • scotch plains — a township in NE New Jersey.
  • scythian lamb — a fern, Cibotium barometz, of southeastern Asia, having stalks covered with shaggy, brownish hair and large, feathery leaves, formerly believed to be a source of vegetable wool.
  • singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
  • slash fiction — a type or piece of fan fiction involving usually same-sex romantic relationships between fictional characters or famous people, whether or not the romances actually exist: Sherlock Holmes/Dr. Watson slash fiction. Also called slash.
  • synthetically — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
  • talking chief — a noble who serves as public spokesperson for the chief in some Polynesian tribes.
  • technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • technologized — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • technopolitan — of or relating to a place or society dominated by technology
  • telemechanics — the science or practice of operating mechanisms by remote control.
  • telencephalic — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
  • the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
  • the cup final — the annual final of the FA Cup soccer competition, played at Wembley, or the Scottish Cup, played at Hampden Park
  • the neolithic — the Neolithic period; New Stone Age
  • the oligocene — the Oligocene epoch or rock series
  • tilting chest — a medieval chest decorated with a representation of a tournament.
  • touch-in-goal — the area at each end of the field outside of a touch-in-goal line.
  • touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
  • unchastisable — not deserving to be chastised; beyond reproach
  • unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
  • underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
  • unethicalness — lacking moral principles; unwilling to adhere to proper rules of conduct.
  • untheological — not theological; not of or pertaining to the nature of theology
  • untheoretical — not theoretical; not belonging or pertaining to the realm of theory; not confined to the theoretical realm; (somewhat) concrete
  • welding torch — tool used to fuse metals
  • white knuckle — causing fear, apprehension, or panic: The plane made a white-knuckle approach to the fogged-in airport.
  • white pelican — an aquatic bird of the tropical and warm water family Pelecanidae, P. onocrotalus: order Pelecaniformes. They have a long straight flattened bill, with a distensible pouch for engulfing fish
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