13-letter words containing c, h, o, l, e, r
- heteroblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing a marked difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- heteroclitous — heteroclite
- heterological — (grammar) Of an adjective, not describing itself.
- heteroplastic — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heterothallic — having mycelia of two unlike types, both of which must participate in the sexual process. Compare homothallic (def 1).
- 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.
- high-coloured — (of the complexion) deep red or purplish; florid
- hockey player — sportsperson: plays hockey
- holosericeous — covered with short, silky hairs.
- holy mackerel — astonishment
- home-schooler — to teach (one's children) at home instead of sending them to school.
- homeschoolers — Plural form of homeschooler.
- homework club — an after-school club where students can stay to do their homework
- homopolymeric — relating to or made of homopolymers
- horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
- hospital care — medical treatment provided in a hospital
- hydrocephalic — of or relating to hydrocephalus.
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrochloride — a salt, especially of an alkaloid, formed by the direct union of hydrochloric acid with an organic base that makes the organic constituent more soluble.
- hydroelectric — pertaining to the generation and distribution of electricity derived from the energy of falling water or any other hydraulic source.
- hydrotelluric — (chemistry) Formed by hydrogen and tellurium.
- hygrometrical — Alternative form of hygrometric.
- hypervelocity — extremely high velocity, as of projectiles, space vehicles, or accelerated nuclear particles.
- hypochlorites — Plural form of hypochlorite.
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- iatrochemical — relating to iatrochemistry or iatrochemists
- ideographical — Alternative form of ideographic.
- interchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- john fletcher — John, 1579–1625, English dramatist: collaborated with Francis Beaumont 1606?–16; with Philip Massinger 1613–25.
- kosher pickle — a garlic-flavored pickle, sold especially in Jewish delicatessens.
- lead chromate — a yellow crystalline compound, PbCrO 4 , toxic, insoluble in water: used as an industrial paint pigment.
- lecherousness — The property of being lecherous.
- lethal factor — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.
- leucitohedron — a trapezohedron
- lexicographer — a writer, editor, or compiler of a dictionary.
- lexicographic — Like a dictionary, relating to lexicography (the writing of a dictionary).
- literacy hour — (in England and Wales) a daily reading and writing lesson that was introduced into the national primary school curriculum in 1998 to raise standards of literacy
- lower chamber — lower house.
- lower chinook — an extinct Chinookan language that was spoken by tribes on both banks of the Columbia River estuary.
- lunch counter — a counter, as in a store or restaurant, where light meals and snacks are served or are sold to be taken out.
- macrocephalic — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
- macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
- macrolecithal — megalecithal.
- manhole cover — a removable metal plate covering a shaft that leads down to a sewer or drain
- melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
- methocarbamol — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 5 , used as a muscle relaxant in combination with other drugs in the treatment of acute, painful musculoskeletal conditions.
- microcephalia — Microcephaly.
- microcephalic — having a head with a small braincase.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- microlecithal — having a small amount of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.