13-letter words containing c, h, o, l
- hail columbia — hell (used as a euphemism): He caught Hail Columbia for coming home late.
- hair follicle — a small cavity in the epidermis and corium of the skin, from which a hair develops.
- half coupling — a flange fixed at the end of each of the two shafts that are connected in a flange coupling
- half-scottish — Also, Scots. of or relating to Scotland, its people, or their language.
- hallucination — a sensory experience of something that does not exist outside the mind, caused by various physical and mental disorders, or by reaction to certain toxic substances, and usually manifested as visual or auditory images.
- hallucinatory — pertaining to or characterized by hallucination: hallucinatory visions.
- hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
- halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
- halotolerance — The quality or degree of being halotolerant.
- hand controls — a set of controls in some cars, operated by hand, that have the same function as the accelerator, brake, and clutch pedals
- helicoid cyme — an inflorescence, or cyme, in which each flowering branch gives rise to one lateral branch that is coiled snail-like and then expanded.
- 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.).
- heliotropical — heliotropic
- hematological — Hematologic.
- hemicellulose — any of a group of gummy polysaccharides, intermediate in complexity between sugar and cellulose, that hydrolyze to monosaccharides more readily than cellulose.
- hemicolectomy — (surgery) A colectomy involving the removal of only the ascending (right) colon or the descending (left) colon.
- hemimetabolic — (zoology) Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvae differing from the adults chiefly in lacking wings.
- hemocytoblast — a primordial cell capable of developing into any type of blood cell.
- hemolymphatic — a fluid in the body cavities and tissues of invertebrates, in arthropods functioning as blood and in some other invertebrates functioning as lymph.
- heortological — of or relating to heortology
- 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).
- hexadactylous — hexadactylic
- hickory hills — a town in NE Illinois.
- 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
- high-low-jack — all fours (def 2).
- high-velocity — having an above average velocity
- histochemical — the branch of science dealing with the chemical components of cellular and subcellular tissue.
- hockey player — sportsperson: plays hockey
- holometabolic — Of, pertaining to, or undergoing holometabolism.
- holosericeous — covered with short, silky hairs.
- holy alliance — a league formed by the principal sovereigns of Europe in 1815 with the professed object of promoting Christian brotherhood but the practical object of repressing democratic revolutions and institutions. The English and Turkish rulers and Pope Pius VII did not join the league.
- holy mackerel — astonishment
- homalographic — representing parts with like proportions.
- home-schooler — to teach (one's children) at home instead of sending them to school.
- homeschoolers — Plural form of homeschooler.
- homeschooling — a school set up in the home.
- homework club — an after-school club where students can stay to do their homework
- homiletically — In a homiletic fashion.
- homogenetical — of, involving or relating to homogeny
- homolographic — representing parts with like proportions.
- homopolymeric — relating to or made of homopolymers
- honorifically — In a honorific manner.
- honour school — (at Oxford University) one of the courses of study leading to an honours degree
- horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
- horologically — of or relating to horology.