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13-letter words containing c, h, o, r, a

  • climatography — an account of a region's climate
  • clock watcher — an employee who demonstrates lack of interest in a job by watching the time closely to be sure to stop work as soon as the workday or shift is over.
  • clock-watcher — an employee who checks the time in anticipation of a break or of the end of the working day
  • close harmony — a type of singing in which all the parts except the bass lie close together and are confined to the compass of a tenth
  • cloud chamber — an apparatus for detecting high-energy particles by observing their tracks through a chamber containing a supersaturated vapour. Each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
  • co-authorship — the state a coauthor
  • coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
  • coadjutorship — the state of being a coadjutor
  • coal merchant — a person engaged in the purchase and sale of coal for profit
  • cochairperson — a person who cochairs an organization
  • cochlear duct — a spiral tube enclosed in the bony canal of the cochlea.
  • cochleariform — having a spoon shape
  • cocktail hour — the interval before the evening meal during which cocktails and other alcoholic beverages are often served.
  • coinheritance — joint inheritance
  • coldheartedly — Alternative spelling of cold-heartedly.
  • colomb-bechar — former name of Béchar.
  • commandership — a person who commands.
  • compass north — magnetic north, as indicated on a particular compass at a given moment.
  • concord coach — a 19th-cent. type of stagecoach used by early settlers of the western U.S.
  • containership — a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
  • control chart — a chart on which observed values of a variable are plotted, usually against the expected value of the variable and its allowable deviation, so that excessive variations in the quality, quantity, etc, of the variable can be detected
  • cooper's hawk — a small North American hawk, Accipiter cooperii, having a bluish-grey back and wings and a reddish-brown breast
  • copartnership — a partnership or association between two equals, esp in a business enterprise
  • copperheadism — U.S. History. (during the Civil War) the advocacy of peace negotiations to restore the Union to its prewar condition, with continued slavery in the South.
  • copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
  • core handling — Core handling is the way that a core is dealt with to make sure it maintains its properties for testing.
  • corinth canal — a ship canal connecting the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf across the Isthmus of Corinth
  • corinthianize — to live a promiscuous life
  • corn exchange — A corn exchange is a large building where, in former times, grain was bought and sold.
  • cornish pasty — A Cornish pasty is a small pie with meat and vegetables inside.
  • coronagraphic — Of, pertaining to, or employing a coronagraph.
  • costochondral — (anatomy) Relating to ribs and cartilage.
  • cotton mather — Cotton, 1663–1728, American clergyman and author.
  • counter shaft — A counter shaft is a shaft that runs parallel to the main shaft in a gearbox, and carries the pinion wheels.
  • counterchange — to change parts, qualities, etc
  • countercharge — a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser
  • countershafts — Plural form of countershaft.
  • counterthreat — an opposing or retaliatory threat
  • court hearing — an official meeting held in court
  • coxwell chair — Cogswell chair.
  • crash blossom — an ambiguously worded headline whose meaning can be interpreted in the wrong way, as “Missing Woman Remains Found.”. See also garden-path.
  • crash program — a plan of action entailing rapid and intensive production, growth, or the like, undertaken to meet a deadline or solve a pressing problem: a crash program to develop a new fighter plane.
  • cross the bar — to die
  • cross-channel — Cross-Channel travel is travel across the English Channel, especially by boat.
  • crosshatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
  • crow-pheasant — a large coucal, Centropus sinensis, of Asia, having black and brown plumage and a long tail.
  • cryotherapies — Plural form of cryotherapy.
  • cryptographer — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
  • cryptographic — Relating to cryptography.
  • cryptoxanthin — a carotenoid pigment, C40H56O, in butter, eggs, and various plants, that can be converted into vitamin A in the body
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