13-letter words containing c, h, o, r, u, s
- cuckoo shrike — any Old World tropical songbird of the family Campephagidae, typically having a strong notched bill, long rounded tail, and pointed wings
- cuckoo-shrike — any of numerous Old World passerine birds of the family Campephagidae, certain species of which superficially resemble cuckoos and have hooked bills like shrikes.
- culture shock — Culture shock is a feeling of anxiety, loneliness, and confusion that people sometimes experience when they first arrive in another country.
- cushion cover — a fabric cover, often with a decorative design, designed to protect a cushion
- cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
- dolichosaurus — any of various extinct Cretaceous aquatic reptiles that had long necks and bodies and well-developed limbs
- electrophorus — A device for repeatedly generating static electricity by induction.
- feature shock — (jargon) (From Alvin Toffler's "Future Shock") A user's confusion when confronted with a package that has too many features and poor introductory material.
- floor cushion — a cushion placed on the floor of a room for people to sit on
- fluorochromes — Plural form of fluorochrome.
- forcing house — a place where growth or maturity (as of fruit, animals, etc) is artificially hastened
- glucochlorose — chloralose.
- habeas corpus — a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court, especially for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment.
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- heterocarpous — (of a plant) producing more than one type of fruit
- heteroclitous — heteroclite
- heterocystous — containing or relating to heterocysts
- holosericeous — covered with short, silky hairs.
- honoris causa — for the sake of honour
- honors course — a course in a university or college consisting largely of independent research terminating in a dissertation or a comprehensive examination, and earning for the student who passes it a degree with distinction.
- 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.
- horror-struck — stricken with horror; horrified; aghast.
- hors concours — noting an artist, architect, or the like, not competing or not qualified to compete for the prizes in an exhibit or competition.
- hortus siccus — a collection of dried plants; herbarium.
- host computer — the main computer in a network: controls or performs certain functions for other computers.
- hot cross bun — a bun with a cross of frosting on it, eaten chiefly during Lent.
- 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
- 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.
- hydrosulfuric — (chemistry) Derived from hydrogen sulfide considered as hydrosulfuric acid.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hyposulphuric — relating to sulphur which is in a lower state of oxidation than it is in sulphuric compounds
- ichthyosaurus — ichthyosaur.
- isochronously — In an isochronous manner.
- junior school — a school for children aged seven to eleven, similar to a U.S. elementary school.
- lecherousness — The property of being lecherous.
- lissotrichous — having straight hair.
- lophotrichous — (biology, of bacteria) Having multiple flagella located at the same point, so that they can act in concert to drive the bacterium in a single direction.
- lycanthropous — Lycanthropic.
- macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
- melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- microphyllous — having microphylls
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- outstretching — Present participle of outstretch.
- porcupinefish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
- prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
- pseudo-heroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- psychosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in psychosurgery