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13-letter words containing c, h, o

  • cheiloschisis — Cleft lip.
  • cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
  • chemautotroph — an organism, such as a bacterium, that obtains its energy from inorganic reactions using simple compounds, such as ammonia or hydrogen sulphide
  • chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
  • chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
  • chemoreceptor — a sensory receptor in a biological cell membrane to which an external molecule binds to generate a smell or taste sensation
  • chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
  • chemotaxonomy — the taxonomy of species of organisms based on biochemical characteristics
  • cherokee rose — an evergreen climbing Chinese rose, Rosa laevigata, that now grows wild in the southern US, having large white fragrant flowers
  • cherry tomato — a miniature tomato not much bigger than a cherry
  • chestnut coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 1 3/16 to 1 5/8 inch (3 to 4 cm).
  • cheviot hills — a range of hills on the border between England and Scotland, mainly in Northumberland
  • chewing louse — See under louse (def 2).
  • chiaochou bay — an inlet of the Yellow Sea, in E China, in Shandong province. 20 miles (32 km) long; 15 miles (24 km) wide.
  • chiaroscurist — A painter who uses light and shade rather than colour to create the illusion of volume.
  • chicago ridge — a town in NE Illinois.
  • chicago steak — a strip steak or, sometimes, a shell steak.
  • chicago style — a style of jazz flourishing in Chicago especially in the early 1920s, constituting a direct offshoot of New Orleans style, and differing from its predecessor chiefly in the diminished influence of native folk sources, the greater tension of its group improvisation, the increased emphasis on solos, and the regular use of the tenor saxophone as part of the ensemble.
  • chicken louse — a louse, Menopon pallidum (or gallinae); a parasite of poultry: order Mallophaga (bird lice)
  • chief-officer — the officer of a merchant vessel next in command beneath the captain.
  • child custody — custody (def 4).
  • child process — (operating system)   A process created by another process (the parent process). Each process may create many child processes but will have only one parent process, except for the very first process which has no parent. The first process, called init in Unix, is started by the kernel at boot time and never terminates. A child process inherits most of its attributes, such as open files, from its parent. In fact in Unix, a child process is created (using fork) as a copy of the parent. The chid process can then overlay itself with a different program (using exec) as required.
  • child prodigy — A child prodigy is a child with a very great talent.
  • child support — If a parent pays child support, they legally have to pay money to help provide things such as food and clothing for a child with whom they no longer live.
  • child version — (system management)   In change management, a configuration item derived by altering another item (its parent version).
  • child-custody — custody (def 4).
  • chile relleno — a Mexican dish of a green chile, usually hot, stuffed as with cheese or a meat mixture, then breaded and fried and served usually with a sauce
  • chili relleno — chile relleno
  • chilkoot pass — a mountain pass in North America between SE Alaska and NW British Columbia, over the Coast Range
  • chilli powder — Chilli powder is a very hot-tasting powder made mainly from dried chillies. It is used in cooking.
  • chiloe island — an island administered by Chile, off the W coast of South America in the Pacific Ocean: timber. Pop: 154 775 (2002, Chiloé province). Area: 8394 sq km (3240 sq miles)
  • chinese block — a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow wooden block played with a drumstick
  • chinese boxes — a nest of boxes, each of which fits into the next larger box
  • chinese money — funny money (def 3).
  • chirographist — a person who studies or who is knowledgeable about handwriting styles
  • chiromantical — Of or pertaining to chiromancy.
  • chiropractics — The practice of a chiropractor.
  • chiropractors — Plural form of chiropractor.
  • chlamydomonas — a green, fresh water alga of the class Chlorophyceae that is flagellate and made up of a single cell
  • chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
  • chlorargyrite — a mineral, the naturally occurring form of silver chloride, formed in the oxidation process of silver
  • chlorhexidine — an antiseptic compound used in skin cleansers, mouthwashes, etc
  • chlormerodrin — a white, bitter, odorless powder, ClHgN 2 H 11 O 2 , soluble in methanol and ethanol and slightly soluble in water, used in medicine as a diuretic.
  • chloroacetone — a colorless, lachrymatory, poisonous liquid, C 3 H 5 ClO, used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of insecticides and perfumes.
  • chlorobenzene — a colourless volatile flammable insoluble liquid with an almond-like odour, made from chlorine and benzene and used as a solvent and in the preparation of many organic compounds, esp phenol and DDT. Formula: C6H5Cl
  • chlorobromide — a chlorine and bromine compound joined to a metal
  • chlorocruorin — an oxygen-carrying substance that is found in the tissues of members of the division Annelida that is green in colour when oxygen is not present
  • chloroforming — Present participle of chloroform.
  • chloroformist — a person who is skilled in the use of or who dispenses or provides chloroform as part of their job
  • chloromethane — methyl chloride.
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