13-letter words containing c, h, r, i, s
- crash barrier — A crash barrier is a strong low fence built along the side of a road or between the two halves of a motorway in order to prevent accidents.
- crash landing — aircraft: emergency descent
- crock of shit — a quantity or source of lies or nonsense
- crosschecking — Present participle of crosscheck.
- crosshatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- crotchetiness — The state or quality of being crotchety.
- cruiserweight — A cruiserweight is another name for a light heavyweight.
- crush barrier — a barrier erected to separate sections of large crowds in order to prevent crushing
- cryotherapies — Plural form of cryotherapy.
- cryptesthesia — allegedly paranormal perception, as clairvoyance or clairaudience.
- crystal habit — the external shape of a crystal
- 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.
- 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
- cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
- cyclostrophic — pertaining to atmospheric motion in which the centripetal acceleration exactly balances the horizontal pressure force.
- cytochemistry — the chemistry of living cells
- demochristian — a member or supporter of a Christian democratic party or movement
- desynchronize — Disturb the synchronization of; put out of step or phase.
- dictatorships — Plural form of dictatorship.
- dimmer switch — A dimmer switch is an electrical switch which turns off the full beam of a headlamp and turns on the low beam.
- dimmer-switch — a person or thing that dims.
- direct speech — actual words spoken, not quoted or reported
- directorships — Plural form of directorship.
- disaccharides — Plural form of disaccharide.
- dischargeable — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- discographies — Plural form of discography.
- disfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of disfranchise.
- disfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfranchise.
- dolichosaurus — any of various extinct Cretaceous aquatic reptiles that had long necks and bodies and well-developed limbs
- dresden china — porcelain ware produced at Meissen, Germany, near Dresden, after 1710.
- drop a stitch — to allow a loop of wool to fall off a knitting needle accidentally while knitting
- dysmenorrheic — Of, pertaining to, or experiencing dysmenorrhea.
- earth science — any of various sciences, as geography, geology, or meteorology, that deal with the earth, its composition, or any of its changing aspects.
- electrophiles — Plural form of electrophile.
- enfranchising — Present participle of enfranchise.
- ethnocentrism — The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.
- ethnohistoric — relating to ethnohistory
- eucharistical — Alternative form of eucharistic.
- featherstitch — an embroidery stitch producing work in which a succession of branches extend alternately on each side of a central stem.
- feinschmecker — gourmet.
- festschriften — Plural form of festschrift.
- finisher card — (in manufacturing fibers) the last card in the carding process, for converting stock into roving.
- fireside chat — an informal address by a political leader over radio or television, especially as given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt beginning in 1933.
- firmer chisel — a narrow-bladed chisel for paring and mortising, driven by hand pressure or with a mallet.
- first chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- fish hatchery — a facility where fish eggs are hatched and the fry raised, especially to stock lakes, streams, and ponds.
- flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
- floor cushion — a cushion placed on the floor of a room for people to sit on