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13-letter words containing c, h, t, o

  • 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
  • chiaroscurist — A painter who uses light and shade rather than colour to create the illusion of volume.
  • 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.
  • child custody — custody (def 4).
  • 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-custody — custody (def 4).
  • chilkoot pass — a mountain pass in North America between SE Alaska and NW British Columbia, over the Coast Range
  • 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.
  • chlorargyrite — a mineral, the naturally occurring form of silver chloride, formed in the oxidation process of silver
  • chloroacetone — a colorless, lachrymatory, poisonous liquid, C 3 H 5 ClO, used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of insecticides and perfumes.
  • chloroformist — a person who is skilled in the use of or who dispenses or provides chloroform as part of their job
  • chloromethane — methyl chloride.
  • chloromycetin — chloramphenicol
  • chloroplastal — of or like a chloroplast
  • chloroplastic — a plastid containing chlorophyll.
  • chocolate bar — a block of chocolate
  • chocolate-box — Chocolate-box places or images are very pretty but in a boring or conventional way.
  • choker-setter — (in logging) a worker whose job is to fasten a choker to logs.
  • cholecystitis — inflammation of the gall bladder, due to bacterial infection or the presence of gallstones
  • cholesteatoma — A destructive and expanding keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear and/or mastoid process.
  • cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
  • chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
  • chopped steak — ground, cooked beef, usually served as a main course.
  • choripetalous — polypetalous
  • chrestomathic — (of teaching or learning) That has a practical use.
  • christmas box — a tip or present given at Christmas, esp to postmen, tradesmen, etc
  • chromatically — In a chromatic manner.
  • chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
  • chromatograms — Plural form of chromatogram.
  • chromatograph — a piece of equipment that provides the outcome of a chromatographic test
  • chromatolysis — the dissolution of stained material, such as chromatin in injured cells
  • chromatolytic — relating to chromatolysis
  • chromatophile — Also, chromophilic, chromophilous [kroh-mof-uh-luh s] /kroʊˈmɒf ə ləs/ (Show IPA), chromatophilic, chromatophilous. staining readily.
  • chromatophore — a cell in the skin of frogs, chameleons, etc, in which pigment is concentrated or dispersed, causing the animal to change colour
  • chromesthesia — (neurology, psychology) sound-to-color synaesthesia.
  • chromoprotein — any of a group of conjugated proteins, such as haemoglobin, in which the protein is joined to a coloured compound, such as a metal-containing porphyrin
  • chromotherapy — the use of colour and light as a restorative therapy and to promote mental and physical well-being
  • chronotherapy — an endeavour to readjust the body clock to enable a person to waken earlier by going to sleep later and later every day until the required waking hour is achieved
  • chrysophilite — a person who loves gold
  • chrysotherapy — gold therapy.
  • chthonophagia — (disease) A disease characterized by the impulsive consumption of dirt, observed in some parts of the southern United States as well as the West Indies.
  • chukka (boot) — an ankle-high bootlike shoe, usually with two or three pairs of eyelets
  • chylification — the process of turning into chyle
  • chymification — the process of turning into chyme
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