13-letter words containing c, h, t, o
- electrothermy — the use of electrically produced heat for therapeutic purposes
- encephalotomy — The dissection of the brain.
- enchondromata — Plural form of enchondroma.
- encroachments — Plural form of encroachment.
- endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
- enterohepatic — Relating to or denoting the circulation of bile salts and other secretions from the liver to the intestine, where they are reabsorbed into the blood and returned to the liver.
- epitrachelion — The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
- epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
- eproctophilia — Sexual arousal from flatulence.
- ergatomorphic — pertaining to an ergatomorph
- eschatologies — Plural form of eschatology.
- ethanoic acid — acetic acid
- ethchlorvynol — A sedative and hypnotic drug used to treat insomnia.
- ethnocentrism — The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.
- ethnocultural — Relating to or denoting a particular ethnic group.
- ethnographica — a collection of ethnographic items
- ethnohistoric — relating to ethnohistory
- ethnomedicine — (medicine) traditional folk-medicine.
- ethologically — In an ethological manner.
- ethyl alcohol — ethanol, alcohol
- exothermicity — (chemistry, physics) The release of heat during an exothermic reaction.
- faction fight — a fight between rival Black groups, usually originating in tribal or clan feuds
- factory-fresh — coming directly from the factory; brand new
- fatty alcohol — any of several long-chain alcohols from animals or plants, analogous to the fatty acids, used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, detergents, plastics, etc.
- 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.
- fighting cock — a gamecock.
- flash fiction — very short works of fiction that are typically no longer than a couple of pages and may be as short as one paragraph.
- float chamber — Automotive. the bowl-shaped section of a carburetor in which a reserve of fuel is maintained, the fuel level being regulated by a float.
- fort huachuca — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in SE Arizona, SE of Tucson.
- franche-comte — a former province in E France: once a part of Burgundy.
- friction head — (in a hydraulic system) the part of a head of water or of another liquid that represents the energy that the system dissipates through friction with the sides of conduits or channels and through heating from turbulent flow.
- gabrilowitsch — Ossip [aw-syip] /ˈɔ syɪp/ (Show IPA), 1878–1936, Russian pianist and conductor, in America.
- galactic halo — a spheroidal aggregation of globular clusters, individual stars, dust, and gas that surrounds the Galaxy
- galactorrhoea — (British spelling) alternative spelling of galactorrhea.
- gallocatechol — An antioxidant that contains catechin, found in food.
- gastrohepatic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and the liver.
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- genetotrophic — pertaining to nutrition and genetics
- geotechnology — the application of science and technology in order to utilize the earth's natural resources
- goat's cheese — cheese made from goat's milk
- goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
- gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
- gonochoristic — Of or pertaining to gonochorism.
- gopher client — (networking) A program which runs on your local computer and provides a user interface to the Gopher protocol and to gopher servers. Web browsers can act as Gopher clients and simple Gopher-only clients are available for ordinary terminals, the X Window System, GNU Emacs, and other systems.
- grave clothes — the wrappings in which a dead body is interred
- growth factor — any of various proteins that promote the growth, organization, and maintenance of cells and tissues.
- gulf of kutch — an inlet of the Arabian Sea in India. Length: about 159 kilometres (99 miles)
- hack together — (jargon) To throw something together so it will work. Unlike "kluge together" or "cruft together", this does not necessarily have negative connotations.
- haematochezia — Alternative form of hematochezia.
- half-scottish — Also, Scots. of or relating to Scotland, its people, or their language.