13-letter words containing c, h, u, d, i
- launch window — a precise time period during which a spacecraft can be launched from a particular site in order to achieve a desired mission, as a rendezvous with another spacecraft.
- launching pad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
- leucitohedron — a trapezohedron
- lick the dust — to be servile; grovel: cf. Mic. 7:17
- machinegunned — Simple past tense and past participle of machinegun.
- match-funding — the stipulation set by a grant-providing body that the recipients of a grant raise a certain percentage of the money they require, generally a sum more or less equal to that of the sum of money being granted
- much-maligned — If you describe someone or something as much-maligned, you mean that they are often criticized by people, but you think the criticism is unfair or exaggerated because they have good qualities too.
- multibranched — Having more than one branch.
- natural child — Law. an illegitimate child; one born of illicit intercourse. (especially in Louisiana) an illegitimate child who has been lawfully acknowledged by its father.
- niche product — sth of specific or limited consumer interest
- perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
- pseudo-heroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
- quadriphonics — quadraphony.
- rock hounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks, fossils, or minerals.
- ruth benedict — Ruth (Fulton) 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
- suicide watch — a system of regular checking on prisoners who seem likely to attempt suicide.
- the unco guid — narrow-minded, excessively religious, or self-righteous people
- thick-skulled — stupid; dull.
- thoracic duct — the main trunk of the lymphatic system, passing along the spinal column in the thoracic cavity, and conveying a large amount of lymph and chyle into the venous circulation.
- unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
- underachiever — a student who performs less well in school than would be expected on the basis of abilities indicated by intelligence and aptitude tests, etc.
- underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.