13-letter words containing c, h, u, r, i
- couch surfing — to stay overnight in someone’s else’s home while traveling: He couch-surfed at the houses of strangers and friends.
- cough mixture — Cough mixture is the same as cough medicine.
- counselorship — The function and rank or office of a counselor.
- counterphobic — seeking out a situation that one fears in an attempt to overcome the fear.
- counterthesis — A thesis that rebuts another.
- counterweighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterweigh.
- counterweight — A counterweight is an action or proposal that is intended to balance or counter other actions or proposals.
- court hearing — an official meeting held in court
- credit crunch — A credit crunch is a period during which there is a sudden reduction in the amount of money that banks and other lenders have available to lend.
- 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
- 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
- dolichosaurus — any of various extinct Cretaceous aquatic reptiles that had long necks and bodies and well-developed limbs
- eucharistical — Alternative form of eucharistic.
- euler-chelpin — Hans (Karl August) von. 1873–1964, Swedish biochemist, born in Germany: shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1929) with Sir Arthur Harden for their work on enzymes: father of Ulf von Euler
- ferrochromium — a ferroalloy containing up to 70 percent chromium.
- flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
- floor cushion — a cushion placed on the floor of a room for people to sit on
- fluorographic — of or pertaining to fluorography
- forcing house — a place where growth or maturity (as of fruit, animals, etc) is artificially hastened
- french guiana — an overseas department of France, on the NE coast of South America: formerly a French colony. 35,135 sq. mi. (91,000 sq. km). Capital: Cayenne.
- french guinea — former name of Guinea.
- fruit machine — gambling: slot machine
- fulbright act — an act of Congress (1946) by which funds derived chiefly from the sale of U.S. surplus property abroad are made available to U.S. citizens for study, research, and teaching in foreign countries as well as to foreigners to engage in similar activities in the U.S.
- generic thunk — (programming) A software mechanism that allows a 16-bit Windows application to load and call a Win32 DLL under Windows NT and Windows 95. See also flat thunk, universal thunk.
- gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- gut-wrenching — involving great distress or anguish; agonizing: a gut-wrenching decision.
- hairpin curve — A hairpin curve or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
- halicarnassus — an ancient city of Caria, in SW Asia Minor: site of the Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
- hallucinatory — pertaining to or characterized by hallucination: hallucinatory visions.
- halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- heavy cruiser — a naval cruiser having 8-inch (20.3-cm) guns as its main armament.
- hermeneutical — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- heteroclitous — heteroclite
- heuristically — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- high-coloured — (of the complexion) deep red or purplish; florid
- hippuric acid — a crystalline solid excreted in the urine of mammals. Formula: C9H9NO3
- hire purchase — buying sth by instalments
- hire-purchase — a system of payment for a commodity in regular installments while using it.
- holosericeous — covered with short, silky hairs.
- honoris causa — for the sake of honour
- horticultural — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
- hortus siccus — a collection of dried plants; herbarium.
- house cricket — a dark brown cricket, Acheta domesticus, having a light-colored head with dark crossbands, commonly occurring throughout North America and Europe, where it may be an indoor pest.
- house officer — a doctor who is the most junior member of the medical staff of a hospital, usually resident in the hospital
- hubristically — in a presumptuous or arrogant manner