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13-letter words containing c, h, u, r, i

  • pitch surface — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
  • porcupinefish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
  • pseudo-heroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
  • public charge — a person who is in economic distress and is supported at government expense: He assured the American consul that the prospective immigrant would not become a public charge.
  • pupil teacher — a young person who plans to be a teacher and who spends part of his or her time in preliminary education undertaking teaching duties under the supervision of the head-teacher
  • puritan ethic — work ethic.
  • quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
  • quadriphonics — quadraphony.
  • quiller-couch — Sir Arthur Thomas ("Q") 1863–1944, English novelist and critic.
  • rock hounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks, fossils, or minerals.
  • rough justice — If you describe someone's treatment or punishment as rough justice, you mean that it is not given according to the law.
  • rubbish chute — an inclined channel or vertical passage down which rubbish may be dropped for disposal
  • ruth benedict — Ruth (Fulton) 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
  • school figure — (in ice skating) any one of a group of sixty-nine different figures, skated in two- or three-circle figure-eight patterns, used to test various skating movements, a skater usually being required to perform six selected ones in competition.
  • schuylerville — a village in E New York, on the Hudson: scene of Burgoyne's defeat and surrender in the Battle of Saratoga 1777.
  • scouring rush — any of certain horsetails, especially Equisetum hyemale, used for scouring and polishing.
  • shark biscuit — a bodyboard
  • sheriff court — (in Scotland) a court having jurisdiction to try summarily or on indictment all but the most serious crimes and to deal with most civil actions
  • short-circuit — Electricity. to make (an appliance, switch, etc.) inoperable by establishing a short circuit in. to carry (a current) as a short circuit.
  • south african — of southern Africa.
  • south america — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
  • street urchin — a child who spends or appears to spend a lot of time roaming the streets
  • sub-franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
  • successorship — the position or state of a successor
  • sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
  • superachiever — someone who achieves more than most; high achiever
  • superencipher — to encode (a message) that is already a cryptogram.
  • supergraphics — large-scale painted or applied decorative art in bold colors and typically in geometric or typographic designs, used over walls and sometimes floors and ceilings to create an illusion of expanded or altered space.
  • superhelicity — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
  • superphysical — above or beyond what is physical; hyperphysical.
  • suprachiasmic — relating to the area in the hypothalamus that regulates the biological clock
  • tautochronism — the fact or quality of being a tautochrone
  • tetrastichous — arranged in a spike of four vertical rows, as flowers.
  • the superrich — exceptionally wealthy people, considered collectively
  • therapeutical — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • thiosulphuric — of or relating to thiosulphuric acid or anything derived from it
  • 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.
  • thurification — the act of incense-burning
  • tin parachute — an employment agreement guaranteeing a worker compensation, especially in the form of bonuses and benefits, in the event of dismissal as a result of a merger or takeover.
  • trichopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Trichoptera, comprising the caddisflies.
  • truchet point — (unit, text)   An obsolete variant of the point, equal to 0.188 mm.
  • turbocharging — the process or action of supplying an internal combustion engine or a motor vehicle with a turbocharger
  • ultraphysical — extremely physical
  • uncharismatic — (of a person) not charismatic; lacking charisma; dull
  • 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.
  • unforthcoming — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
  • unreproaching — not reproaching or blaming
  • unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
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