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13-letter words containing c, h, u, t, n

  • 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
  • nightclubbing — Also, night club. an establishment for evening entertainment, generally open until the early morning, that serves liquor and usually food and offers patrons music, comedy acts, a floor show, or dancing; nightspot.
  • no such thing — You can say there is no such thing as something to emphasize that it does not exist or is not possible.
  • non-rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
  • nonchauvinist — a person who is not a chauvinist
  • north country — the part of England north of the Humber estuary.
  • not much chop — not much good; poor
  • not much of a — If you describe something as not much of a particular type of thing, you mean that it is small or of poor quality.
  • nut chocolate — chocolate containing nuts
  • octagon house — a type of American house, c. 1850, having an octagonal perimeter to reduce exterior wall area.
  • on the bounce — in succession; one after the other
  • one-two punch — Also called one-two punch. Boxing. a left-hand jab immediately followed by a right cross.
  • outstretching — Present participle of outstretch.
  • patch pumpkin — pumpkin
  • pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
  • picture phone — a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs
  • puritan ethic — work ethic.
  • rann of kutch — an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq km (9000 sq miles)
  • ruth benedict — Ruth (Fulton) 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
  • scathefulness — the state or quality of being harmful or injurious
  • school outing — a short trip that a school organizes for schoolchildren, usually during the school day, to a place of interest such as museum or art gallery
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • share account — a savings account in a credit union.
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • short account — the account of a short seller.
  • south african — of southern Africa.
  • southern cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • street urchin — a child who spends or appears to spend a lot of time roaming the streets
  • sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
  • tautochronism — the fact or quality of being a tautochrone
  • tautochronous — having the character of a tautochrone
  • the conscious — that part of one's mental activity of which one is fully aware at any given time
  • the consulate — the consular government of France from 1799 to 1804
  • the cup final — the annual final of the FA Cup soccer competition, played at Wembley, or the Scottish Cup, played at Hampden Park
  • the unco guid — narrow-minded, excessively religious, or self-righteous people
  • thermocurrent — a thermoelectric current.
  • thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
  • think much of — to have a high opinion of
  • throw a punch — try to hit sb
  • thumb-sucking — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
  • thunderstruck — overcome with consternation; confounded; astounded: He was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion.
  • 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.
  • toque blanche — the tall white hat traditionally worn by a chef
  • torque wrench — a wrench having a dial or other indicator showing the amount of torque being applied.
  • touch a nerve — to mention or bring to mind a sensitive issue or subject
  • touch-in-goal — the area at each end of the field outside of a touch-in-goal line.
  • touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
  • truchet point — (unit, text)   An obsolete variant of the point, equal to 0.188 mm.
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