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13-letter words containing c, i, n, h, e, r

  • overachieving — Present participle of overachieve.
  • parasynthetic — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
  • parenthetical — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
  • paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
  • party machine — the internal organization of a political party, which decides its policies and directs its activities
  • pencil pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
  • pencil-pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
  • penny pincher — a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person.
  • penny-pincher — a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person.
  • perching bird — any member of the avian order Passeriformes.
  • perchlorinate — to combine with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
  • perennibranch — any amphibian that retains its gills throughout its life
  • perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
  • phallocentric — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • photoreaction — a chemical reaction that involves or requires light.
  • phycoerythrin — a red protein pigment occurring in red algae.
  • piano teacher — tutor of piano-playing
  • picture phone — a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs
  • pitcher plant — any of various insectivorous New World bog plants of the genera Sarracenia, Darlingtonia, and Heliamphora, having tubular or trumpet-shaped leaves containing a liquid in which insects are trapped.
  • poker machine — a fruit machine
  • 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.
  • pre-christian — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the Christian Era.
  • preanesthetic — a substance that produces a preliminary or light anesthesia.
  • puritan ethic — work ethic.
  • pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
  • ramapithecine — of or relating to an extinct hominoid of the genus Ramapithecus
  • reading chair — a chair of the 18th century having an adjustable reading stand attached to the back and a crest rail extending forward on both sides to form armrests, designed to be sat on facing the back.
  • receding chin — if somebody has a receding chin, it does not stick out and appears to slope backwards, giving the appearance of a weak jawline
  • regime change — the transition from one political regime to another, esp through concerted political or military action
  • reichspfennig — a former bronze coin of Germany, the 100th part of a reichsmark.
  • resynchronize — to synchronize again
  • retail anchor — A retail anchor is a popular store whose name will attract customers to a shopping mall.
  • rhinoscleroma — an inflammatory bacterial disease of the nose that is mostly found in Africa and Central America
  • rhizocephalan — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
  • right section — a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane perpendicular to its longest axis.
  • rocking horse — a toy horse, as of wood, mounted on rockers or springs, on which children may ride; hobbyhorse.
  • rocking shear — a shear having a curved blade that cuts with a rocking motion.
  • rose of china — China rose (def 2).
  • ruth benedict — Ruth (Fulton) 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
  • sandwich tern — a European tern, Sterna sandvicensis, that has a yellow-tipped bill, whitish plumage, and white forked tail, and nests in colonies on beaches, etc
  • scene shifter — a person who changes scenes during a play
  • schizophrenia — Psychiatry.. Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.
  • schizophrenic — Psychiatry. of or relating to schizophrenia: Not all of these patients are schizophrenic.
  • scholarliness — of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits.
  • school dinner — meal served at educational institution
  • school friend — A school friend is a friend of yours who is at the same school as you, or who used to be at the same school when you were children.
  • scorchingness — the state or quality of being scorching
  • screen rights — the rights to make a film version of a book
  • scrivenership — the position of being a scrivener or scribe; scribing
  • search engine — a computer program that searches documents, especially on the World Wide Web, for a specified word or words and provides a list of documents in which they are found.
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