13-letter words containing c, l, e, n, h
- phallocentric — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- phencyclidine — an anesthetic drug, C 1 7 H 2 5 N, used as an animal tranquilizer: also widely used in several forms as an illicit hallucinogen.
- phenylic acid — phenol (def 1).
- photoelectron — an electron emitted from a system by the photoelectric effect.
- phyllogenetic — of or relating to the development of leaves.
- pick holes in — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- 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.
- plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- polysynthetic — (of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Compare analytic (def 3), synthetic (def 3).
- polytechnical — relating to a technical school
- pomme blanche — breadroot.
- psychoanalyse — to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.
- psychoanalyze — to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.
- pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- 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.
- saint michael — one of the archangels. Feast day: Sept 29 or Nov 8
- scalenohedral — a hemihedral crystal form of 8 or 12 faces, each face being a scalene triangle.
- scalenohedron — a hemihedral crystal form of 8 or 12 faces, each face being a scalene triangle.
- scandal sheet — a newspaper or magazine that emphasizes scandal or gossip.
- scathefulness — the state or quality of being harmful or injurious
- 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.
- schwenkfelder — a member of a Protestant group that emigrated in 1734 from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania, where they organized the Schwenkfelder Church.
- seneschalship — the office or position of a seneschal
- senior school — a school for pupils between the ages of 11 or 12 and 17 or 18
- shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
- shingle beach — a beach made of a mass of small pieces of rough stone
- ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
- singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
- slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
- speech clinic — a place at which specialists in speech therapy reeducate those with a speech handicap.
- speech island — a speech community that is completely surrounded by another, usually larger, speech community.
- speechfulness — the state of being full of speech or expression
- spine-chiller — a book, film, etc, that arouses terror
- splanchnocele — a primitive embryonic body cavity
- synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- synthetically — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
- talking chief — a noble who serves as public spokesperson for the chief in some Polynesian tribes.
- teachableness — the quality or condition of being teachable
- techno-babble — technical jargon relating to computing and other technological subjects
- technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
- technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
- technologized — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
- technopolitan — of or relating to a place or society dominated by technology
- telemechanics — the science or practice of operating mechanisms by remote control.
- telencephalic — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
- telencephalon — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.