13-letter words containing c, o, a, e
- heterological — (grammar) Of an adjective, not describing itself.
- heteroplastic — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heterostracan — any of several ostracoderms of the order Heterostraci, from the Silurian and Devonian Periods, having the anterior part of the body enclosed in bony plates.
- heterothallic — having mycelia of two unlike types, both of which must participate in the sexual process. Compare homothallic (def 1).
- hexadactylous — hexadactylic
- hexanoic acid — caproic acid.
- hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
- histochemical — the branch of science dealing with the chemical components of cellular and subcellular tissue.
- hockey player — sportsperson: plays hockey
- holometabolic — Of, pertaining to, or undergoing holometabolism.
- holy alliance — a league formed by the principal sovereigns of Europe in 1815 with the professed object of promoting Christian brotherhood but the practical object of repressing democratic revolutions and institutions. The English and Turkish rulers and Pope Pius VII did not join the league.
- holy mackerel — astonishment
- homestead act — a special act of Congress (1862) that made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment, usually in lots of 160 acres, to be used as farms.
- homiletically — In a homiletic fashion.
- homogenetical — of, involving or relating to homogeny
- homoscedastic — having the same variance.
- honey stomach — the crop of an ant, bee, or other hymenopterous insect, serving as a reservoir for honeydew and nectar, especially the enlarged crop of a honeybee in which nectar is acted on by enzymes to form honey.
- hospital care — medical treatment provided in a hospital
- hospital case — a patient that is being, or needs to be, treated in a hospital
- hot chocolate — warm drink made with chocolate powder
- housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- human ecology — ecology (def 4).
- hydroaerobics — aerobic exercises performed in water, as in a swimming pool.
- hydrocephalic — of or relating to hydrocephalus.
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- hygrometrical — Alternative form of hygrometric.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hypercyanotic — blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
- hyperromantic — extremely or excessively romantic
- hypersarcosis — a fleshy outgrowth
- hypocalcaemia — (medical) alternative spelling of hypocalcemia.
- hypocalcaemic — of or relating to hypocalcaemia
- hypoglycaemia — (medical) alternative spelling of hypoglycemia.
- hypoglycaemic — Alternative spelling of hypoglycemic.
- hypometabolic — Relating to hypometabolism.
- hypothecating — Present participle of hypothecate.
- hypothecation — to pledge to a creditor as security without delivering over; mortgage.
- hypotheticals — Plural form of hypothetical.
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- hyracotherium — eohippus.
- iatrochemical — relating to iatrochemistry or iatrochemists
- iceland poppy — any of various widely cultivated arctic poppies, esp Papaver nudicaule, with white or yellow nodding flowers
- iceman cometh — a play (1946) by Eugene O'Neill.
- iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
- ideogrammatic — Of or pertaining to ideograms.
- ideographical — Alternative form of ideographic.
- ideologically — of or relating to ideology.
- ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
- idiomaticness — Idiomaticity.