13-letter words containing c, o, e, h
- lunch counter — a counter, as in a store or restaurant, where light meals and snacks are served or are sold to be taken out.
- luncheon club — (in Britain) an arrangement or organization for serving hot midday meals for a small charge to old people in clubs or daycentres
- luncheon meat — any of various sausages or molded loaf meats, usually sliced and served cold, as in sandwiches or as garnishes for salads.
- luncheonettes — Plural form of luncheonette.
- lymphoid cell — a cell in the lymph glands that produces leukocytes.
- maccheroncini — thin pasta tubes made from wheat flour
- machine error — an error caused by a fault or defect in a machine rather than by human error
- macrocephalic — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
- macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
- macrolecithal — megalecithal.
- magnet school — a public school with special programs and instruction that are not available elsewhere in a school district and that are specially designed to draw students from throughout a district, especially to aid in desegregation.
- mango chutney — chutney which contains or is made from the fruit mango
- manhole cover — a removable metal plate covering a shaft that leads down to a sewer or drain
- marchionesses — Plural form of marchioness.
- mare chronium — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- matched order — an order placed with a broker to buy a specified stock at a price above the market price with the intention of immediately selling the stock through another broker at the same price. It is designed to give the appearance of active trading in the stock.
- mechanisation — Alternative spelling of mechanization.
- mechanization — to make mechanical.
- medicine shop — (in Malaysia) a Chinese chemist's shop where traditional herbs are sold as well as modern drugs. It is not, however, a dispensary for prescribed medicines
- medicine show — a traveling troupe, especially in the late 1800s, offering entertainment in order to attract customers for the patent medicines or purported cures proffered for sale.
- megalocephaly — Cephalometry, Craniometry. macrocephalic.
- melancholious — (obsolete) melancholy.
- melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
- mercurochrome — Merbromin.
- mesencephalon — Anatomy. the midbrain.
- mesocephalism — mesocephaly
- mesocephalous — Alternative form of mesocephalic.
- metachromasia — A characteristic change in the colour of staining carried out in biological tissues, exhibited by certain aniline dyes when they bind to particular substances present in these tissues, called chromotropes.
- metachromatic — change of color, especially that due to variation in the temperature of a body.
- metamorphotic — Of or relating to metamorphosis.
- metaphoricity — The power of a metaphor.
- metencephalon — the anterior section of the hindbrain, comprising the cerebellum and pons.
- methocarbamol — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 5 , used as a muscle relaxant in combination with other drugs in the treatment of acute, painful musculoskeletal conditions.
- method acting — film, theater: acting approach
- methodistical — Methodistic.
- microcephalia — Microcephaly.
- microcephalic — having a head with a small braincase.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- microlecithal — having a small amount of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- microswitches — Plural form of microswitch.
- microteaching — a scaled-down teaching procedure with a few students under controlled conditions, often videotaped in order to analyze teaching techniques and develop new teaching skills.
- middle school — a school intermediate between elementary school and high school, usually encompassing grades five or six through eight.
- mischievously — maliciously or playfully annoying.
- miscomprehend — Misunderstand.
- mnemotechnics — the process or technique of improving or developing the memory.
- modern french — the French language since c1600.
- mohr's circle — a graphical construction enabling the stresses in the cross-section of a body to be determined if the principal stresses are known
- molly pitcher — Molly (Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley) 1754–1832, American Revolutionary heroine.
- money-changer — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
- moneychangers — Plural form of moneychanger.