13-letter words containing c, o, h, e, n
- honor society — (in a college, university, or secondary school) a student society that admits members on the basis of academic merit and, sometimes, worthwhile contributions in extracurricular activities.
- honors course — a course in a university or college consisting largely of independent research terminating in a dissertation or a comprehensive examination, and earning for the student who passes it a degree with distinction.
- horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
- house counsel — a lawyer drawing a full-time salary from a corporation that he or she represents.
- 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).
- hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
- hypercyanotic — blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
- hyperfunction — abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.
- hyperromantic — extremely or excessively romantic
- hypertonicity — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
- hyposecretion — a diminished secretion.
- hypothecating — Present participle of hypothecate.
- hypothecation — to pledge to a creditor as security without delivering over; mortgage.
- iceman cometh — a play (1946) by Eugene O'Neill.
- ichneumon fly — any of numerous wasplike insects of the family Ichneumonidae, the larvae of which are parasitic on caterpillars and immature stages of other insects.
- iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
- immunochemist — A chemist whose speciality is immunochemistry.
- in the act of — while committing: crime, transgression
- in the clouds — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- in the pocket — (of a fly half) in an attacking position slightly further back from play than normal, making himself available for a drop goal attempt
- incoherencies — incoherence.
- inductothermy — the production of fever by means of electromagnetic induction.
- inspectorship — The condition of being an inspector; the office of an inspector.
- interchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- iontophoretic — Of or pertaining to iontophoresis.
- john endicott — John, Endecott, John.
- john fletcher — John, 1579–1625, English dramatist: collaborated with Francis Beaumont 1606?–16; with Philip Massinger 1613–25.
- john wycliffe — John, c1320–84, English theologian, religious reformer, and Biblical translator.
- keep in touch — stay in contact
- lecherousness — The property of being lecherous.
- leucitohedron — a trapezohedron
- lichenization — any complex organism of the group Lichenes, composed of a fungus in symbiotic union with an alga and having a greenish, gray, yellow, brown, or blackish thallus that grows in leaflike, crustlike, or branching forms on rocks, trees, etc.
- light colonel — a lieutenant colonel.
- lower chinook — an extinct Chinookan language that was spoken by tribes on both banks of the Columbia River estuary.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.