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13-letter words containing c, o, n, h, e, s

  • ethnohistoric — relating to ethnohistory
  • forcing house — a place where growth or maturity (as of fruit, animals, etc) is artificially hastened
  • french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.
  • french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
  • gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
  • haemodynamics — a branch of physiology that deals with the circulation of the blood
  • hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
  • have occasion — If you have occasion to do something, it is necessary for you to do it.
  • heliocentrism — The theory that the sun is the center of the universe, (This theory is historically important and was widely accepted at the time of Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler.).
  • henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
  • hero sandwich — a large sandwich, usually consisting of a small loaf of bread or long roll cut in half lengthwise and containing a variety of ingredients, as meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes.
  • heroic stanza — elegiac stanza.
  • hertogenbosch — 's Hertogenbosch.
  • 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.
  • hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
  • home counties — The Home Counties are the counties which surround London.
  • homeschooling — a school set up in the home.
  • 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.
  • honeycreepers — Plural form of honeycreeper.
  • 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.
  • hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
  • hyposecretion — a diminished secretion.
  • iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
  • immunochemist — A chemist whose speciality is immunochemistry.
  • 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.
  • incoherencies — incoherence.
  • inspectorship — The condition of being an inspector; the office of an inspector.
  • lecherousness — The property of being lecherous.
  • luncheonettes — Plural form of luncheonette.
  • 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.
  • marchionesses — Plural form of marchioness.
  • mechanisation — Alternative spelling of mechanization.
  • 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.
  • melancholious — (obsolete) melancholy.
  • melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
  • mesencephalon — Anatomy. the midbrain.
  • miscomprehend — Misunderstand.
  • mnemotechnics — the process or technique of improving or developing the memory.
  • moneychangers — Plural form of moneychanger.
  • monochlorides — Plural form of monochloride.
  • nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
  • necrophiliacs — Plural form of necrophiliac.
  • nephrectomies — Plural form of nephrectomy.
  • nicholasville — a town in central Kentucky.
  • non-aesthetic — relating to the philosophy of aesthetics; concerned with notions such as the beautiful and the ugly.
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