13-letter words containing c, o, r, e
- honey creeper — any of several small, usually brightly colored birds, related to the tanagers and wood warblers, of tropical and semitropical America.
- 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.
- hormic theory — a theory that holds all behavior to be purposive, whether conscious or unconscious.
- horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
- hospital care — medical treatment provided in a hospital
- host computer — the main computer in a network: controls or performs certain functions for other computers.
- house cricket — a dark brown cricket, Acheta domesticus, having a light-colored head with dark crossbands, commonly occurring throughout North America and Europe, where it may be an indoor pest.
- house officer — a doctor who is the most junior member of the medical staff of a hospital, usually resident in the hospital
- 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.
- hydrochloride — a salt, especially of an alkaloid, formed by the direct union of hydrochloric acid with an organic base that makes the organic constituent more soluble.
- hydroelectric — pertaining to the generation and distribution of electricity derived from the energy of falling water or any other hydraulic source.
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
- hydrotelluric — (chemistry) Formed by hydrogen and tellurium.
- hygrometrical — Alternative form of hygrometric.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hypercyanotic — blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
- hyperdicrotic — having or pertaining to a double beat of the pulse for each beat of the heart.
- hyperfunction — abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.
- hypermetropic — Exhibiting or relating to hypermetropia.
- hyperproducer — an increased or rapid producer
- hyperromantic — extremely or excessively romantic
- hypersarcosis — a fleshy outgrowth
- hypertonicity — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
- hypertoxicity — the quality, relative degree, or specific degree of being toxic or poisonous: to determine the toxicity of arsenic.
- hypervelocity — extremely high velocity, as of projectiles, space vehicles, or accelerated nuclear particles.
- hypochlorites — Plural form of hypochlorite.
- hyposecretion — a diminished secretion.
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- hyracotherium — eohippus.
- iatrochemical — relating to iatrochemistry or iatrochemists
- iconic memory — the temporary persistence of visual impressions after the stimulus has been removed
- iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
- ideogrammatic — Of or pertaining to ideograms.
- ideographical — Alternative form of ideographic.
- ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
- imperfections — A fault, blemish, or undesirable feature.
- in due course — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- in receipt of — If you are in receipt of something, you have received it or you receive it regularly.
- in respect of — with regard, with reference
- in respect to — with regard to
- in retrospect — contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
- in-observance — lack of attention; inattention; heedlessness: drowsy inobservance.
- incarceration — the act of incarcerating, or putting in prison or another enclosure: The incarceration rate has increased dramatically.
- incident room — An incident room is a room used by the police while they are dealing with a major crime or accident.
- inclinometers — Plural form of inclinometer.