13-letter words containing c, o, r, t, a
- harmonic tone — a tone produced by suppressing the fundamental tone and bringing into prominence one of its overtones.
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- haute couture — high fashion; the most fashionable and influential dressmaking and designing.
- heliotropical — heliotropic
- hemacytometer — hemocytometer.
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
- heortological — of or relating to heortology
- heroic stanza — elegiac stanza.
- heroin addict — sb dependent on heroin
- heteroblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing a marked difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- heterocarpous — (of a plant) producing more than one type of fruit
- heterogametic — (of a species or individual organism) having two unlike gametes.
- heterographic — Misspelled; of or pertaining to an incorrect spelling or a spelling that differs from accepted standards.
- 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).
- hogarth chair — a Queen Anne chair having a solid splat and cabriole legs, all pieces having a cyma curve or outline.
- homochromatic — of or relating to one hue; monochromatic.
- horrification — That which causes horror.
- horticultural — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
- hospital care — medical treatment provided in a hospital
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- hydropathical — Alternative form of hydropathic.
- hydrostatical — Alternative form of hydrostatic.
- 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
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- hyracotherium — eohippus.
- iatrochemical — relating to iatrochemistry or iatrochemists
- ichthyosaurus — ichthyosaur.
- ideogrammatic — Of or pertaining to ideograms.
- idiochromatic — (of a mineral) deriving a characteristic color from its capacity to absorb certain light rays.
- idiosyncratic — pertaining to the nature of idiosyncrasy, or something peculiar to an individual: The best minds are idiosyncratic and unpredictable as they follow the course of scientific discovery.
- illocutionary — pertaining to a linguistic act performed by a speaker in producing an utterance, as suggesting, warning, promising, or requesting.
- incarceration — the act of incarcerating, or putting in prison or another enclosure: The incarceration rate has increased dramatically.
- incardination — to institute as a cardinal.
- incarnational — an incarnate being or form.
- inclinatorium — an instrument invented by Robert Norman in 1576, used to determine the degree to which a magnetic needle dips towards the earth; a dipping needle
- income stream — a flow of money into a business
- inconsiderate — without due regard for the rights or feelings of others: It was inconsiderate of him to keep us waiting.
- inconstruable — unable to be construed
- incorporating — to form into a legal corporation.
- incorporation — the act of incorporating or the state of being incorporated.
- incorporative — Tending to incorporate or include things.
- incorporators — one of the signers of the articles or certificate of legal incorporation.
- incorruptable — Misspelling of incorruptible.
- incouragement — Archaic form of encouragement.