13-letter words containing d, e, c, a, h
- grand duchess — the wife or widow of a grand duke.
- grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
- h and d curve — characteristic curve.
- haemodynamics — a branch of physiology that deals with the circulation of the blood
- half-educated — having undergone education: educated people.
- hand-stitched — stitched by hand rather than by a machine
- handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
- hard currency — money that is backed by gold reserves and is readily convertible into foreign currencies.
- hatchet-faced — having a face with narrow dimensions and sharp features
- have a record — to be a known criminal; have a previous conviction or convictions
- hefner candle — a German unit of luminous intensity, equal to 0.92 of a candela.
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
- henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
- hendecahedron — a solid figure having 11 faces.
- heptadecanoic — as in heptadecanoic acid, a saturated fatty acid, aka margaric acid
- 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.
- heroin addict — sb dependent on heroin
- hexactinellid — a type of sponge characterized by their (usually) six siliceous spicules or rays
- hexadactylism — Sexdactyly.
- hexadactylous — hexadactylic
- hexanoic acid — caproic acid.
- homestead act — a special act of Congress (1862) that made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment, usually in lots of 160 acres, to be used as farms.
- homoscedastic — having the same variance.
- humped cattle — any of several breeds of domestic cattle developed from the Indian species Bos indicus and characterized by a hump of fat and muscle over the shoulders.
- hunt and peck — a slow and inefficient method of typing by looking for each key separately before striking it: used by untrained typists.
- hunt-and-peck — a method of typing while looking at the keyboard, usually using only the forefingers to press the keys
- 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.
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- hyperdactylia — the presence of extra fingers or toes.
- ideographical — Alternative form of ideographic.
- ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
- interchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- knuckleheaded — Stupid or inept, like a knucklehead.
- ladder stitch — an embroidery stitch in which crossbars at equal distances are produced between two solid ridges of raised work.
- lead chromate — a yellow crystalline compound, PbCrO 4 , toxic, insoluble in water: used as an industrial paint pigment.
- lichenic acid — fumaric acid.
- list enhanced — (operating system, tool) An MS-DOS file browsing utility written by Vern Buerg in 1983. A former mainframe systems programmer, Buerg wrote DOS utilities when he began using an IBM PC and missed the file-scanning ability he had on mainframes. The software became an instant success, and his list utility was in use on an estimated 5 million PCs.
- load the dice — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- machinegunned — Simple past tense and past participle of machinegun.
- magnetic head — head (def 33).
- maiden speech — the first speech made in a legislature by a newly elected member.
- 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.
- merchandisers — Plural form of merchandiser.
- merchandising — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandizing — Alternative spelling of merchandising.
- method acting — film, theater: acting approach
- methodistical — Methodistic.
- monochromated — Fitted with a monochromator.