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13-letter words containing e, c, a, s, h

  • cash-strapped — If a person or organization is cash-strapped, they do not have enough money to buy or pay for the things they want or need.
  • cashew family — the plant family Anacardiaceae, typified by trees, shrubs, or vines having resinous and sometimes poisonous juice, alternate leaves, small flowers, and a nut or fleshy fruit, and including the cashew, mango, pistachio, poison ivy, and sumac.
  • casing hanger — A casing hanger is the part of a wellhead that supports the casing string.
  • casting wheel — a wheel having on its circumference molds for receiving molten metal.
  • castle howard — a mansion near York in Yorkshire: designed in 1700 by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor; the grounds include the Temple of the Four Winds and a mausoleum
  • cat's whisker — a pointed wire used to make contact with the crystal in a crystal radio receiver
  • catastrophise — Alt form catastrophize.
  • catastrophize — (obsolete) To end a comedy.
  • catch oneself — to hold oneself back abruptly from saying or doing something
  • catch the sun — to become slightly sunburnt
  • catcher's box — box1 (def 16d).
  • catechistical — Pertaining to a catechism.
  • cayenne-whist — a seaport in and the capital of French Guiana.
  • cephalopodous — of, belonging to or relating to a cephalopod
  • cephalosporin — any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium
  • chaetophorous — bearing bristles; setigerous.
  • chain measure — measurement of distance using a chain 66 feet (20 meters) long, of which one link equals 7.9 inches (20.1 cm).
  • chaise longue — A chaise longue is a kind of sofa with only one arm and usually a back along half its length.
  • chaise lounge — A chaise lounge is the same as a chaise longue.
  • chalcostibite — a mineral, antimony copper sulfide, CuSbS 2 , occurring in lead-gray crystals.
  • chalicotheres — Plural form of chalicothere.
  • chamber music — Chamber music is classical music written for a small number of instruments.
  • chancelleries — Plural form of chancellery.
  • chandrasekhar — Subrahmanyan (ˌsʊbrəˈmænjən). 1910–95, US astronomer born in Lahore, India (now Pakistan). His work on stellar evolution led to an understanding of white dwarfs: shared the Nobel prize for physics 1983
  • changefulness — Propensity to change.
  • chaperoneship — State or position of chaperone.
  • chapter house — A chapter house is the building or set of rooms in the grounds of a cathedral where the members of the clergy hold their meetings.
  • character set — a set of characters to display on a computer screen or be printed out that are all of the same design
  • characterised — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
  • characterises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of characterise.
  • characterizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of characterize.
  • characterless — If you describe something as characterless, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting.
  • charlatanries — Plural form of charlatanry.
  • charles abbotCharles Greeley, 1872–1973, U.S. astrophysicist.
  • charles friesCharles Carpenter, 1887–1967, U.S. linguist.
  • charles leverCharles James ("Cornelius O'Dowd") 1806–72, Irish novelist and essayist.
  • charles louis — (Karl Ludwig Johann) 1771–1847, archduke of Austria.
  • charles lyellSir Charles, 1797–1875, English geologist.
  • charles swart — Charles Robberts [rob-erts] /ˈrɒb ərts/ (Show IPA), 1894–1982, South African statesman: president 1961–67.
  • charles's law — the statement that for a body of ideal gas at constant pressure the volume is directly proportional to the absolute temperature
  • charley horse — People sometimes refer to a cramp in the muscles of their leg or arm as a charley horse.
  • charlier shoe — special light horseshoe
  • charnel house — A charnel house is a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored.
  • chase mortise — a mortise having one inclined narrow side.
  • chasse gardee — a private hunting preserve.
  • chastisements — severe criticism; a rebuke or strong reprimand.
  • chastity belt — a locking beltlike device with a loop designed to go between a woman's legs in order to prevent her from having sexual intercourse
  • chattel house — (esp in Barbados) a movable wooden dwelling, usually set on a foundation of loose stones on rented land
  • cheese grater — an implement for grating cheese
  • cheese spread — a processed cheese of smooth and spreadable consistency.
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