13-letter words containing e, c, t, o, h
- cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
- cyanoethylate — to introduce a cyano-ethyl group into
- cycle drought — A scarcity of cycles. It may be due to a cycle crunch, but it could also occur because part of the computer is temporarily not working, leaving fewer cycles to go around. "The high moby is down, so we're running with only half the usual amount of memory. There will be a cycle drought until it's fixed."
- cystathionine — an amino acid, C 7 H 14 O 4 N 2 S, that is an intermediate in the transfer of sulfur from methionine to cysteine.
- cytochemistry — the chemistry of living cells
- cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
- dance hostess — a woman who hosts a ball at her house
- daytona beach — a city in NE Florida, on the Atlantic: a resort with a beach of hard white sand, used since 1903 for motor speed trials. Pop: 64 581 (2003 est)
- decamethonium — a drug that is used to relax or loosen the muscles
- dechorionated — (biology) From which the chorion has been removed.
- demochristian — a member or supporter of a Christian democratic party or movement
- dialect coach — a person whose job is to train actors to speak in the authentic accent and manner of a particular area
- diaphoretical — Alternative form of diaphoretic.
- diotheletical — relating to ditheletism, the doctrine that Christ had two wills
- direct method — a technique of foreign-language teaching in which only the target language is used, little instruction is given concerning formal rules of grammar, and language use is often elicited in situational contexts.
- directorships — Plural form of directorship.
- dodecaphonist — a user of the twelve-tone system of serial music
- double-clutch — (of a bird) to produce a second clutch of eggs after the first has been removed, usually for hatching in an incubator.
- dryopithecine — (sometimes initial capital letter) an extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from Old World Miocene fossils.
- dutch courage — courage inspired by drunkenness or drinking liquor.
- dyothelitical — relating to dyotheletism
- echo question — a question uttered by a listener that in effect repeats a speaker's sentence, replacing an unclear or doubted portion of the sentence with a stressed interrogative word, as You said WHAT to John? or He WHAT?
- eight o'clock — 8 a.m.
- electrochemic — electrochemical
- electrographs — Plural form of electrograph.
- electrophiles — Plural form of electrophile.
- electrophilic — (of a molecule or group) having a tendency to attract or acquire electrons.
- electrophones — Plural form of electrophone.
- electrophonic — Relating to electronic equipment to produce sound (this adjectival sense is not comparable).
- electrophorus — A device for repeatedly generating static electricity by induction.
- electrothermy — the use of electrically produced heat for therapeutic purposes
- encephalotomy — The dissection of the brain.
- enchondromata — Plural form of enchondroma.
- encroachments — Plural form of encroachment.
- endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
- enterohepatic — Relating to or denoting the circulation of bile salts and other secretions from the liver to the intestine, where they are reabsorbed into the blood and returned to the liver.
- epitrachelion — The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
- epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
- eproctophilia — Sexual arousal from flatulence.
- ergatomorphic — pertaining to an ergatomorph
- eschatologies — Plural form of eschatology.
- ethanoic acid — acetic acid
- ethchlorvynol — A sedative and hypnotic drug used to treat insomnia.
- ethnocentrism — The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.
- ethnocultural — Relating to or denoting a particular ethnic group.
- ethnographica — a collection of ethnographic items
- ethnohistoric — relating to ethnohistory
- ethnomedicine — (medicine) traditional folk-medicine.
- ethologically — In an ethological manner.
- ethyl alcohol — ethanol, alcohol