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13-letter words containing e, t, h, n, o, c

  • epitrachelion — The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
  • 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.
  • franche-comte — a former province in E France: once a part of Burgundy.
  • friction head — (in a hydraulic system) the part of a head of water or of another liquid that represents the energy that the system dissipates through friction with the sides of conduits or channels and through heating from turbulent flow.
  • gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
  • genetotrophic — pertaining to nutrition and genetics
  • geotechnology — the application of science and technology in order to utilize the earth's natural resources
  • goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
  • gopher client — (networking)   A program which runs on your local computer and provides a user interface to the Gopher protocol and to gopher servers. Web browsers can act as Gopher clients and simple Gopher-only clients are available for ordinary terminals, the X Window System, GNU Emacs, and other systems.
  • halotolerance — The quality or degree of being halotolerant.
  • harmonic tone — a tone produced by suppressing the fundamental tone and bringing into prominence one of its overtones.
  • heliocentrism — The theory that the sun is the center of the universe, (This theory is historically important and was widely accepted at the time of Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler.).
  • heptadecanoic — as in heptadecanoic acid, a saturated fatty acid, aka margaric acid
  • here document — (operating system)   Data included in a Unix shell script or Perl script using the "<<" syntax.
  • heroic stanza — elegiac stanza.
  • heroin addict — sb dependent on heroin
  • hertogenbosch — 's Hertogenbosch.
  • heterochronic — a genetic shift in timing of the development of a tissue or anatomical part, or in the onset of a physiological process, relative to an ancestor.
  • heterogenetic — of, relating to, or characterized by heterogenesis.
  • 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.
  • home counties — The Home Counties are the counties which surround London.
  • homogenetical — of, involving or relating to homogeny
  • honey stomach — the crop of an ant, bee, or other hymenopterous insect, serving as a reservoir for honeydew and nectar, especially the enlarged crop of a honeybee in which nectar is acted on by enzymes to form honey.
  • 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.
  • hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
  • hypercyanotic — blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
  • hyperfunction — abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.
  • hyperromantic — extremely or excessively romantic
  • hypertonicity — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
  • hyposecretion — a diminished secretion.
  • hypothecating — Present participle of hypothecate.
  • hypothecation — to pledge to a creditor as security without delivering over; mortgage.
  • iceman cometh — a play (1946) by Eugene O'Neill.
  • immunochemist — A chemist whose speciality is immunochemistry.
  • in the act of — while committing: crime, transgression
  • in the clouds — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
  • in the pocket — (of a fly half) in an attacking position slightly further back from play than normal, making himself available for a drop goal attempt
  • inductothermy — the production of fever by means of electromagnetic induction.
  • inspectorship — The condition of being an inspector; the office of an inspector.
  • interchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
  • iontophoretic — Of or pertaining to iontophoresis.
  • john endicott — John, Endecott, John.
  • john fletcher — John, 1579–1625, English dramatist: collaborated with Francis Beaumont 1606?–16; with Philip Massinger 1613–25.
  • keep in touch — stay in contact
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