13-letter words containing g, c, h
- digital watch — a watch that displays the time in numerical digits rather than by hands on a dial.
- digraphically — in a digraphic manner
- dischargeable — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- discographies — Plural form of discography.
- disenchanting — Present participle of disenchant.
- ditch-digging — a worker whose occupation is digging ditches, especially with pick and shovel.
- driving chain — a roller chain that transmits power from one toothed wheel to another
- duc d'enghien — Duc [dyk] /dük/ (Show IPA), (Louis Antoine Henry de Bourbon-Condé) 1772–1804, French prince: executed by Napoleon I.
- duck shooting — duck hunting with a gun
- dutch courage — courage inspired by drunkenness or drinking liquor.
- echo sounding — the determining of depth of water by means of a device (echo sounder) that measures the time required for a sound wave to be reflected from the bottom: a similar process (echo ranging) is used to measure the distance to an underwater object
- ecophysiology — the branch of physiology that deals with the physiological processes of organisms with respect to their environment.
- ecopsychology — A form of psychology based on integration with the natural world rather than with society.
- eight o'clock — 8 a.m.
- eighteenpence — The monetary amount of eighteen pence.
- electrographs — Plural form of electrograph.
- encephalalgia — pain in the head; headache
- encephalogram — An image, trace, or other record of the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
- enfranchising — Present participle of enfranchise.
- ergatomorphic — pertaining to an ergatomorph
- eschatologies — Plural form of eschatology.
- esophagoscope — An instrument for the inspection or treatment of the esophagus.
- ethnographica — a collection of ethnographic items
- ethologically — In an ethological manner.
- exchange rate — relative value of currency
- faction fight — a fight between rival Black groups, usually originating in tribal or clan feuds
- fencing match — a match between fencers
- fighting cock — a gamecock.
- fire watching — the job of watching for fires, especially those caused by aerial bombardment
- fishing smack — any of various fore-and-aft-rigged fishing vessels of rather large size, often containing a well to keep the catch alive.
- fluorographic — of or pertaining to fluorography
- folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
- forcing house — a place where growth or maturity (as of fruit, animals, etc) is artificially hastened
- free reaching — sailing on a free reach.
- french guiana — an overseas department of France, on the NE coast of South America: formerly a French colony. 35,135 sq. mi. (91,000 sq. km). Capital: Cayenne.
- french guinea — former name of Guinea.
- fulbright act — an act of Congress (1946) by which funds derived chiefly from the sale of U.S. surplus property abroad are made available to U.S. citizens for study, research, and teaching in foreign countries as well as to foreigners to engage in similar activities in the U.S.
- gabrilowitsch — Ossip [aw-syip] /ˈɔ syɪp/ (Show IPA), 1878–1936, Russian pianist and conductor, in America.
- gaidhealtachd — the area of Scotland in which Scottish Gaelic is the vernacular speech
- galactic halo — a spheroidal aggregation of globular clusters, individual stars, dust, and gas that surrounds the Galaxy
- galactorrhoea — (British spelling) alternative spelling of galactorrhea.
- gallocatechol — An antioxidant that contains catechin, found in food.
- game-changing — having the potential to change significantly the outcome of something
- gangster chic — a cinematic or literary genre which seeks to glamorize the criminal underworld
- garbage chute — sloped channel for rubbish disposal
- garden orache — a plant of the goosefoot family, Atriplex hortensis, which is cultivated as a vegetable and used like spinach
- garter stitch — a basic knitting pattern that produces an evenly pebbled texture on both sides of the work, created by consistently knitting or purling every stitch of every row.
- gastrohepatic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and the liver.
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- gelsenkirchen — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr valley.