13-letter words containing g, h
- calcium light — limelight (sense 1)
- calligraphist — fancy penmanship, especially highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes: She appreciated the calligraphy of the 18th century.
- camping chair — a chair which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
- candlelighter — a person whose task it is to light candles
- card clothing — a very sturdy fabric with a leather or rubber fillet imbedded with wire teeth for disentangling and cleaning textile fibers, used to cover the rollers or flats of a carding machine.
- cardiganshire — a former county of W Wales: became part of Dyfed in 1974; reinstated as Ceredigion in 1996
- cardiographic — (physiology) Of or pertaining to, or produced by, a cardiograph.
- carnegie hall — a famous concert hall in New York (opened 1891); endowed by Andrew Carnegie
- carpet knight — a soldier who spends his life away from battle; idler
- carry through — If you carry something through, you do it or complete it, often in spite of difficulties.
- cartographers — Plural form of cartographer.
- casehardening — Present participle of caseharden.
- cash dealings — transactions that are carried out using cash
- cash holdings — the assets that you hold in ready cash, as opposed to property, shares, bonds, etc
- cash register — A cash register is a machine in a shop, pub, or restaurant that is used to add up and record how much money people pay, and in which the money is kept.
- casing hanger — A casing hanger is the part of a wellhead that supports the casing string.
- casting couch — a couch on which a casting director is said to seduce women seeking a part in a film or play
- casting wheel — a wheel having on its circumference molds for receiving molten metal.
- catheterizing — Present participle of catheterize.
- cathodography — the process or practice of taking photographs using cathode rays
- cervicography — a method of cervical screening in which the neck of the uterus is photographed to facilitate the early detection of cancer
- 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.
- challengeable — a call or summons to engage in any contest, as of skill, strength, etc.
- challengingly — in a way that challenges or defies someone
- chamber organ — a small compact organ used esp for the authentic performance of preclassical music
- chandernagore — a port in E India, in S West Bengal on the Hooghly River: a former French settlement (1686–1950). Pop: 162 166 (2001)
- chang tso-lin — 1873–1928, Chinese general: military ruler of Manchuria 1918–28.
- changchiak'ou — Zhangjiakou.
- changeability — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
- changefulness — Propensity to change.
- changing room — A changing room is a room where you can change your clothes and usually have a shower, for example at a sports centre.
- changing tone — cambiata.
- changing-note — cambiata.
- charcoal grey — a very dark grey colour
- chargeability — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
- charing cross — a district of London, in the city of Westminster: the modern cross (1863) in front of Charing Cross railway station replaces the one erected by Edward I (1290), the last of twelve marking the route of the funeral procession of his queen, Eleanor
- chart-topping — very popular; coming top in the charts
- chasse gardee — a private hunting preserve.
- checkout girl — a female employee who works on a supermarket checkout
- checkpointing — Present participle of checkpoint.
- checkweighman — a representative elected by coal miners to check the findings of the mine owner's weighman where miners are paid by the weight of coal mined.
- cheddar gorge — a pass through the Mendip Hills renowned for its stalactitic caverns and rare limestone flora
- cheese grater — an implement for grating cheese
- cheeseburgers — Plural form of cheeseburger.
- cheesemongers — Plural form of cheesemonger.
- chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
- chewing louse — See under louse (def 2).
- chiang ch'ing — Jiang Qing.
- chicago ridge — a town in NE Illinois.