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13-letter words containing h, a, g, i

  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • challengingly — in a way that challenges or defies someone
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
  • chiang ch'ing — Jiang Qing.
  • chicago ridge — a town in NE Illinois.
  • chicago steak — a strip steak or, sometimes, a shell steak.
  • chicago style — a style of jazz flourishing in Chicago especially in the early 1920s, constituting a direct offshoot of New Orleans style, and differing from its predecessor chiefly in the diminished influence of native folk sources, the greater tension of its group improvisation, the increased emphasis on solos, and the regular use of the tenor saxophone as part of the ensemble.
  • child rearing — the activity of rearing children
  • child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
  • chilean guava — a tropical shrub or small tree, Ugni molinae, of the myrtle family, having leathery, oval leaves, rose-pink flowers, and blue-black, edible fruit.
  • chinling shan — Qinling Shan
  • chip graffiti — microchip art
  • chirographist — a person who studies or who is knowledgeable about handwriting styles
  • chlorargyrite — a mineral, the naturally occurring form of silver chloride, formed in the oxidation process of silver
  • cholangiogram — an X-ray of the bile duct performed after administering dye into the ducts that shows up on the X-ray
  • choreographic — Choreographic means relating to or connected with choreography.
  • chronographic — a timepiece fitted with a recording device, as a stylus and rotating drum, used to mark the exact instant of an occurrence, especially in astronomy.
  • chronological — If things are described or shown in chronological order, they are described or shown in the order in which they happened.
  • chthonophagia — (disease) A disease characterized by the impulsive consumption of dirt, observed in some parts of the southern United States as well as the West Indies.
  • cigar lighter — a small, portable implement containing fuel which produces a flame with which to light a cigarette
  • cigarette ash — the ash created by smoking a cigarette
  • cinematograph — a combined camera, printer, and projector
  • claddagh ring — any of various elaborately designed rings, esp one in the shape of two hands embracing a heart, given as a token of lasting affection
  • clear-sighted — If you describe someone as clear-sighted, you admire them because they are able to understand situations well and to make sensible judgments and decisions about them.
  • clearing bath — any solution for removing material from the surface of a photographic image, as silver halide, metallic silver, or a dye or stain.
  • clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
  • cliff-hanging — of, relating to, or characteristic of a cliff-hanger: a cliff-hanging vote of 20–19.
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