13-letter words containing h, a, g, n
- chiang ch'ing — Jiang Qing.
- 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
- cholangiogram — an X-ray of the bile duct performed after administering dye into the ducts that shows up on the X-ray
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
- collieshangie — a quarrel
- compsognathus — any bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Compsognathus, of late Jurassic age, having a slender body that reached a length of 30 inches (76 cm).
- conchological — Of or pertaining to conchology.
- core handling — Core handling is the way that a core is dealt with to make sure it maintains its properties for testing.
- corn exchange — A corn exchange is a large building where, in former times, grain was bought and sold.
- coronagraphic — Of, pertaining to, or employing a coronagraph.
- cough and die — (jargon) barf. Connotes that the program is throwing its hands up by design rather than because of a bug or oversight. "The parser saw a control-A in its input where it was looking for a printable, so it coughed and died." Compare die, die horribly, scream and die.
- counterchange — to change parts, qualities, etc
- countercharge — a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser
- court hearing — an official meeting held in court
- crash landing — aircraft: emergency descent
- crosshatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- curb exchange — American Stock Exchange.
- cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
- dancing shoes — shoes worn by dancers
- das rheingold — an opera by Wagner (1869), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- day and night — If something happens day and night or night and day, it happens all the time without stopping.
- death-dealing — fatal; lethal
- deemphasizing — Present participle of deemphasize.
- dehydrogenase — an enzyme, such as any of the respiratory enzymes, that activates oxidation-reduction reactions by transferring hydrogen from substrate to acceptor
- dehydrogenate — to remove hydrogen from
- demothballing — to remove (naval or military equipment) from storage or reserve, usually for active duty; reactivate.
- dendrophagous — feeding on the wood of trees, as certain insects.
- dephlegmation — the act of dephlegmating
- diphthongally — in a diphthongal manner
- disenchanting — Present participle of disenchant.
- disheartening — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
- dragon's head — any of several mints of the genus Dracocephalum having spikes of double-lipped flowers.
- draughtswoman — Alternative spelling of draftswoman.
- driving chain — a roller chain that transmits power from one toothed wheel to another
- dun laoghaire — a seaport in E Republic of Ireland, near Dublin.
- early english — pertaining to the first style of Gothic architecture in England, ending in the latter half of the 13th century, characterized by the use of lancet arches, plate tracery, and narrow openings.
- eastern ghats — a mountain range in S India, parallel to the Bay of Bengal: united with the Western Ghats by the Nilgiri Hills; forms the E margin of the Deccan plateau
- eating habits — the way a person or group eats, considered in terms of what types of food are eaten, in what quantities, and when
- edging shears — shears that are used to trim the edges of a lawn