13-letter words containing h, a, n, s, c, r
- churchwardens — Plural form of churchwarden.
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- close harmony — a type of singing in which all the parts except the bass lie close together and are confined to the compass of a tenth
- cochairperson — a person who cochairs an organization
- commandership — a person who commands.
- compass north — magnetic north, as indicated on a particular compass at a given moment.
- containership — a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
- copartnership — a partnership or association between two equals, esp in a business enterprise
- cornish pasty — A Cornish pasty is a small pie with meat and vegetables inside.
- costochondral — (anatomy) Relating to ribs and cartilage.
- counter shaft — A counter shaft is a shaft that runs parallel to the main shaft in a gearbox, and carries the pinion wheels.
- countershafts — Plural form of countershaft.
- craftsmanship — Craftsmanship is the skill that someone uses when they make beautiful things with their hands.
- crash landing — aircraft: emergency descent
- cross-channel — Cross-Channel travel is travel across the English Channel, especially by boat.
- crosshatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- crow-pheasant — a large coucal, Centropus sinensis, of Asia, having black and brown plumage and a long tail.
- cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
- demochristian — a member or supporter of a Christian democratic party or movement
- disfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of disfranchise.
- disfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfranchise.
- dodecahedrons — Plural form of dodecahedron.
- dresden china — porcelain ware produced at Meissen, Germany, near Dresden, after 1710.
- earth science — any of various sciences, as geography, geology, or meteorology, that deal with the earth, its composition, or any of its changing aspects.
- elasmobranchs — Plural form of elasmobranch.
- embranchments — Plural form of embranchment.
- enchantresses — Plural form of enchantress.
- encroachments — Plural form of encroachment.
- enfranchising — Present participle of enfranchise.
- finisher card — (in manufacturing fibers) the last card in the carding process, for converting stock into roving.
- franchisement — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- french pastry — fine, rich, or fancy dessert pastry, especially made from puff paste and filled with cream or fruit preparations.
- gangster chic — a cinematic or literary genre which seeks to glamorize the criminal underworld
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- grand duchess — the wife or widow of a grand duke.
- gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- halicarnassus — an ancient city of Caria, in SW Asia Minor: site of the Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
- hand controls — a set of controls in some cars, operated by hand, that have the same function as the accelerator, brake, and clutch pedals
- handcraftsman — A handicraftsman.
- handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
- harishchandra — also known as Bharatendu. 1850–85, Indian poet, dramatist, and essayist, who established Hindi as a literary language
- harness hitch — a hitch forming a loop around a rope, especially one formed at the end of a bowline.
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- heartsickness — The condition of being heartsick.
- heartstricken — Shocked; dismayed.
- henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
- hero sandwich — a large sandwich, usually consisting of a small loaf of bread or long roll cut in half lengthwise and containing a variety of ingredients, as meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes.
- heroic stanza — elegiac stanza.
- 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.
- hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx