13-letter words containing h, c, a, i
- crosshatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- crush barrier — a barrier erected to separate sections of large crowds in order to prevent crushing
- cryotherapies — Plural form of cryotherapy.
- cryptesthesia — allegedly paranormal perception, as clairvoyance or clairaudience.
- cryptographic — Relating to cryptography.
- cryptoxanthin — a carotenoid pigment, C40H56O, in butter, eggs, and various plants, that can be converted into vitamin A in the body
- crystal habit — the external shape of a crystal
- cup of elijah — Elijah's cup.
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- custodianship — the condition of being a custodian
- cyberchondria — unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites
- cylinder head — the detachable metal casting that fits onto the top of a cylinder block. In an engine it contains part of the combustion chamber and in an overhead-valve four-stroke engine it houses the valves and their operating mechanisms
- cymbocephalic — scaphocephaly.
- cystathionine — an amino acid, C 7 H 14 O 4 N 2 S, that is an intermediate in the transfer of sulfur from methionine to cysteine.
- cytochalasins — Plural form of cytochalasin.
- dancing shoes — shoes worn by dancers
- decahistidine — An oligopeptide consisting of ten histidine moieties.
- decamethonium — a drug that is used to relax or loosen the muscles
- dechorionated — (biology) From which the chorion has been removed.
- demochristian — a member or supporter of a Christian democratic party or movement
- demographical — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
- detachability — The quality of being detachable.
- diacatholicon — an all-purpose remedy
- dialect coach — a person whose job is to train actors to speak in the authentic accent and manner of a particular area
- diaphoretical — Alternative form of diaphoretic.
- diaphragmatic — of the diaphragm.
- dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
- dictatorships — Plural form of dictatorship.
- dieffenbachia — any of various plants belonging to the genus Dieffenbachia, of the arum family, native to tropical America, often cultivated as houseplants for their decorative foliage.
- diencephalons — Plural form of diencephalon.
- diethylacetal — acetal (def 1).
- digital watch — a watch that displays the time in numerical digits rather than by hands on a dial.
- digraphically — in a digraphic manner
- diotheletical — relating to ditheletism, the doctrine that Christ had two wills
- disaccharides — Plural form of disaccharide.
- dischargeable — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- discographies — Plural form of discography.
- disenchanting — Present participle of disenchant.
- disfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of disfranchise.
- disfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfranchise.
- dispatch boat — a small, fast boat used for delivering dispatches.
- dispatch case — attaché case.
- dodecaphonism — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
- dodecaphonist — a user of the twelve-tone system of serial music
- dolichocephal — a person with a head much longer than it is broad
- dolichocranic — dolichocephalic.
- dolichosaurus — any of various extinct Cretaceous aquatic reptiles that had long necks and bodies and well-developed limbs
- downhill race — a competitive event in which skiers are timed in a downhill run
- dresden china — porcelain ware produced at Meissen, Germany, near Dresden, after 1710.
- driving chain — a roller chain that transmits power from one toothed wheel to another