13-letter words containing h, e, a, d, c, l
- diethylacetal — acetal (def 1).
- diotheletical — relating to ditheletism, the doctrine that Christ had two wills
- dischargeable — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- dolichocephal — a person with a head much longer than it is broad
- donald cherry — Donald Eugene ("Don") 1936–95, U.S. jazz trumpeter.
- downhill race — a competitive event in which skiers are timed in a downhill run
- dual-attached — The form of FDDI interface where a device is connected to both FDDI token-passing rings, so that uninterrupted operation continues in the event of a failure of either of the rings. All connections to the main FDDI rings are dual-attached. Typically, a small number of critical infrastructure devices such as routers and concentrators are dual-attached, whereas host computers are normally single-attached or dual-homed to a router or concentrator. For example, a ring could be formed between a single router and two concentrators (all dual-attached) then all other components that need to be fault-tolerant (typically file servers) can be dual-homed to both concentrators.
- dyothelitical — relating to dyotheletism
- endobronchial — (anatomy) Pertaining to the lining of the bronchi.
- endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
- epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
- gaidhealtachd — the area of Scotland in which Scottish Gaelic is the vernacular speech
- grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
- half-educated — having undergone education: educated people.
- hefner candle — a German unit of luminous intensity, equal to 0.92 of a candela.
- hexactinellid — a type of sponge characterized by their (usually) six siliceous spicules or rays
- hexadactylism — Sexdactyly.
- hexadactylous — hexadactylic
- humped cattle — any of several breeds of domestic cattle developed from the Indian species Bos indicus and characterized by a hump of fat and muscle over the shoulders.
- hydrocephalic — of or relating to hydrocephalus.
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hyperdactylia — the presence of extra fingers or toes.
- ideographical — Alternative form of ideographic.
- interchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- knuckleheaded — Stupid or inept, like a knucklehead.
- ladder stitch — an embroidery stitch in which crossbars at equal distances are produced between two solid ridges of raised work.
- lead chromate — a yellow crystalline compound, PbCrO 4 , toxic, insoluble in water: used as an industrial paint pigment.
- lichenic acid — fumaric acid.
- list enhanced — (operating system, tool) An MS-DOS file browsing utility written by Vern Buerg in 1983. A former mainframe systems programmer, Buerg wrote DOS utilities when he began using an IBM PC and missed the file-scanning ability he had on mainframes. The software became an instant success, and his list utility was in use on an estimated 5 million PCs.
- load the dice — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- methodistical — Methodistic.
- much-maligned — If you describe someone or something as much-maligned, you mean that they are often criticized by people, but you think the criticism is unfair or exaggerated because they have good qualities too.
- much-traveled — A much-traveled person has traveled a lot in foreign countries.
- multibranched — Having more than one branch.
- nondetachable — Not capable of being detached.
- orchard valve — an alfalfa valve of lesser diameter than the pipe it closes.
- orthopaedical — Pertaining to orthopaedics; characteristic of orthopaedia.
- pas de cheval — a step in which the dancer hops on one foot and paws the ground with the other.
- passchendaele — a village in NW Belgium, in West Flanders province: the scene of heavy fighting during the third battle of Ypres in World War I during which 245 000 British troops were lost
- phenylic acid — phenol (def 1).
- playback head — the part of a tape recorder that is used to pick up the magnetic pattern on tape in order to play back material previously recorded.
- radiochemical — pertaining to or involving radiochemistry.
- ragged school — (in Britain, formerly) a free elementary school for poor children
- rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
- saddle-stitch — to sew, bind, or decorate with a saddle stitch.
- scalenohedral — a hemihedral crystal form of 8 or 12 faces, each face being a scalene triangle.
- scalenohedron — a hemihedral crystal form of 8 or 12 faces, each face being a scalene triangle.
- scandal sheet — a newspaper or magazine that emphasizes scandal or gossip.
- ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
- slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector