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13-letter words containing h, e, a, r

  • catheterizing — Present participle of catheterize.
  • cecropia moth — a large North American saturniid moth, Hyalophora (or Samia) cecropia, with brightly coloured wings and feathery antennae
  • cephalometric — Relating to cephalometrics.
  • cephaloridine — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
  • cephalosporin — any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium
  • cephalothorax — the anterior part of many crustaceans and some other arthropods consisting of a united head and thorax
  • cervicography — a method of cervical screening in which the neck of the uterus is photographed to facilitate the early detection of cancer
  • chaetophorous — bearing bristles; setigerous.
  • chain measure — measurement of distance using a chain 66 feet (20 meters) long, of which one link equals 7.9 inches (20.1 cm).
  • chain printer — a line printer in which the type is on a continuous chain, used to print computer output
  • chain reactor — reactor (def 4).
  • chalicotheres — Plural form of chalicothere.
  • chamber music — Chamber music is classical music written for a small number of instruments.
  • chamber opera — an opera requiring few performers and a small orchestra.
  • chamber organ — a small compact organ used esp for the authentic performance of preclassical music
  • chancelleries — Plural form of chancellery.
  • chandernagore — a port in E India, in S West Bengal on the Hooghly River: a former French settlement (1686–1950). Pop: 162 166 (2001)
  • chandrasekhar — Subrahmanyan (ˌsʊbrəˈmænjən). 1910–95, US astronomer born in Lahore, India (now Pakistan). His work on stellar evolution led to an understanding of white dwarfs: shared the Nobel prize for physics 1983
  • channel ferry — a ship that shuttles across the English Channel between the UK and the continent
  • chaparral pea — a thorny leguminous Californian shrub, Pickeringia montana, with reddish-purple showy flowers
  • chapel de fer — a medieval open helmet, often having a broad brim for deflecting blows from above.
  • chaperoneship — State or position of chaperone.
  • chapter house — A chapter house is the building or set of rooms in the grounds of a cathedral where the members of the clergy hold their meetings.
  • character key — key
  • character set — a set of characters to display on a computer screen or be printed out that are all of the same design
  • characterised — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
  • characterises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of characterise.
  • characterized — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
  • characterizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of characterize.
  • characterless — If you describe something as characterless, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting.
  • charcoal grey — a very dark grey colour
  • chargeability — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
  • charlatanries — Plural form of charlatanry.
  • charles abbot — Charles Greeley, 1872–1973, U.S. astrophysicist.
  • charles fries — Charles Carpenter, 1887–1967, U.S. linguist.
  • charles lever — Charles James ("Cornelius O'Dowd") 1806–72, Irish novelist and essayist.
  • charles louis — (Karl Ludwig Johann) 1771–1847, archduke of Austria.
  • charles lyell — Sir Charles, 1797–1875, English geologist.
  • charles swart — Charles Robberts [rob-erts] /ˈrɒb ərts/ (Show IPA), 1894–1982, South African statesman: president 1961–67.
  • charles's law — the statement that for a body of ideal gas at constant pressure the volume is directly proportional to the absolute temperature
  • charley horse — People sometimes refer to a cramp in the muscles of their leg or arm as a charley horse.
  • charlier shoe — special light horseshoe
  • charlottetown — a port in SE Canada, capital of the province of Prince Edward Island. Pop: 34 562 (2011)
  • charmed quark — a type of quark with a mass of c. 1.0 to 1.6 GeV/c2, a positive charge that is 2⁄3 the charge of an electron, +1 charm, and zero strangeness
  • charnel house — A charnel house is a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored.
  • charter party — charter (def 5).
  • charter plane — a plane that has been chartered
  • charter train — a train that has been chartered
  • chase mortise — a mortise having one inclined narrow side.
  • chasse gardee — a private hunting preserve.
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