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13-letter words containing h, e, c, t, i

  • stamp machine — a machine used for stamping documents, as with the time, etc
  • steamer chair — deck chair.
  • stem christie — a turn made by stemming one ski and then bringing the other parallel to it during the turn.
  • stethoscopist — a person who is experienced in the use of a stethoscope
  • sticker shock — unpleasant surprise on learning of an unexpectedly high price for an item.
  • stoichiometry — the calculation of the quantities of chemical elements or compounds involved in chemical reactions.
  • straight face — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
  • stratospheric — relating to the stratosphere
  • street urchin — a child who spends or appears to spend a lot of time roaming the streets
  • suicide watch — a system of regular checking on prisoners who seem likely to attempt suicide.
  • sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
  • superhelicity — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
  • switch engine — a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a yard.
  • switch-hitter — to be able to bat from either side of the plate, or both as a left-handed and as a right-handed batter.
  • switched-star — denoting or relating to a cable television system in which only one or two programme channels are fed to each subscriber, who can select other channels by remote control of a central switching point
  • synthetically — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
  • tachistoscope — an apparatus for use in exposing visual stimuli, as pictures, letters, or words, for an extremely brief period, used chiefly to assess visual perception or to increase reading speed.
  • talking chief — a noble who serves as public spokesperson for the chief in some Polynesian tribes.
  • team teaching — a system whereby two or more teachers pool their skills, knowledge, etc, to teach combined classes
  • technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • technologized — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • technopolitan — of or relating to a place or society dominated by technology
  • telemechanics — the science or practice of operating mechanisms by remote control.
  • telencephalic — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
  • terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
  • testing bench — a piece of equipment for testing if a machine or device is working properly
  • tetrachloride — a chloride containing four atoms of chlorine.
  • tetrastichous — arranged in a spike of four vertical rows, as flowers.
  • the afflicted — afflicted people considered collectively
  • the antarctic — Antarctica and the surrounding waters
  • the archfiend — the chief of fiends or devils; Satan
  • the ascension — the bodily ascent of Jesus into heaven on the fortieth day after the Resurrection: Acts 1:9
  • the backfield — the quarterback and running backs in a team
  • the caribbean — the states and islands of the Caribbean Sea, including the West Indies, when considered as a geopolitical region
  • the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
  • the civil war — the war between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) in the U.S. (1861-65)
  • the conscious — that part of one's mental activity of which one is fully aware at any given time
  • the continent — the mainland of Europe as distinguished from the British Isles
  • the cup final — the annual final of the FA Cup soccer competition, played at Wembley, or the Scottish Cup, played at Hampden Park
  • the decencies — those things that are considered necessary for a decent life
  • the ediacaran — the Ediacaran period or rock system
  • the franchise — the right to vote, esp for representatives in a legislative body; suffrage
  • the neolithic — the Neolithic period; New Stone Age
  • the oligocene — the Oligocene epoch or rock series
  • the paleozoic — the Paleozoic Era or its rocks
  • the provinces — those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture
  • the superrich — exceptionally wealthy people, considered collectively
  • the unco guid — narrow-minded, excessively religious, or self-righteous people
  • the-alchemist — a comedy (1610) by Ben Jonson.
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