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13-letter words containing h, e, n, d, c

  • hand-stitched — stitched by hand rather than by a machine
  • handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
  • hard currency — money that is backed by gold reserves and is readily convertible into foreign currencies.
  • hefner candle — a German unit of luminous intensity, equal to 0.92 of a candela.
  • henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
  • hendecahedron — a solid figure having 11 faces.
  • heptadecanoic — as in heptadecanoic acid, a saturated fatty acid, aka margaric acid
  • herd instinct — the impulse or tendency toward clustering or acting in a group, especially the presumed instinct toward or need for gregariousness and conformity.
  • here document — (operating system)   Data included in a Unix shell script or Perl script using the "<<" syntax.
  • 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.
  • heroin addict — sb dependent on heroin
  • hexactinellid — a type of sponge characterized by their (usually) six siliceous spicules or rays
  • hexanoic acid — caproic acid.
  • homing device — a mechanism incorporated into a guided missile, airplane, etc., that aims it toward its objective.
  • horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
  • hunt and peck — a slow and inefficient method of typing by looking for each key separately before striking it: used by untrained typists.
  • hunt-and-peck — a method of typing while looking at the keyboard, usually using only the forefingers to press the keys
  • hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
  • in the clouds — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
  • inductothermy — the production of fever by means of electromagnetic induction.
  • interchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
  • john endicott — John, Endecott, John.
  • kitchen-diner — a kitchen that has an area intended to be used for eating meals, usually because there is no dining room elsewhere
  • knuckleheaded — Stupid or inept, like a knucklehead.
  • leucitohedron — a trapezohedron
  • 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.
  • machinegunned — Simple past tense and past participle of machinegun.
  • magnetic head — head (def 33).
  • maiden speech — the first speech made in a legislature by a newly elected member.
  • medicine shop — (in Malaysia) a Chinese chemist's shop where traditional herbs are sold as well as modern drugs. It is not, however, a dispensary for prescribed medicines
  • medicine show — a traveling troupe, especially in the late 1800s, offering entertainment in order to attract customers for the patent medicines or purported cures proffered for sale.
  • merchandisers — Plural form of merchandiser.
  • merchandising — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
  • merchandizing — Alternative spelling of merchandising.
  • method acting — film, theater: acting approach
  • middle french — the French language of the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. Abbreviation: MF.
  • miscomprehend — Misunderstand.
  • modern french — the French language since c1600.
  • monkey orchid — a European orchid, Orchis simia, rare in Britain, having a short dense flower spike that opens from the top downwards. The flowers are white streaked with pink or violet and have five spurs thought to resemble a monkey's arms, legs, and tail
  • monochlorides — Plural form of monochloride.
  • monochromated — Fitted with a monochromator.
  • mood enhancer — something, esp a drug, that has the effect of lifting a person's mood
  • 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.
  • multibranched — Having more than one branch.
  • niche product — sth of specific or limited consumer interest
  • niedersachsen — German name of Lower Saxony.
  • non-adherence — the quality of adhering; steady devotion, support, allegiance, or attachment: adherence to a party; rigid adherence to rules.
  • non-scheduled — not scheduled; not entered on or having a schedule; unscheduled: nonscheduled activities.
  • nondetachable — Not capable of being detached.
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