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

  • chastisements — severe criticism; a rebuke or strong reprimand.
  • chastity belt — a locking beltlike device with a loop designed to go between a woman's legs in order to prevent her from having sexual intercourse
  • cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
  • chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
  • chemistry set — equipment and chemicals that enable a child to do experiments
  • cheshire east — a unitary authority in NW England. Administrative centre: Sandbach. Pop: 358 900 (2008 est). Area: 1160 sq km (448 sq miles)
  • chester white — a variety of large, white hog
  • chesterfields — Plural form of chesterfield.
  • cheviot hills — a range of hills on the border between England and Scotland, mainly in Northumberland
  • chicago steak — a strip steak or, sometimes, a shell steak.
  • chicago style — a style of jazz flourishing in Chicago especially in the early 1920s, constituting a direct offshoot of New Orleans style, and differing from its predecessor chiefly in the diminished influence of native folk sources, the greater tension of its group improvisation, the increased emphasis on solos, and the regular use of the tenor saxophone as part of the ensemble.
  • chief justice — A Chief Justice is the most important judge of a court of law, especially a supreme court.
  • chieftainship — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
  • chimney stack — A chimney stack is the brick or stone part of a chimney that is above the roof of a building.
  • chimney swift — a North American swift, Chaetura pelagica, that nests in chimneys and similar hollows
  • chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
  • chinese white — white zinc oxide, formerly used in paints
  • cholecystitis — inflammation of the gall bladder, due to bacterial infection or the presence of gallstones
  • cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
  • choripetalous — polypetalous
  • chrematistics — Study of wealth.
  • chrestomathic — (of teaching or learning) That has a practical use.
  • christian era — the period beginning with the year of Christ's birth. Dates in this era are labelled ad, those previous to it bc
  • christianlike — like or befitting a Christian.
  • christmas eve — Christmas Eve is the 24th of December, the day before Christmas Day.
  • christmastide — the festival season from Christmas to after New Year's Day.
  • christmastime — the Christmas season, traditionally from Christmas Eve through New Year's Day or to Epiphany (Jan. 6)
  • chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
  • chromesthesia — (neurology, psychology) sound-to-color synaesthesia.
  • chrysophilite — a person who loves gold
  • cigarette ash — the ash created by smoking a cigarette
  • cinematheques — Plural form of cinematheque.
  • city chambers — (in Scotland) the municipal building of a city; town hall
  • clear-sighted — If you describe someone as clear-sighted, you admire them because they are able to understand situations well and to make sensible judgments and decisions about them.
  • cleistothecia — (in certain ascomycetous fungi) a closed, globose ascocarp from which the ascospores are released only by its rupture or decay.
  • clistothecium — cleistothecium.
  • codeswitching — Alternative form of code-switching.
  • collectorship — The rank or office of a collector of customs or other taxes.
  • committeeship — (formerly) the office of a person to whom the care of a mentally incompetent person or his or her property was entrusted by a court
  • containership — a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
  • copartnership — a partnership or association between two equals, esp in a business enterprise
  • cosmothetical — cosmothetic
  • counterthesis — A thesis that rebuts another.
  • counterweighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterweigh.
  • countinghouse — a building, room, or office used for keeping books and transacting business
  • crotchetiness — The state or quality of being crotchety.
  • cruiserweight — A cruiserweight is another name for a light heavyweight.
  • cryotherapies — Plural form of cryotherapy.
  • cryptesthesia — allegedly paranormal perception, as clairvoyance or clairaudience.
  • cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
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