13-letter words containing h, o, c
- electrophonic — Relating to electronic equipment to produce sound (this adjectival sense is not comparable).
- electrophorus — A device for repeatedly generating static electricity by induction.
- electrothermy — the use of electrically produced heat for therapeutic purposes
- encephalocele — (medicine) A form of hernia of the brain and its membranes through an opening in the skull.
- encephalogram — An image, trace, or other record of the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
- encephalotomy — The dissection of the brain.
- enchondromata — Plural form of enchondroma.
- encroachments — Plural form of encroachment.
- endobronchial — (anatomy) Pertaining to the lining of the bronchi.
- endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
- enterohepatic — Relating to or denoting the circulation of bile salts and other secretions from the liver to the intestine, where they are reabsorbed into the blood and returned to the liver.
- epitrachelion — The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
- epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
- eproctophilia — Sexual arousal from flatulence.
- ergatomorphic — pertaining to an ergatomorph
- eschatologies — Plural form of eschatology.
- eschscholzias — Plural form of eschscholzia.
- esophagoscope — An instrument for the inspection or treatment of the esophagus.
- ethanoic acid — acetic acid
- ethchlorvynol — A sedative and hypnotic drug used to treat insomnia.
- ethnocentrism — The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.
- ethnocultural — Relating to or denoting a particular ethnic group.
- ethnographica — a collection of ethnographic items
- ethnohistoric — relating to ethnohistory
- ethnomedicine — (medicine) traditional folk-medicine.
- ethologically — In an ethological manner.
- ethyl alcohol — ethanol, alcohol
- exothermicity — (chemistry, physics) The release of heat during an exothermic reaction.
- express coach — a fast coach which goes from one place to another directly or with very few stops
- faction fight — a fight between rival Black groups, usually originating in tribal or clan feuds
- factory-fresh — coming directly from the factory; brand new
- fatty alcohol — any of several long-chain alcohols from animals or plants, analogous to the fatty acids, used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, detergents, plastics, etc.
- feature shock — (jargon) (From Alvin Toffler's "Future Shock") A user's confusion when confronted with a package that has too many features and poor introductory material.
- feeder school — a junior school whose pupils go to a specific secondary school
- ferrochromium — a ferroalloy containing up to 70 percent chromium.
- fighting cock — a gamecock.
- flash fiction — very short works of fiction that are typically no longer than a couple of pages and may be as short as one paragraph.
- flesh-colored — Something that is flesh-colored is yellowish pink in color.
- float chamber — Automotive. the bowl-shaped section of a carburetor in which a reserve of fuel is maintained, the fuel level being regulated by a float.
- floor cushion — a cushion placed on the floor of a room for people to sit on
- fluorochromes — Plural form of fluorochrome.
- fluorographic — of or pertaining to fluorography
- folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
- for chrissake — for Christ's sake
- forcing house — a place where growth or maturity (as of fruit, animals, etc) is artificially hastened
- fork luncheon — déjeuner à la fourchette.
- fort huachuca — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in SE Arizona, SE of Tucson.
- franche-comte — a former province in E France: once a part of Burgundy.
- freedom march — an organized march protesting a government's restriction of or lack of support for civil rights, especially such a march in support of racial integration in the U.S. in the 1960s.
- french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.