13-letter words containing h, o, l, p
- bacillophobia — The fear of microbes. Also known as germaphobia.
- balneotherapy — the treatment of disease by bathing, esp to improve limb mobility in arthritic and neuromuscular disorders
- base hospital — a hospital serving a large rural area
- benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
- beta-naphthol — either of two isomeric hydroxyl derivatives, C 1 0 H 7 OH, of naphthalene (alpha-naphthol or 1-naphthol and beta-naphthol or 2-naphthol) white or yellowish crystals, with a phenolic odor, that darken on exposure to light: used chiefly in dyes, drugs, perfumes, and insecticides.
- bibliographer — an expert in bibliography
- bibliographic — a complete or selective list of works compiled upon some common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer.
- bibliophagist — a person who devours books
- bibliotherapy — the use of reading as therapy
- biopsychology — a field of psychology that deals with the effects of biological factors on behavior.
- birthing pool — a large bath in which a woman can give birth
- bishop sleeve — a full sleeve gathered at the wrist
- bishop violet — a reddish purple.
- blasphemously — uttering, containing, or exhibiting blasphemy; irreverent; profane.
- blepharoplast — a cylindrical cytoplasmic body in protozoa
- blepharospasm — spasm of the muscle of the eyelids, causing the eyes to shut tightly, either as a response to painful stimuli or occurring as a form of dystonia
- bolt up right — a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- buffalo chips — the dried dung of buffalo used as fuel, especially by early settlers on the western plains.
- cacographical — Synonym of cacographic.
- cacophonously — In a cacophonous manner.
- caryophyllene — (organic compound) A sesquiterpene (containing a cyclobutane ring) found in the essential oils of several plants such as clove and pepper.
- cephalization — (in the evolution of animals) development of a head by the concentration of feeding and sensory organs and nervous tissue at the anterior end
- cephalometric — Relating to cephalometrics.
- cephalopodous — of, belonging to or relating to a cephalopod
- 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
- child process — (operating system) A process created by another process (the parent process). Each process may create many child processes but will have only one parent process, except for the very first process which has no parent. The first process, called init in Unix, is started by the kernel at boot time and never terminates. A child process inherits most of its attributes, such as open files, from its parent. In fact in Unix, a child process is created (using fork) as a copy of the parent. The chid process can then overlay itself with a different program (using exec) as required.
- child prodigy — A child prodigy is a child with a very great talent.
- child support — If a parent pays child support, they legally have to pay money to help provide things such as food and clothing for a child with whom they no longer live.
- chilkoot pass — a mountain pass in North America between SE Alaska and NW British Columbia, over the Coast Range
- chilli powder — Chilli powder is a very hot-tasting powder made mainly from dried chillies. It is used in cooking.
- chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
- chlorophyll-b — the green coloring matter of leaves and plants, essential to the production of carbohydrates by photosynthesis, and occurring in a bluish-black form, C 55 H 72 MgN 4 O 5 (chlorophyll a) and a dark-green form, C 55 H 70 MgN 4 O 6 (chlorophyll b)
- chloroplastal — of or like a chloroplast
- chloroplastic — a plastid containing chlorophyll.
- chopped liver — cooked liver chopped with onions and hard-boiled eggs and seasoned.
- chorepiscopal — (in early Christianity) relating to or connected with a local bishop
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- chosen people — any of various peoples believing themselves to be chosen by God, esp the Jews
- chromatophile — Also, chromophilic, chromophilous [kroh-mof-uh-luh s] /kroʊˈmɒf ə ləs/ (Show IPA), chromatophilic, chromatophilous. staining readily.
- chrysophilite — a person who loves gold
- chylophyllous — having fleshy leaves, as certain desert plants.
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- climatography — an account of a region's climate
- clock puncher — a worker with a routine job in a factory or office, as one who punches a time clock at the beginning and end of a work shift.
- clothes-press — a piece of furniture for storing clothes, usually containing wide drawers and a cabinet
- cloud physics — the science of the physical properties and processes of clouds.
- colleagueship — workplace companionship
- collectorship — The rank or office of a collector of customs or other taxes.