13-letter words containing h, o, m, s
- chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
- chloroformist — a person who is skilled in the use of or who dispenses or provides chloroform as part of their job
- cholesteatoma — A destructive and expanding keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear and/or mastoid process.
- cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
- chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
- chrestomathic — (of teaching or learning) That has a practical use.
- chrisom child — a baptized child that dies in its first month.
- christmas box — a tip or present given at Christmas, esp to postmen, tradesmen, etc
- chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
- chromatograms — Plural form of chromatogram.
- chromatolysis — the dissolution of stained material, such as chromatin in injured cells
- chromesthesia — (neurology, psychology) sound-to-color synaesthesia.
- chromhidrosis — the secretion of pigmented sweat.
- chromosomally — With reference to chromosomes.
- chromospheres — Plural form of chromosphere.
- chromospheric — Of or pertaining to the chromosphere.
- clistothecium — cleistothecium.
- close harmony — a type of singing in which all the parts except the bass lie close together and are confined to the compass of a tenth
- close to home — affecting sb personally
- close-mouthed — Someone who is close-mouthed about something does not say much about it.
- colour scheme — In a room or house, the colour scheme is the way in which colours have been used to decorate it.
- column inches — the amount of coverage given to a story in a newspaper
- come up short — disappoint
- commandership — a person who commands.
- 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
- common school — a public elementary school
- commonwealths — Plural form of commonwealth.
- companionship — Companionship is having someone you know and like with you, rather than being on your own.
- compass north — magnetic north, as indicated on a particular compass at a given moment.
- comprehension — Comprehension is the ability to understand something.
- comprehensive — Something that is comprehensive includes everything that is needed or relevant.
- compsognathus — any bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Compsognathus, of late Jurassic age, having a slender body that reached a length of 30 inches (76 cm).
- copperheadism — U.S. History. (during the Civil War) the advocacy of peace negotiations to restore the Union to its prewar condition, with continued slavery in the South.
- cosmochemical — relating to cosmochemistry
- cosmothetical — cosmothetic
- crash blossom — an ambiguously worded headline whose meaning can be interpreted in the wrong way, as “Missing Woman Remains Found.”. See also garden-path.
- crash program — a plan of action entailing rapid and intensive production, growth, or the like, undertaken to meet a deadline or solve a pressing problem: a crash program to develop a new fighter plane.
- cytochemistry — the chemistry of living cells
- damson cheese — thick damson jam
- demochristian — a member or supporter of a Christian democratic party or movement
- demythologise — to divest of mythological or legendary attributes or forms, as in order to permit clearer appraisal and understanding: to demythologize the music dramas of Richard Wagner for modern listeners.
- dermatophytes — Plural form of dermatophyte.
- dermographism — dermatographia.
- dexamethasone — a type of powerful steroid, used as an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant
- diathermanous — the property of transmitting heat as electromagnetic radiation.
- dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
- dichotomising — Present participle of dichotomise.
- dichotomistic — to divide or separate into two parts, kinds, etc.
- dichotomously — divided or dividing into two parts.
- disharmonious — inharmonious; discordant.