13-letter words containing h, o, r, t
- chromotherapy — the use of colour and light as a restorative therapy and to promote mental and physical well-being
- chronotherapy — an endeavour to readjust the body clock to enable a person to waken earlier by going to sleep later and later every day until the required waking hour is achieved
- chrysophilite — a person who loves gold
- chrysotherapy — gold therapy.
- cinematograph — a combined camera, printer, and projector
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- clavichordist — Someone who plays the clavichord.
- cleaner tooth — a saw tooth for cleaning loose chips from a kerf.
- click through — to navigate around (a website) using the links provided to move onto different pages
- click-through — the act of clicking on an advertisement or other link to go to another website, especially a retail site: The store gets lots of clickthroughs from social media.
- climatography — an account of a region's climate
- clock watcher — an employee who demonstrates lack of interest in a job by watching the time closely to be sure to stop work as soon as the workday or shift is over.
- clock-watcher — an employee who checks the time in anticipation of a break or of the end of the working day
- clothes brush — a brush used to remove dust, fluff, dirt, etc from clothes
- clothes horse — A clothes horse is a folding frame used inside someone's house to hang washing on while it dries.
- clothes-horse — Informal. a person whose chief interest and pleasure is dressing fashionably.
- clothes-press — a piece of furniture for storing clothes, usually containing wide drawers and a cabinet
- clotheshorses — Plural form of clotheshorse.
- club together — If people club together to do something, they all give money towards the cost of it.
- co-authorship — the state a coauthor
- coadjutorship — the state of being a coadjutor
- coal merchant — a person engaged in the purchase and sale of coal for profit
- cochlear duct — a spiral tube enclosed in the bony canal of the cochlea.
- cocktail hour — the interval before the evening meal during which cocktails and other alcoholic beverages are often served.
- coinheritance — joint inheritance
- coldheartedly — Alternative spelling of cold-heartedly.
- collectorship — The rank or office of a collector of customs or other taxes.
- come up short — disappoint
- common rhythm — the usual English verse rhythm created by a succession of metrical feet each of which consists of a stressed syllable and one or two unstressed ones.
- compass north — magnetic north, as indicated on a particular compass at a given moment.
- comprehendeth — Archaic third-person singular form of comprehend.
- computer chip — a small integrated circuit of a kind used in computers
- computerphobe — a person with a strong fear or dislike of computers
- concert pitch — the frequency of 440 hertz assigned to the A above middle C
- conductorship — The position of conductor of an orchestra.
- coniferophyte — (biology) conifer.
- containership — a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
- contour sheet — a bed sheet designed to fit snugly over a mattress or the like, often having elastic material to hold down the corners.
- control chart — a chart on which observed values of a variable are plotted, usually against the expected value of the variable and its allowable deviation, so that excessive variations in the quality, quantity, etc, of the variable can be detected
- copartnership — a partnership or association between two equals, esp in a business enterprise
- coptic church — the ancient Christian Church of Egypt
- copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
- core strength — the strength of the underlying muscles of the torso, which help determine posture
- corinth canal — a ship canal connecting the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf across the Isthmus of Corinth
- corinthianize — to live a promiscuous life
- cornish pasty — A Cornish pasty is a small pie with meat and vegetables inside.
- costochondral — (anatomy) Relating to ribs and cartilage.
- cotton mather — Cotton, 1663–1728, American clergyman and author.
- cough mixture — Cough mixture is the same as cough medicine.
- counter check — a check available at a bank for the use of depositors in making withdrawals, orig. kept in supply on a counter