13-letter words containing h, o, s, t
- clavichordist — Someone who plays the clavichord.
- cleistothecia — (in certain ascomycetous fungi) a closed, globose ascocarp from which the ascospores are released only by its rupture or decay.
- clistothecium — cleistothecium.
- close at hand — lying in the near future or vicinity; nearby or imminent.
- close to home — affecting sb personally
- close-at-hand — lying in the near future or vicinity; nearby or imminent.
- close-mouthed — Someone who is close-mouthed about something does not say much about it.
- 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
- clothesbasket — a basket for holding and carrying laundry.
- clotheshorses — Plural form of clotheshorse.
- co-authorship — the state a coauthor
- coach station — A coach station is an area or a building which coaches leave from or arrive at on regular journeys.
- coadjutorship — the state of being a coadjutor
- codeswitching — Alternative form of code-switching.
- collectorship — The rank or office of a collector of customs or other taxes.
- come up short — disappoint
- 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
- commonwealths — Plural form of commonwealth.
- compass north — magnetic north, as indicated on a particular compass at a given moment.
- 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).
- conduct sheet — a form for detailing information about a person's offences and punishments
- conductorship — The position of conductor of an orchestra.
- contact sheet — a contact print, usually of all frames of a developed roll of negative print film, used as a proof print.
- containership — a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
- context clash — (grammar) When a parser cannot tell which alternative production of a syntax applies by looking at the next input token ("lexeme"). For example, given syntax C -> A | b c A -> d | b e If you're parsing non-terminal C and the next token is 'b', you don't know whether it's the first or second alternative of C since they both can start with b. If a grammar can generate the same sentence in multiple different ways (with different parse tress) then it is ambiguous. An ambiguity must start with a context clash (but not all context clashes imply ambiguity). To see if a context clash is also a case of ambiguity you would need to follow the alternatives involved in each context clash to see if they can generate the same complete sequence of tokens.
- contour sheet — a bed sheet designed to fit snugly over a mattress or the like, often having elastic material to hold down the corners.
- copartnership — a partnership or association between two equals, esp in a business enterprise
- core strength — the strength of the underlying muscles of the torso, which help determine posture
- cornish pasty — A Cornish pasty is a small pie with meat and vegetables inside.
- cosmothetical — cosmothetic
- costochondral — (anatomy) Relating to ribs and cartilage.
- counter shaft — A counter shaft is a shaft that runs parallel to the main shaft in a gearbox, and carries the pinion wheels.
- counterchecks — Plural form of countercheck.
- countershafts — Plural form of countershaft.
- counterthesis — A thesis that rebuts another.
- counterthrust — an opposing or retaliatory thrust, esp in warfare or combat sports
- counterweighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterweigh.
- countinghouse — a building, room, or office used for keeping books and transacting business
- country house — A country house is a large, often attractive, house in the country, usually one that is or was owned by a rich or noble family.
- creosote bush — a shrub, Larrea (or Covillea) tridentata of the western US and Mexico, that has resinous leaves with an odour resembling creosote, and can live for many thousands of years: family Zygophyllaceae
- crock of shit — a quantity or source of lies or nonsense
- cross the bar — to die
- crosshatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- crotchetiness — The state or quality of being crotchety.
- crow-pheasant — a large coucal, Centropus sinensis, of Asia, having black and brown plumage and a long tail.
- cryotherapies — Plural form of cryotherapy.
- culture shock — Culture shock is a feeling of anxiety, loneliness, and confusion that people sometimes experience when they first arrive in another country.