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13-letter words containing h, r, a, d, e

  • castle howard — a mansion near York in Yorkshire: designed in 1700 by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor; the grounds include the Temple of the Four Winds and a mausoleum
  • cephaloridine — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
  • chandernagore — a port in E India, in S West Bengal on the Hooghly River: a former French settlement (1686–1950). Pop: 162 166 (2001)
  • chandrasekhar — Subrahmanyan (ˌsʊbrəˈmænjən). 1910–95, US astronomer born in Lahore, India (now Pakistan). His work on stellar evolution led to an understanding of white dwarfs: shared the Nobel prize for physics 1983
  • chapel de fer — a medieval open helmet, often having a broad brim for deflecting blows from above.
  • characterised — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
  • characterized — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
  • charmed quark — a type of quark with a mass of c. 1.0 to 1.6 GeV/c2, a positive charge that is 2⁄3 the charge of an electron, +1 charm, and zero strangeness
  • chasse gardee — a private hunting preserve.
  • chateaubriand — François René (frɑ̃swa rəne), Vicomte de Chateaubriand. 1768–1848, French writer and statesman: a precursor of the romantic movement in France; his works include Le Génie du Christianisme (1802) and Mémoires d'outre-tombe (1849–50)
  • cheddar gorge — a pass through the Mendip Hills renowned for its stalactitic caverns and rare limestone flora
  • cheese spread — a processed cheese of smooth and spreadable consistency.
  • cherry brandy — a red liqueur made of brandy flavoured with cherries
  • chicago ridge — a town in NE Illinois.
  • chicken adder — milk snake.
  • child rearing — the activity of rearing children
  • child welfare — social work and services aimed at insuring the welfare of children
  • child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
  • childrenswear — clothing for children
  • chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
  • choreographed — You describe an activity involving several people as choreographed when it is arranged but is intended to appear natural.
  • chowderheaded — like a chowderhead; foolish
  • christmastide — the festival season from Christmas to after New Year's Day.
  • church parade — a parade by servicemen or members of a uniformed organization for the purposes of attending religious services
  • churchwardens — Plural form of churchwarden.
  • clear-sighted — If you describe someone as clear-sighted, you admire them because they are able to understand situations well and to make sensible judgments and decisions about them.
  • clearheadedly — In a clearheaded manner.
  • cloud chamber — an apparatus for detecting high-energy particles by observing their tracks through a chamber containing a supersaturated vapour. Each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
  • coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
  • cochlear duct — a spiral tube enclosed in the bony canal of the cochlea.
  • coldheartedly — Alternative spelling of cold-heartedly.
  • commandership — a person who commands.
  • 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.
  • core handling — Core handling is the way that a core is dealt with to make sure it maintains its properties for testing.
  • cracked wheat — whole wheat cracked between rollers so that it will cook more quickly
  • cradle scythe — cradle (def 4b).
  • cruel-hearted — having a cruel heart; lacking kindness, compassion, etc.
  • cyberchondria — unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites
  • cylinder head — the detachable metal casting that fits onto the top of a cylinder block. In an engine it contains part of the combustion chamber and in an overhead-valve four-stroke engine it houses the valves and their operating mechanisms
  • dance therapy — the use of dance or movement for therapeutic purposes; a form of therapy in which people are encouraged to express their feelings through dance or movement.
  • das rheingold — an opera by Wagner (1869), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
  • dasht-e-kavir — large salt-desert plateau in NC Iran: c. 18,000 sq mi (46,620 sq km)
  • date of birth — Your date of birth is the exact date on which you were born, including the year.
  • daughter cell — either of the two cells that result from the division of a cell, as in mitosis
  • daughterboard — a small circuit board that can be attached to the motherboard of a computer
  • death chamber — a room in which someone has died
  • death futures — life insurance policies of terminally ill people that are bought speculatively for a lump sum by a company, enabling it to collect the proceeds of the policies when the sufferers die
  • death tourist — a seriously ill person who seeks to terminate his or her own life by travelling to a country where medically assisted suicide is legal
  • death warrant — A death warrant is an official document which orders that someone is to be executed as a punishment for a crime.
  • dechorionated — (biology) From which the chorion has been removed.
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