13-letter words containing h, u, t, c, i
- public health — health services to improve and protect community health, especially sanitation, immunization, and preventive medicine.
- pupil teacher — a young person who plans to be a teacher and who spends part of his or her time in preliminary education undertaking teaching duties under the supervision of the head-teacher
- puritan ethic — work ethic.
- rough justice — If you describe someone's treatment or punishment as rough justice, you mean that it is not given according to the law.
- rubbish chute — an inclined channel or vertical passage down which rubbish may be dropped for disposal
- ruth benedict — Ruth (Fulton) 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
- school outing — a short trip that a school organizes for schoolchildren, usually during the school day, to a place of interest such as museum or art gallery
- shark biscuit — a bodyboard
- sheriff court — (in Scotland) a court having jurisdiction to try summarily or on indictment all but the most serious crimes and to deal with most civil actions
- short-circuit — Electricity. to make (an appliance, switch, etc.) inoperable by establishing a short circuit in. to carry (a current) as a short circuit.
- south african — of southern Africa.
- south america — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- street urchin — a child who spends or appears to spend a lot of time roaming the streets
- suicide watch — a system of regular checking on prisoners who seem likely to attempt suicide.
- sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
- superhelicity — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
- tautochronism — the fact or quality of being a tautochrone
- tetrastichous — arranged in a spike of four vertical rows, as flowers.
- the conscious — that part of one's mental activity of which one is fully aware at any given time
- the cup final — the annual final of the FA Cup soccer competition, played at Wembley, or the Scottish Cup, played at Hampden Park
- the superrich — exceptionally wealthy people, considered collectively
- the unco guid — narrow-minded, excessively religious, or self-righteous people
- therapeutical — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- thick-skulled — stupid; dull.
- think much of — to have a high opinion of
- thiosulphuric — of or relating to thiosulphuric acid or anything derived from it
- thoracic duct — the main trunk of the lymphatic system, passing along the spinal column in the thoracic cavity, and conveying a large amount of lymph and chyle into the venous circulation.
- thumb-sucking — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- thurification — the act of incense-burning
- tin parachute — an employment agreement guaranteeing a worker compensation, especially in the form of bonuses and benefits, in the event of dismissal as a result of a merger or takeover.
- touch-in-goal — the area at each end of the field outside of a touch-in-goal line.
- touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
- toxicophagous — poison-eating
- trichopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Trichoptera, comprising the caddisflies.
- truchet point — (unit, text) An obsolete variant of the point, equal to 0.188 mm.
- turbocharging — the process or action of supplying an internal combustion engine or a motor vehicle with a turbocharger
- ultraphysical — extremely physical
- uncharismatic — (of a person) not charismatic; lacking charisma; dull
- unchastisable — not deserving to be chastised; beyond reproach
- unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
- underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
- unethicalness — lacking moral principles; unwilling to adhere to proper rules of conduct.
- unforthcoming — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
- unsympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- untheological — not theological; not of or pertaining to the nature of theology
- untheoretical — not theoretical; not belonging or pertaining to the realm of theory; not confined to the theoretical realm; (somewhat) concrete
- up shit creek — excrement; feces.
- white currant — a cultivated N temperate shrub, Ribes sativum, having small rounded white edible berries: family Grossulariaceae
- white knuckle — causing fear, apprehension, or panic: The plane made a white-knuckle approach to the fogged-in airport.
- white-knuckle — causing fear, apprehension, or panic: The plane made a white-knuckle approach to the fogged-in airport.