13-letter words containing i, h, r
- chemistry set — equipment and chemicals that enable a child to do experiments
- chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
- cherry picker — a hydraulic crane, esp one mounted on a lorry, that has an elbow joint or telescopic arm supporting a basket-like platform enabling a person to service high power lines or to carry out similar operations above the ground
- cherry-picker — a moveable boom, having a bucketlike attachment at its top that is large enough to carry a worker: used for repairing telephone lines, pruning trees, etc.
- cheshire east — a unitary authority in NW England. Administrative centre: Sandbach. Pop: 358 900 (2008 est). Area: 1160 sq km (448 sq miles)
- chester white — a variety of large, white hog
- chesterfields — Plural form of chesterfield.
- chiaroscurist — A painter who uses light and shade rather than colour to create the illusion of volume.
- chicago ridge — a town in NE Illinois.
- chicken adder — milk snake.
- chicken liver — the liver of chicken, considered as food
- chicken-fried — (of meats, esp steak) coated in seasoned flour and pan-fried
- chickenburger — A hot sandwich made of a patty of chicken in a bun, often with other ingredients.
- chief-officer — the officer of a merchant vessel next in command beneath the captain.
- child cruelty — cruelty directed against children
- child process — (operating system) A process created by another process (the parent process). Each process may create many child processes but will have only one parent process, except for the very first process which has no parent. The first process, called init in Unix, is started by the kernel at boot time and never terminates. A child process inherits most of its attributes, such as open files, from its parent. In fact in Unix, a child process is created (using fork) as a copy of the parent. The chid process can then overlay itself with a different program (using exec) as required.
- child prodigy — A child prodigy is a child with a very great talent.
- child rearing — the activity of rearing children
- child support — If a parent pays child support, they legally have to pay money to help provide things such as food and clothing for a child with whom they no longer live.
- child version — (system management) In change management, a configuration item derived by altering another item (its parent version).
- 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
- chile relleno — a Mexican dish of a green chile, usually hot, stuffed as with cheese or a meat mixture, then breaded and fried and served usually with a sauce
- chili relleno — chile relleno
- chilli powder — Chilli powder is a very hot-tasting powder made mainly from dried chillies. It is used in cooking.
- chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
- chinkerinchee — a flowering plant, Ornithogalum thyrsoides, that produces clusters of white and yellow flowers
- chip graffiti — microchip art
- chirographist — a person who studies or who is knowledgeable about handwriting styles
- chiromantical — Of or pertaining to chiromancy.
- chiropractics — The practice of a chiropractor.
- chiropractors — Plural form of chiropractor.
- chlorargyrite — a mineral, the naturally occurring form of silver chloride, formed in the oxidation process of silver
- chlorhexidine — an antiseptic compound used in skin cleansers, mouthwashes, etc
- chlormerodrin — a white, bitter, odorless powder, ClHgN 2 H 11 O 2 , soluble in methanol and ethanol and slightly soluble in water, used in medicine as a diuretic.
- chlorobromide — a chlorine and bromine compound joined to a metal
- chlorocruorin — an oxygen-carrying substance that is found in the tissues of members of the division Annelida that is green in colour when oxygen is not present
- chloroforming — Present participle of chloroform.
- chloroformist — a person who is skilled in the use of or who dispenses or provides chloroform as part of their job
- chloromycetin — chloramphenicol
- chloroplastic — a plastid containing chlorophyll.
- chlorous acid — an unstable acid that is a strong oxidizing agent. Formula: HClO2
- chokecherries — Plural form of chokecherry.
- cholangiogram — an X-ray of the bile duct performed after administering dye into the ducts that shows up on the X-ray
- cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
- chopped liver — cooked liver chopped with onions and hard-boiled eggs and seasoned.
- choreographic — Choreographic means relating to or connected with choreography.
- chorepiscopal — (in early Christianity) relating to or connected with a local bishop
- choripetalous — polypetalous