13-letter words containing i, n, c, h, t
- cryptoxanthin — a carotenoid pigment, C40H56O, in butter, eggs, and various plants, that can be converted into vitamin A in the body
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- custodianship — the condition of being a custodian
- cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
- cystathionine — an amino acid, C 7 H 14 O 4 N 2 S, that is an intermediate in the transfer of sulfur from methionine to cysteine.
- cytochalasins — Plural form of cytochalasin.
- decahistidine — An oligopeptide consisting of ten histidine moieties.
- decamethonium — a drug that is used to relax or loosen the muscles
- dechorionated — (biology) From which the chorion has been removed.
- demochristian — a member or supporter of a Christian democratic party or movement
- diacatholicon — an all-purpose remedy
- dichotomising — Present participle of dichotomise.
- dichotomizing — Present participle of dichotomize.
- disenchanting — Present participle of disenchant.
- ditch-digging — a worker whose occupation is digging ditches, especially with pick and shovel.
- dodecaphonist — a user of the twelve-tone system of serial music
- dryopithecine — (sometimes initial capital letter) an extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from Old World Miocene fossils.
- duck shooting — duck hunting with a gun
- dutch auction — a method of auction consisting in the offer of a property at a price above the actual value and then at gradually reduced prices until a buyer is found.
- dzibilchaltun — a large, ancient Mayan ceremonial and commercial center near Mérida, Mexico, founded perhaps as early as 3000 b.c. and in continuous use until the 16th century.
- earth science — any of various sciences, as geography, geology, or meteorology, that deal with the earth, its composition, or any of its changing aspects.
- echo question — a question uttered by a listener that in effect repeats a speaker's sentence, replacing an unclear or doubted portion of the sentence with a stressed interrogative word, as You said WHAT to John? or He WHAT?
- eighteenpence — The monetary amount of eighteen pence.
- electrophonic — Relating to electronic equipment to produce sound (this adjectival sense is not comparable).
- endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
- enterohepatic — Relating to or denoting the circulation of bile salts and other secretions from the liver to the intestine, where they are reabsorbed into the blood and returned to the liver.
- epitrachelion — The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
- ethanoic acid — acetic acid
- ethnocentrism — The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.
- ethnographica — a collection of ethnographic items
- ethnohistoric — relating to ethnohistory
- ethnomedicine — (medicine) traditional folk-medicine.
- faction fight — a fight between rival Black groups, usually originating in tribal or clan feuds
- fencing match — a match between fencers
- festschriften — Plural form of festschrift.
- field kitchen — the place at which the food for a unit of soldiers in the field is prepared
- fighting cock — a gamecock.
- fire watching — the job of watching for fires, especially those caused by aerial bombardment
- flash fiction — very short works of fiction that are typically no longer than a couple of pages and may be as short as one paragraph.
- franchisement — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- friction head — (in a hydraulic system) the part of a head of water or of another liquid that represents the energy that the system dissipates through friction with the sides of conduits or channels and through heating from turbulent flow.
- fruit machine — gambling: slot machine
- gangster chic — a cinematic or literary genre which seeks to glamorize the criminal underworld
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- generic thunk — (programming) A software mechanism that allows a 16-bit Windows application to load and call a Win32 DLL under Windows NT and Windows 95. See also flat thunk, universal thunk.
- genetotrophic — pertaining to nutrition and genetics
- girl-watching — the activity of looking at young women to enjoy their attractiveness, perhaps with a view to starting a relationship
- gnathic index — Craniometry. the ratio of the distance from basion to prosthion to the distance from basion to nasion, expressed in percent of the latter.
- goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
- gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.