13-letter words containing i, n, t, h, e
- aristolochene — (organic compound) A bicyclic sesquiterpene produced by certain fungi.
- arithmetician — a person skilled in arithmetic
- as it happens — You use as it happens in order to introduce a statement, especially one that is rather surprising.
- aschelminthes — a major grouping (formerly a phylum) of small-to-microscopic pseudocoelomate organisms, as the rotifers, nematodes, and gastrotriches, all of which are now classified as separate phyla.
- astonishments — Plural form of astonishment.
- athenagoras i — (Aristocles Spyrou) 1886–1972, Archbishop Ecumenical of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church 1948–72.
- atherogenesis — (medicine) The formation of atheromas, especially on the walls of the arteries.
- auction house — a commercial company that specializes in selling items at auction
- authentically — not false or copied; genuine; real: an authentic antique.
- authenticated — Prove or show (something, esp. a claim or an artistic work) to be true or genuine.
- authenticates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of authenticate.
- authenticator — a person or thing that authenticates.
- automechanism — an automatic mechanical system or component, especially a device that operates automatically under predetermined conditions.
- bantamweights — Plural form of bantamweight.
- bassenthwaite — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria near Keswick. Length: 6 km (4 miles)
- bathylimnetic — (of an organism) living in the depths of lakes and marshes
- be nothing to — not to concern or be significant to (someone)
- benefit match — a sports match organized to raise money for charity, or for a particular player
- benightedness — intellectually or morally ignorant; unenlightened: benighted ages of barbarism and superstition.
- benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
- betweenwhiles — betweentimes.
- biotechnology — Biotechnology is the use of living parts such as cells or bacteria in industry and technology.
- birth parents — a child's biological parents, regardless of whether they subsequently bring up the child
- bitch session — a discussion in which people complain or gripe, usually about a shared experience: Their first date turned into a four-hour bitch session about their ex-spouses' lawyers.
- bits per inch — (unit) (BPI) A measure of the recording density of a magnetic tape or disk.
- blandishments — Blandishments are pleasant things that someone says to another person in order to persuade them to do something.
- blinkenlights — /blink'*n-li:tz/ Front-panel diagnostic lights on a computer, especially a dinosaur. Derives from the last word of the famous blackletter-Gothic sign in mangled pseudo-German that once graced about half the computer rooms in the English-speaking world. One version ran in its entirety as follows: In an amusing example of turnabout-is-fair-play, German hackers have developed their own versions of the blinkenlights poster in fractured English, one of which is reproduced here: ATTENTION This room is fullfilled mit special electronische equippment. Fingergrabbing and pressing the cnoeppkes from the computers is allowed for die experts only! So all the "lefthanders" stay away and do not disturben the brainstorming von here working intelligencies. Otherwise you will be out thrown and kicked anderswhere! Also: please keep still and only watchen astaunished the blinkenlights. See also geef.
- bonfire night — Bonfire Night is the popular name for Guy Fawkes Night.
- brahminy kite — a common kite, Haliastur indus, of southern Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, having reddish-brown plumage with a white head and breast.
- breathe again — to feel relief
- bring home to — to convince of
- brotherliness — of, like, or befitting a brother; affectionate and loyal; fraternal: brotherly love.
- butcher knife — a large, very sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat.
- butcher linen — a strong, heavy fabric made of rayon or rayon and cotton with a linen finish, constructed in plain weave.
- cage fighting — Cage fighting is a type of organized violent fighting that takes place in an enclosed space.
- callisthenics — light exercises designed to promote general fitness, develop muscle tone, etc
- candidateship — candidature
- candlelighter — a person whose task it is to light candles
- carpet knight — a soldier who spends his life away from battle; idler
- casting wheel — a wheel having on its circumference molds for receiving molten metal.
- catechization — The act of catechizing.
- catecholamine — any of a group of hormones that are catechol derivatives, esp adrenaline and noradrenaline
- catheterizing — Present participle of catheterize.
- cayenne-whist — a seaport in and the capital of French Guiana.
- cephalization — (in the evolution of animals) development of a head by the concentration of feeding and sensory organs and nervous tissue at the anterior end
- ch'en tu-hsiu — 1879–1942, Chinese intellectual, journalist, and cofounder of the Chinese Communist Party.
- chain printer — a line printer in which the type is on a continuous chain, used to print computer output
- chain reactor — reactor (def 4).
- changeability — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
- changing tone — cambiata.