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13-letter words containing i, n, t, h, r

  • bird-watching — Bird-watching is the activity of watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
  • birth control — Birth control means planning whether to have children, and using contraception to prevent having them when they are not wanted.
  • birth parents — a child's biological parents, regardless of whether they subsequently bring up the child
  • birthing ball — a large soft rubber ball used by women during childbirth to give support and to aid pain relief
  • birthing pool — a large bath in which a woman can give birth
  • birthing room — a section of a hospital or an outpatient facility set aside and equipped for childbirth and usually simulating a home environment in which family members or friends may be present during the delivery.
  • bits per inch — (unit)   (BPI) A measure of the recording density of a magnetic tape or disk.
  • 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
  • bridging shot — a shot inserted in a film to indicate the passage of time between two scenes, as of a series of newspaper headlines or calendar pages being torn off.
  • bring home to — to convince of
  • british asian — A British Asian person is someone of Indian, Pakistani, or Bangladeshi origin who has grown up in Britain.
  • british india — the 17 provinces of India formerly governed by the British under the British sovereign: ceased to exist in 1947 when the independent states of India and Pakistan were created
  • bronchiolitis — a condition in which the small airways in the lungs become inflamed by a virus. It is most common in infants, who become breathless in severe cases. Recurrent attacks may lead to asthma
  • brotherliness — of, like, or befitting a brother; affectionate and loyal; fraternal: brotherly love.
  • burt standishBurt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
  • 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.
  • candlelighter — a person whose task it is to light candles
  • card clothing — a very sturdy fabric with a leather or rubber fillet imbedded with wire teeth for disentangling and cleaning textile fibers, used to cover the rollers or flats of a carding machine.
  • carpet knight — a soldier who spends his life away from battle; idler
  • carrantuohill — a mountain in SW Republic of Ireland, in Macgillicuddy's Reeks in Kerry: the highest peak in Ireland. Height: 1041 m (3414 ft)
  • catheterizing — Present participle of catheterize.
  • chain printer — a line printer in which the type is on a continuous chain, used to print computer output
  • chain reactor — reactor (def 4).
  • charlatanical — of or relating to a charlatan, pretentious
  • charlatanries — Plural form of charlatanry.
  • chart-topping — very popular; coming top in the charts
  • charter train — a train that has been chartered
  • 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)
  • cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
  • chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
  • chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
  • chiromantical — Of or pertaining to chiromancy.
  • chloromycetin — chloramphenicol
  • christ within — (in Quakerism) the light of Christ in the soul of every person, considered as a guiding force.
  • christian era — the period beginning with the year of Christ's birth. Dates in this era are labelled ad, those previous to it bc
  • christianlike — like or befitting a Christian.
  • christiansand — former name of Kristiansand.
  • chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
  • chromoprotein — any of a group of conjugated proteins, such as haemoglobin, in which the protein is joined to a coloured compound, such as a metal-containing porphyrin
  • cinematograph — a combined camera, printer, and projector
  • clearing bath — any solution for removing material from the surface of a photographic image, as silver halide, metallic silver, or a dye or stain.
  • clincher tire — an automobile tire having on each side of its inner circumference a rubber flange that fits under the turned-over edge of the wheel rim.
  • coinheritance — joint inheritance
  • concert pitch — the frequency of 440 hertz assigned to the A above middle C
  • conductorship — The position of conductor of an orchestra.
  • coniferophyte — (biology) conifer.
  • containership — a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
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