13-letter words containing i, s, c, h, o, r
- orchestra-pit — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- orchestralist — a person who writes or arranges orchestral music
- orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
- orchestration — (uncountable) the arrangement of music for performance by an orchestra.
- orchidologist — someone who is knowledgeable in orchidology
- orchiectomies — Plural form of orchiectomy.
- ornithischian — any herbivorous dinosaur of the order Ornithischia, having a pelvis resembling that of a bird. Compare saurischian.
- orthosilicate — a silicate mineral
- oscillographs — Plural form of oscillograph.
- oscillography — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
- outstretching — Present participle of outstretch.
- overachievers — Plural form of overachiever.
- parapsychosis — an abnormal psychosis
- past historic — the simple past
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- photochromism — the reversible transformation of something's colour due to exposure to electromagnetic radiation such as sunlight
- physharmonica — a keyboard musical instrument fitted with free reeds, and which is an early form of harmonium
- physiographic — the science of physical geography.
- polished rice — white rice polished or buffed by leather-covered cylinders during processing.
- porcupinefish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
- preceptorship — an instructor; teacher; tutor.
- promonarchist — the principles of monarchy.
- prosectorship — the position or responsibility of a prosector
- protectorship — a person or thing that protects; defender; guardian.
- pseudo-heroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- psilanthropic — relating to psilanthropism
- psychographic — Psychology. a graph indicating the relative strength of the personality traits of an individual.
- psychohistory — history or the writing of history employing the techniques of psychoanalysis to explore motivations, explain actions, etc.
- psychometrics — the measurement of mental traits, abilities, and processes.
- psychrometric — relating to psychrometry
- psychrophilic — (esp of bacteria) showing optimum growth at low temperatures
- quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
- quadriphonics — quadraphony.
- recovery ship — a naval vessel designed to participate in the retrieval of a satellite, instrument package, or spaceship after it has re-entered the atmosphere and landed in the ocean
- reprographics — reprography.
- resynchronize — to synchronize again
- rhinoscleroma — an inflammatory bacterial disease of the nose that is mostly found in Africa and Central America
- rhodochrosite — a mineral, manganese carbonate, MnCO 3 , commonly containing some iron and calcium, and usually rose-red in color: a minor ore of manganese; manganese spar.
- riding school — a place where equitation is taught.
- right section — a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane perpendicular to its longest axis.
- rocking horse — a toy horse, as of wood, mounted on rockers or springs, on which children may ride; hobbyhorse.
- rocking shear — a shear having a curved blade that cuts with a rocking motion.
- rose of china — China rose (def 2).
- rough justice — If you describe someone's treatment or punishment as rough justice, you mean that it is not given according to the law.
- saccharolytic — of or causing the hydrolysis of sugars.
- saratoga chip — potato chip.
- schizophrenia — Psychiatry.. Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.
- schizophrenic — Psychiatry. of or relating to schizophrenia: Not all of these patients are schizophrenic.
- scholarliness — of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits.
- school dinner — meal served at educational institution