13-letter words containing m, e, l, c, h
- cloud chamber — an apparatus for detecting high-energy particles by observing their tracks through a chamber containing a supersaturated vapour. Each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
- coal merchant — a person engaged in the purchase and sale of coal for profit
- cochleariform — having a spoon shape
- colomb-bechar — former name of Béchar.
- colour scheme — In a room or house, the colour scheme is the way in which colours have been used to decorate it.
- column inches — the amount of coverage given to a story in a newspaper
- come to light — to be revealed
- commonwealths — Plural form of commonwealth.
- compiled html — (filename extension) A Microsoft file format for distributing a collection of HTML files, along with their associated images, sounds, etc., as a single compressed archive file. Microsoft use this format for Windows HTML Help files. Most chms include a project (.hhp) file listing the included files and basic settings, a contents (.hhc) file, an index (.hhk) file, html files, and, optionally, image files. Users view chms with hh.exe, the HTML Help viewer installed with Internet Explorer. Filename extension: .chm.
- complete with — If one thing comes complete with another, it has that thing as an extra or additional part.
- copy the mail — letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system: Storms delayed delivery of the mail.
- cosmochemical — relating to cosmochemistry
- cosmothetical — cosmothetic
- cycloheximide — a toxic antibiotic that inhibits protein synthesis, used as a fungicide in agriculture
- cymbocephalic — scaphocephaly.
- demographical — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
- dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
- elasmobranchs — Plural form of elasmobranch.
- electrochemic — electrochemical
- electrothermy — the use of electrically produced heat for therapeutic purposes
- encephalogram — An image, trace, or other record of the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
- encephalotomy — The dissection of the brain.
- endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
- euphemistical — Archaic form of euphemistic.
- firmer chisel — a narrow-bladed chisel for paring and mortising, driven by hand pressure or with a mallet.
- float chamber — Automotive. the bowl-shaped section of a carburetor in which a reserve of fuel is maintained, the fuel level being regulated by a float.
- fluorochromes — Plural form of fluorochrome.
- funeral march — march played for funeral processions
- gemutlichkeit — warm cordiality; comfortable friendliness; congeniality.
- geochemically — In a geochemical manner.
- graphemically — In terms of or by means of graphemes.
- halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
- helicoid cyme — an inflorescence, or cyme, in which each flowering branch gives rise to one lateral branch that is coiled snail-like and then expanded.
- heliocentrism — The theory that the sun is the center of the universe, (This theory is historically important and was widely accepted at the time of Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler.).
- hematological — Hematologic.
- hemicellulose — any of a group of gummy polysaccharides, intermediate in complexity between sugar and cellulose, that hydrolyze to monosaccharides more readily than cellulose.
- hemicolectomy — (surgery) A colectomy involving the removal of only the ascending (right) colon or the descending (left) colon.
- hemimetabolic — (zoology) Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvae differing from the adults chiefly in lacking wings.
- hemispherical — having the form of a hemisphere.
- hemocytoblast — a primordial cell capable of developing into any type of blood cell.
- hemolymphatic — a fluid in the body cavities and tissues of invertebrates, in arthropods functioning as blood and in some other invertebrates functioning as lymph.
- hermeneutical — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- hexadactylism — Sexdactyly.
- histochemical — the branch of science dealing with the chemical components of cellular and subcellular tissue.
- holometabolic — Of, pertaining to, or undergoing holometabolism.
- holy mackerel — astonishment
- home-schooler — to teach (one's children) at home instead of sending them to school.
- homeschoolers — Plural form of homeschooler.
- homeschooling — a school set up in the home.
- homework club — an after-school club where students can stay to do their homework