13-letter words containing n, a, c, h, e, s
- list enhanced — (operating system, tool) An MS-DOS file browsing utility written by Vern Buerg in 1983. A former mainframe systems programmer, Buerg wrote DOS utilities when he began using an IBM PC and missed the file-scanning ability he had on mainframes. The software became an instant success, and his list utility was in use on an estimated 5 million PCs.
- machine screw — a threaded fastener, either used with a nut or driven into a tapped hole, usually having a diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or less and a slotted head for tightening by a screwdriver.
- machine-steel — low-carbon steel that can be easily machined.
- magnet school — a public school with special programs and instruction that are not available elsewhere in a school district and that are specially designed to draw students from throughout a district, especially to aid in desegregation.
- maiden speech — the first speech made in a legislature by a newly elected member.
- marchionesses — Plural form of marchioness.
- match fitness — the condition of being match-fit
- matchlessness — The state or condition of being matchless.
- mechanisation — Alternative spelling of mechanization.
- melancholious — (obsolete) melancholy.
- melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
- merchandisers — Plural form of merchandiser.
- merchandising — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchant fees — Merchant fees are money charged by a merchant service to a vendor for processing credit card transactions.
- merchant ship — law: commercial vessel
- mesencephalic — Anatomy. the midbrain.
- mesencephalon — Anatomy. the midbrain.
- metaphysician — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- michelin star — a mark of distinction awarded by the Michelin travel guides to a restaurant in recognition of the high quality of its cooking. A restaurant may receive one, two, or three stars, representing very good, exceptional, or exquisite cuisine, respectively
- moneychangers — Plural form of moneychanger.
- nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
- necrophiliacs — Plural form of necrophiliac.
- nicholasville — a town in central Kentucky.
- niedersachsen — German name of Lower Saxony.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- non-aesthetic — relating to the philosophy of aesthetics; concerned with notions such as the beautiful and the ugly.
- non-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- nonce-bashing — violent attacks against rapists, child molesters, or sexual offenders, esp inside a prison
- nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
- novocherkassk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Rostov.
- nymphaeaceous — belonging to the Nymphaeaceae, the water lily family of plants.
- ocean sunfish — a brown and gray mola, Mola mola, inhabiting tropical and temperate seas, having the posterior half of the body sharply truncated behind the elongated dorsal and anal fins.
- octagon house — a type of American house, c. 1850, having an octagonal perimeter to reduce exterior wall area.
- open sandwich — a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice.
- orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
- orchestration — (uncountable) the arrangement of music for performance by an orchestra.
- packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
- parasynthetic — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
- passchendaele — a village in NW Belgium, in West Flanders province: the scene of heavy fighting during the third battle of Ypres in World War I during which 245 000 British troops were lost
- pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
- pharyngoscope — an instrument for inspecting the pharynx.
- phase encoded — (storage) (PE) A recording method used for 1600 BPI magnetic tapes. Compare NRZI, GCR.
- plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- post exchange — a retail store on an army installation that sells goods and services to military personnel and their dependents and to certain authorized civilian personnel. Abbreviation: PX.
- pre-christian — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the Christian Era.
- preanesthetic — a substance that produces a preliminary or light anesthesia.
- presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
- psychasthenia — Psychiatry. (no longer in technical use) a neurosis marked by fear, anxiety, phobias, etc.
- psychasthenic — a person who has psychasthenia