13-letter words containing n, i, c, h, g
- chart-topping — very popular; coming top in the charts
- checkpointing — Present participle of checkpoint.
- checkweighman — a representative elected by coal miners to check the findings of the mine owner's weighman where miners are paid by the weight of coal mined.
- chewing louse — See under louse (def 2).
- chiang ch'ing — Jiang Qing.
- chickenburger — A hot sandwich made of a patty of chicken in a bun, often with other ingredients.
- child rearing — the activity of rearing children
- child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
- chilean guava — a tropical shrub or small tree, Ugni molinae, of the myrtle family, having leathery, oval leaves, rose-pink flowers, and blue-black, edible fruit.
- chinling shan — Qinling Shan
- chloroforming — Present participle of chloroform.
- cholangiogram — an X-ray of the bile duct performed after administering dye into the ducts that shows up on the X-ray
- chronobiology — the branch of biology concerned with the periodicity occurring in living organisms
- chronographic — a timepiece fitted with a recording device, as a stylus and rotating drum, used to mark the exact instant of an occurrence, especially in astronomy.
- chronological — If things are described or shown in chronological order, they are described or shown in the order in which they happened.
- chronologized — to arrange in chronological order.
- chthonophagia — (disease) A disease characterized by the impulsive consumption of dirt, observed in some parts of the southern United States as well as the West Indies.
- churn molding — a molding decorated with chevrons.
- cinematograph — a combined camera, printer, and projector
- claddagh ring — any of various elaborately designed rings, esp one in the shape of two hands embracing a heart, given as a token of lasting affection
- clearing bath — any solution for removing material from the surface of a photographic image, as silver halide, metallic silver, or a dye or stain.
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- cliff-hanging — of, relating to, or characteristic of a cliff-hanger: a cliff-hanging vote of 20–19.
- climbing fish — an Asian labyrinth fish, Anabas testudineus, that resembles a perch and can travel over land on its spiny gill covers and pectoral fins
- cloth binding — a type of binding in which a book is bound in stiff boards covered with cloth
- coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
- codeswitching — Alternative form of code-switching.
- collieshangie — a quarrel
- comprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- conchological — Of or pertaining to conchology.
- core handling — Core handling is the way that a core is dealt with to make sure it maintains its properties for testing.
- coronagraphic — Of, pertaining to, or employing a coronagraph.
- couch surfing — to stay overnight in someone’s else’s home while traveling: He couch-surfed at the houses of strangers and friends.
- couch-hopping — to stay overnight in someone’s else’s home while traveling: He couch-surfed at the houses of strangers and friends.
- cough and die — (jargon) barf. Connotes that the program is throwing its hands up by design rather than because of a bug or oversight. "The parser saw a control-A in its input where it was looking for a printable, so it coughed and died." Compare die, die horribly, scream and die.
- counterweighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterweigh.
- counterweight — A counterweight is an action or proposal that is intended to balance or counter other actions or proposals.
- countinghouse — a building, room, or office used for keeping books and transacting business
- court hearing — an official meeting held in court
- cove lighting — indirect lighting directed upward from an interior cornice or the like toward a cove at the edge of the ceiling.
- crash landing — aircraft: emergency descent
- crosschecking — Present participle of crosscheck.
- crosshatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
- cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
- dancing shoes — shoes worn by dancers
- dichotomising — Present participle of dichotomise.
- dichotomizing — Present participle of dichotomize.
- digby chicken — a smoked herring.
- disenchanting — Present participle of disenchant.