13-letter words containing o, r, t, h, s, c
- cytochemistry — the chemistry of living cells
- cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
- demochristian — a member or supporter of a Christian democratic party or movement
- dictatorships — Plural form of dictatorship.
- directorships — Plural form of directorship.
- drop a stitch — to allow a loop of wool to fall off a knitting needle accidentally while knitting
- electrographs — Plural form of electrograph.
- electrophiles — Plural form of electrophile.
- electrophones — Plural form of electrophone.
- electrophorus — A device for repeatedly generating static electricity by induction.
- encroachments — Plural form of encroachment.
- ethnocentrism — The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.
- ethnohistoric — relating to ethnohistory
- factory-fresh — coming directly from the factory; brand new
- feature shock — (jargon) (From Alvin Toffler's "Future Shock") A user's confusion when confronted with a package that has too many features and poor introductory material.
- gabrilowitsch — Ossip [aw-syip] /ˈɔ syɪp/ (Show IPA), 1878–1936, Russian pianist and conductor, in America.
- gastrohepatic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and the liver.
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- gonochoristic — Of or pertaining to gonochorism.
- grave clothes — the wrappings in which a dead body is interred
- hand controls — a set of controls in some cars, operated by hand, that have the same function as the accelerator, brake, and clutch pedals
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- 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.).
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
- heroic stanza — elegiac stanza.
- hertogenbosch — 's Hertogenbosch.
- heteroblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing a marked difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- heterocarpous — (of a plant) producing more than one type of fruit
- heteroclitous — heteroclite
- heterocystous — containing or relating to heterocysts
- heteroplastic — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heterostracan — any of several ostracoderms of the order Heterostraci, from the Silurian and Devonian Periods, having the anterior part of the body enclosed in bony plates.
- historicizing — Present participle of historicize.
- histrionicism — histrionic behaviour or acts
- home comforts — things in a house that make it comfortable
- homoeroticism — a tendency to be sexually aroused by a member of the same sex.
- honor society — (in a college, university, or secondary school) a student society that admits members on the basis of academic merit and, sometimes, worthwhile contributions in extracurricular activities.
- horror-struck — stricken with horror; horrified; aghast.
- hortus siccus — a collection of dried plants; herbarium.
- hospital care — medical treatment provided in a hospital
- host computer — the main computer in a network: controls or performs certain functions for other computers.
- hot cross bun — a bun with a cross of frosting on it, eaten chiefly during Lent.
- house cricket — a dark brown cricket, Acheta domesticus, having a light-colored head with dark crossbands, commonly occurring throughout North America and Europe, where it may be an indoor pest.
- how's tricks? — how are you?
- hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
- hydrostatical — Alternative form of hydrostatic.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hypochlorites — Plural form of hypochlorite.
- hyposecretion — a diminished secretion.
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.