13-letter words containing o, t, h, i, n
- automechanism — an automatic mechanical system or component, especially a device that operates automatically under predetermined conditions.
- bartholinitis — Inflammation of Bartholin's cyst.
- batrachotoxin — a steroidal alkaloid, C31H42N2O6, found in the skin of certain Neotropical frogs (genus Phyllobates) and used on poison arrows: one of the most powerful natural neurotoxins known
- be nothing to — not to concern or be significant to (someone)
- benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
- biotechnology — Biotechnology is the use of living parts such as cells or bacteria in industry and technology.
- birth control — Birth control means planning whether to have children, and using contraception to prevent having them when they are not wanted.
- birthing pool — a large bath in which a woman can give birth
- birthing room — a section of a hospital or an outpatient facility set aside and equipped for childbirth and usually simulating a home environment in which family members or friends may be present during the delivery.
- bitch session — a discussion in which people complain or gripe, usually about a shared experience: Their first date turned into a four-hour bitch session about their ex-spouses' lawyers.
- bolting cloth — a sturdy fabric, usually of fine silk or nylon mesh, used chiefly in serigraphy, embroidery, and as a foundation fabric for wigs.
- bonfire night — Bonfire Night is the popular name for Guy Fawkes Night.
- bottomfishing — to fish with a weighted line for fish that feed close to the bottom.
- bound up with — closely or inextricably linked with
- bowling match — a game of bowls
- bridging shot — a shot inserted in a film to indicate the passage of time between two scenes, as of a series of newspaper headlines or calendar pages being torn off.
- bring home to — to convince of
- bronchiolitis — a condition in which the small airways in the lungs become inflamed by a virus. It is most common in infants, who become breathless in severe cases. Recurrent attacks may lead to asthma
- brotherliness — of, like, or befitting a brother; affectionate and loyal; fraternal: brotherly love.
- cainotophobia — Alternative form of cainophobia.
- card clothing — a very sturdy fabric with a leather or rubber fillet imbedded with wire teeth for disentangling and cleaning textile fibers, used to cover the rollers or flats of a carding machine.
- carrantuohill — a mountain in SW Republic of Ireland, in Macgillicuddy's Reeks in Kerry: the highest peak in Ireland. Height: 1041 m (3414 ft)
- cash discount — a discount granted to a purchaser who pays before a stipulated date
- casting couch — a couch on which a casting director is said to seduce women seeking a part in a film or play
- catechization — The act of catechizing.
- catecholamine — any of a group of hormones that are catechol derivatives, esp adrenaline and noradrenaline
- cephalization — (in the evolution of animals) development of a head by the concentration of feeding and sensory organs and nervous tissue at the anterior end
- chain reactor — reactor (def 4).
- chang tso-lin — 1873–1928, Chinese general: military ruler of Manchuria 1918–28.
- changing tone — cambiata.
- changing-note — cambiata.
- chart-topping — very popular; coming top in the charts
- checkout line — A checkout line is a line of customers waiting to pay at a checkout counter.
- checkpointing — Present participle of checkpoint.
- cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
- chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
- chiromantical — Of or pertaining to chiromancy.
- chloromycetin — chloramphenicol
- chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
- chromoprotein — any of a group of conjugated proteins, such as haemoglobin, in which the protein is joined to a coloured compound, such as a metal-containing porphyrin
- 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.
- chylification — the process of turning into chyle
- chymification — the process of turning into chyme
- cinematograph — a combined camera, printer, and projector
- cloth binding — a type of binding in which a book is bound in stiff boards covered with cloth
- coach station — A coach station is an area or a building which coaches leave from or arrive at on regular journeys.
- cocaine habit — an addiction to cocaine
- codeswitching — Alternative form of code-switching.
- coinheritance — joint inheritance
- concert pitch — the frequency of 440 hertz assigned to the A above middle C