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13-letter words containing p, e, h, s

  • bell purchase — a tackle consisting of two standing single blocks, two running single blocks, a fall, and a runner, so arranged that it gives a mechanical advantage of six, neglecting friction.
  • birth parents — a child's biological parents, regardless of whether they subsequently bring up the child
  • bishop sleeve — a full sleeve gathered at the wrist
  • bishop violet — a reddish purple.
  • bishop's weed — goutweed.
  • bishop's-weed — goutweed.
  • bits per inch — (unit)   (BPI) A measure of the recording density of a magnetic tape or disk.
  • blasphemously — uttering, containing, or exhibiting blasphemy; irreverent; profane.
  • blepharoplast — a cylindrical cytoplasmic body in protozoa
  • blepharospasm — spasm of the muscle of the eyelids, causing the eyes to shut tightly, either as a response to painful stimuli or occurring as a form of dystonia
  • bosch process — an industrial process for manufacturing hydrogen by the catalytic reduction of steam with carbon monoxide
  • boustrophedon — having alternate lines written from right to left and from left to right
  • brachypterous — having very short or incompletely developed wings
  • breeches part — a male role played by an actress.
  • budget speech — the speech in which the Chancellor presents his budget to parliament
  • camphoraceous — similar to camphor
  • candidateship — candidature
  • cape crawfish — an edible South African spiny lobster, Jasus lalandii.
  • cape hatteras — a promontory off the E coast of North Carolina, on Hatteras Island, which is situated between Pamlico Sound and the Atlantic: known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic" for its danger to shipping
  • capstan lathe — a lathe for repetitive work, having a rotatable turret resembling a capstan to hold tools for successive operations
  • capsule shell — A capsule shell is an outer skin in which a medicinal substance is contained.
  • cardiopathies — Plural form of cardiopathy.
  • cartographers — Plural form of cartographer.
  • cash receipts — the money a business receives from its customers over a specified period
  • cash-strapped — If a person or organization is cash-strapped, they do not have enough money to buy or pay for the things they want or need.
  • catastrophise — Alt form catastrophize.
  • catastrophize — (obsolete) To end a comedy.
  • cephalopodous — of, belonging to or relating to a cephalopod
  • cephalosporin — any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium
  • chaetophorous — bearing bristles; setigerous.
  • chaperoneship — State or position of chaperone.
  • chapter house — A chapter house is the building or set of rooms in the grounds of a cathedral where the members of the clergy hold their meetings.
  • cheese spread — a processed cheese of smooth and spreadable consistency.
  • chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
  • chew-'n'-spew — any fast-food restaurant considered to be serving poor quality food
  • chieftainship — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
  • child process — (operating system)   A process created by another process (the parent process). Each process may create many child processes but will have only one parent process, except for the very first process which has no parent. The first process, called init in Unix, is started by the kernel at boot time and never terminates. A child process inherits most of its attributes, such as open files, from its parent. In fact in Unix, a child process is created (using fork) as a copy of the parent. The chid process can then overlay itself with a different program (using exec) as required.
  • chimney sweep — A chimney sweep is a person whose job is to clean the soot out of chimneys.
  • chimneypieces — Plural form of chimneypiece.
  • chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
  • chopped steak — ground, cooked beef, usually served as a main course.
  • chorepiscopal — (in early Christianity) relating to or connected with a local bishop
  • choripetalous — polypetalous
  • chosen people — any of various peoples believing themselves to be chosen by God, esp the Jews
  • chromospheres — Plural form of chromosphere.
  • chromospheric — Of or pertaining to the chromosphere.
  • chrysophenine — a bright yellow dye derived from stilbene, used chiefly for dyeing leather and textiles.
  • chrysophilite — a person who loves gold
  • chrysotherapy — gold therapy.
  • churchpersons — Plural form of churchperson.
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