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13-letter words containing r, a, n, c, h

  • 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
  • beanbag chair — a chair like a large beanbag covered with vinyl, fabric, etc. and filled with foam pellets, as of polystyrene, that shift about to fit one's body
  • bench warrant — a warrant issued by a judge or court directing that an offender be apprehended
  • berchtesgaden — a town in Germany, in SE Bavaria: site of the fortified mountain retreat of Adolf Hitler. Pop: 7667 (2003 est)
  • binary search — (algorithm)   A search algorithm which repeatedly divides an ordered search space in half according to how the required (key) value compares with the middle element. The following pseudo-C routine performs a binary search return the index of the element of vector "thing[first..last]" equal to "target": if (target < thing[first] || target > thing[last]) return NOT_FOUND; while (first < last) { mid = (first+last)/2; /* truncate to integer */ if (target == thing[mid]) return mid; if (target < thing[mid]) last = mid-1; else first = mid+1; } if (target == thing[last]) return last; return NOT_FOUND; (2003-01-14)
  • bird-watching — Bird-watching is the activity of watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
  • black panther — (in the US) a member of a militant Black political party (1965–82) founded to end the political dominance of White people
  • body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
  • brachycranial — brachycephalic
  • branch office — the local branch of a bank, shop, or other business
  • branch rickey — (Wesley) Branch, 1881–1965, U.S. baseball executive.
  • breechloading — loaded at the breech.
  • bronchography — radiography of the bronchial tubes after the introduction of a radiopaque medium into the bronchi
  • burnham scale — the salary scale for teachers in English state schools, which is revised periodically
  • call the turn — to predict successfully
  • camping chair — a chair which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
  • cancerophobia — a morbid dread of being afflicted by cancer
  • candleholders — Plural form of candleholder.
  • candlelighter — a person whose task it is to light candles
  • carcinophobia — Inordinate dread of contracting cancer.
  • 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.
  • cardiganshire — a former county of W Wales: became part of Dyfed in 1974; reinstated as Ceredigion in 1996
  • cardinal fish — a small brightly coloured fish found in shallow tropical seas, of the family Apogonidae, the male of which often broods eggs in its mouth
  • carnegie hall — a famous concert hall in New York (opened 1891); endowed by Andrew Carnegie
  • carpet knight — a soldier who spends his life away from battle; idler
  • carpetmuncher — Alternative form of carpet muncher.
  • carrantuohill — a mountain in SW Republic of Ireland, in Macgillicuddy's Reeks in Kerry: the highest peak in Ireland. Height: 1041 m (3414 ft)
  • carry the can — to take the responsibility for some misdemeanour, etc (on behalf of)
  • carte blanche — If someone gives you carte blanche, they give you the authority to do whatever you think is right.
  • carve a niche — If you carve a niche for yourself, you organize your work to create a secure position.
  • caryophyllene — (organic compound) A sesquiterpene (containing a cyclobutane ring) found in the essential oils of several plants such as clove and pepper.
  • casehardening — Present participle of caseharden.
  • casing hanger — A casing hanger is the part of a wellhead that supports the casing string.
  • catheterizing — Present participle of catheterize.
  • cephaloridine — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
  • cephalosporin — any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium
  • chain measure — measurement of distance using a chain 66 feet (20 meters) long, of which one link equals 7.9 inches (20.1 cm).
  • chain printer — a line printer in which the type is on a continuous chain, used to print computer output
  • chain reactor — reactor (def 4).
  • chairmanships — Plural form of chairmanship.
  • chamber organ — a small compact organ used esp for the authentic performance of preclassical music
  • chancelleries — Plural form of chancellery.
  • chandernagore — a port in E India, in S West Bengal on the Hooghly River: a former French settlement (1686–1950). Pop: 162 166 (2001)
  • chandrasekhar — Subrahmanyan (ˌsʊbrəˈmænjən). 1910–95, US astronomer born in Lahore, India (now Pakistan). His work on stellar evolution led to an understanding of white dwarfs: shared the Nobel prize for physics 1983
  • changing room — A changing room is a room where you can change your clothes and usually have a shower, for example at a sports centre.
  • channel ferry — a ship that shuttles across the English Channel between the UK and the continent
  • chaperoneship — State or position of chaperone.
  • charing cross — a district of London, in the city of Westminster: the modern cross (1863) in front of Charing Cross railway station replaces the one erected by Edward I (1290), the last of twelve marking the route of the funeral procession of his queen, Eleanor
  • charlatanical — of or relating to a charlatan, pretentious
  • charlatanries — Plural form of charlatanry.
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