13-letter words containing r, e, c, h, o
- chromotherapy — the use of colour and light as a restorative therapy and to promote mental and physical well-being
- chronokinesis — (science fiction) The ability to manipulate time relevant to oneself.
- chronologized — to arrange in chronological order.
- chronotherapy — an endeavour to readjust the body clock to enable a person to waken earlier by going to sleep later and later every day until the required waking hour is achieved
- 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.
- cinematograph — a combined camera, printer, and projector
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- cleaner tooth — a saw tooth for cleaning loose chips from a kerf.
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- clock puncher — a worker with a routine job in a factory or office, as one who punches a time clock at the beginning and end of a work shift.
- clock watcher — an employee who demonstrates lack of interest in a job by watching the time closely to be sure to stop work as soon as the workday or shift is over.
- clock-watcher — an employee who checks the time in anticipation of a break or of the end of the working day
- close harmony — a type of singing in which all the parts except the bass lie close together and are confined to the compass of a tenth
- clothes brush — a brush used to remove dust, fluff, dirt, etc from clothes
- clothes horse — A clothes horse is a folding frame used inside someone's house to hang washing on while it dries.
- clothes-horse — Informal. a person whose chief interest and pleasure is dressing fashionably.
- clothes-press — a piece of furniture for storing clothes, usually containing wide drawers and a cabinet
- clotheshorses — Plural form of clotheshorse.
- cloud chamber — an apparatus for detecting high-energy particles by observing their tracks through a chamber containing a supersaturated vapour. Each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
- club together — If people club together to do something, they all give money towards the cost of it.
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- coal merchant — a person engaged in the purchase and sale of coal for profit
- cochairperson — a person who cochairs an organization
- cochlear duct — a spiral tube enclosed in the bony canal of the cochlea.
- cochleariform — having a spoon shape
- coinheritance — joint inheritance
- cold shoulder — If one person gives another the cold shoulder, they behave towards them in an unfriendly way, to show them that they do not care about them or that they want them to go away.
- cold-shoulder — to snub; show indifference to.
- coldheartedly — Alternative spelling of cold-heartedly.
- collectorship — The rank or office of a collector of customs or other taxes.
- colomb-bechar — former name of Béchar.
- colour scheme — In a room or house, the colour scheme is the way in which colours have been used to decorate it.
- come up short — disappoint
- commandership — a person who commands.
- comprehendeth — Archaic third-person singular form of comprehend.
- comprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- comprehension — Comprehension is the ability to understand something.
- comprehensive — Something that is comprehensive includes everything that is needed or relevant.
- computer chip — a small integrated circuit of a kind used in computers
- computerphobe — a person with a strong fear or dislike of computers
- concert pitch — the frequency of 440 hertz assigned to the A above middle C
- confessorship — the office or function of a confessor
- conidiophores — Plural form of conidiophore.
- coniferophyte — (biology) conifer.
- containership — a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
- contour sheet — a bed sheet designed to fit snugly over a mattress or the like, often having elastic material to hold down the corners.
- cooper's hawk — a small North American hawk, Accipiter cooperii, having a bluish-grey back and wings and a reddish-brown breast