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13-letter words containing r, h, n, e

  • core handling — Core handling is the way that a core is dealt with to make sure it maintains its properties for testing.
  • core strength — the strength of the underlying muscles of the torso, which help determine posture
  • corinthianize — to live a promiscuous life
  • corn exchange — A corn exchange is a large building where, in former times, grain was bought and sold.
  • cotton mather — Cotton, 1663–1728, American clergyman and author.
  • counselorship — The function and rank or office of a counselor.
  • counter check — a check available at a bank for the use of depositors in making withdrawals, orig. kept in supply on a counter
  • counter shaft — A counter shaft is a shaft that runs parallel to the main shaft in a gearbox, and carries the pinion wheels.
  • counterchange — to change parts, qualities, etc
  • countercharge — a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser
  • counterchecks — Plural form of countercheck.
  • counterphobic — seeking out a situation that one fears in an attempt to overcome the fear.
  • countershafts — Plural form of countershaft.
  • counterthesis — A thesis that rebuts another.
  • counterthreat — an opposing or retaliatory threat
  • counterthrust — an opposing or retaliatory thrust, esp in warfare or combat sports
  • counterweighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterweigh.
  • counterweight — A counterweight is an action or proposal that is intended to balance or counter other actions or proposals.
  • country house — A country house is a large, often attractive, house in the country, usually one that is or was owned by a rich or noble family.
  • court hearing — an official meeting held in court
  • crackle china — porcelain or pottery with intentional crazing
  • credit crunch — A credit crunch is a period during which there is a sudden reduction in the amount of money that banks and other lenders have available to lend.
  • cross-benches — (in the UK parliament) an area for members who are not allied to a particular party
  • cross-channel — Cross-Channel travel is travel across the English Channel, especially by boat.
  • crossbenchers — Plural form of crossbencher.
  • crosschecking — Present participle of crosscheck.
  • crotchetiness — The state or quality of being crotchety.
  • crow-pheasant — a large coucal, Centropus sinensis, of Asia, having black and brown plumage and a long tail.
  • curb exchange — American Stock Exchange.
  • cushion cover — a fabric cover, often with a decorative design, designed to protect a cushion
  • cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
  • cyberchondria — unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites
  • cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
  • cylinder head — the detachable metal casting that fits onto the top of a cylinder block. In an engine it contains part of the combustion chamber and in an overhead-valve four-stroke engine it houses the valves and their operating mechanisms
  • cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
  • dance therapy — the use of dance or movement for therapeutic purposes; a form of therapy in which people are encouraged to express their feelings through dance or movement.
  • das rheingold — an opera by Wagner (1869), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
  • death warrant — A death warrant is an official document which orders that someone is to be executed as a punishment for a crime.
  • debt of honor — a gambling debt: not legally enforceable
  • dechorionated — (biology) From which the chorion has been removed.
  • dehydrogenase — an enzyme, such as any of the respiratory enzymes, that activates oxidation-reduction reactions by transferring hydrogen from substrate to acceptor
  • dehydrogenate — to remove hydrogen from
  • dehydrogenize — dehydrogenate.
  • demochristian — a member or supporter of a Christian democratic party or movement
  • dendrophagous — feeding on the wood of trees, as certain insects.
  • dendrophilous — living in or on trees; arboreal.
  • depth sounder — an instrument for determining depths under water, especially under a ship.
  • desynchronize — Disturb the synchronization of; put out of step or phase.
  • diaphanometer — an instrument used to measure transparency, esp of the atmosphere
  • diathermanous — the property of transmitting heat as electromagnetic radiation.
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