13-letter words containing r, h, o, e, a
- biogeographer — a person who is knowledgeable about biogeography
- 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
- boardinghouse — a private house in which accommodation and meals are provided for paying guests
- body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
- bohr magneton — a unit that is used to indicate the magnetic moment of the electron structure in an atom, equal to 9.27 × 10 −21 erg/gauss.
- bottle-washer — a menial or factotum
- brachypterous — having very short or incompletely developed wings
- branch office — the local branch of a bank, shop, or other business
- break through — If you break through a barrier, you succeed in forcing your way through it.
- breakthroughs — a military movement or advance all the way through and beyond an enemy's front-line defense.
- breech-loader — a firearm that is loaded at the breech
- breechloading — loaded at the breech.
- breidha fjord — an inlet of Denmark Strait on the NW coast of Iceland.
- bridal shower — a party, held for a woman before her wedding, to which her friends bring gifts
- broad hatchet — a hatchet with a broad cutting edge.
- brokenhearted — Someone who is brokenhearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
- bronze whaler — a shark, Carcharhinus brachyurus, of southern Australian waters, having a bronze-coloured back
- bulbourethral — of or relating to the rounded mass of tissue surrounding the urethra at the root of the penis.
- cache storage — cache (def 3).
- camphoraceous — similar to camphor
- cancerophobia — a morbid dread of being afflicted by cancer
- candleholders — Plural form of candleholder.
- carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
- carboxymethyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical -CH2-COOH derived from acetic acid.
- cardiopathies — Plural form of cardiopathy.
- cartographers — Plural form of cartographer.
- caryophyllene — (organic compound) A sesquiterpene (containing a cyclobutane ring) found in the essential oils of several plants such as clove and pepper.
- cash customer — a purchaser who pays cash rather than by check, credit card, or charge account.
- castle howard — a mansion near York in Yorkshire: designed in 1700 by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor; the grounds include the Temple of the Four Winds and a mausoleum
- catastrophise — Alt form catastrophize.
- catastrophize — (obsolete) To end a comedy.
- catcher's box — box1 (def 16d).
- cecropia moth — a large North American saturniid moth, Hyalophora (or Samia) cecropia, with brightly coloured wings and feathery antennae
- cephalometric — Relating to cephalometrics.
- 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
- cephalothorax — the anterior part of many crustaceans and some other arthropods consisting of a united head and thorax
- cervicography — a method of cervical screening in which the neck of the uterus is photographed to facilitate the early detection of cancer
- chaetophorous — bearing bristles; setigerous.
- chain reactor — reactor (def 4).
- chalicotheres — Plural form of chalicothere.
- chamber opera — an opera requiring few performers and a small orchestra.
- chamber organ — a small compact organ used esp for the authentic performance of preclassical music
- chandernagore — a port in E India, in S West Bengal on the Hooghly River: a former French settlement (1686–1950). Pop: 162 166 (2001)
- 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.
- charcoal grey — a very dark grey colour
- charles abbot — Charles Greeley, 1872–1973, U.S. astrophysicist.
- charles louis — (Karl Ludwig Johann) 1771–1847, archduke of Austria.