13-letter words containing r, i, c, o, h
- hypochondriac — Also, hypochondriacal, H05/H0509000 hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-kuh l, ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə kəl. Psychiatry. pertaining to or suffering from hypochondria, an excessive preoccupation with and worry about one's health: The comedy is aimed at the hypochondriac demographic. produced by hypochondria: Hypochondriac feelings overwhelmed her.
- hypochondrium — either of two regions of the abdomen, situated on each side of the epigastrium and above the lumbar regions.
- hyposecretion — a diminished secretion.
- hyposulphuric — relating to sulphur which is in a lower state of oxidation than it is in sulphuric compounds
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- hyracotherium — eohippus.
- hystricomorph — any rodent of the suborder Hystricomorpha, which includes porcupines, cavies, agoutis, and chinchillas
- iatrochemical — relating to iatrochemistry or iatrochemists
- ichthyosaurus — ichthyosaur.
- iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
- ideographical — Alternative form of ideographic.
- ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
- idiochromatic — (of a mineral) deriving a characteristic color from its capacity to absorb certain light rays.
- idiorrhythmic — self-regulating; allowing each member to regulate his or her own life
- incoherencies — incoherence.
- inductothermy — the production of fever by means of electromagnetic induction.
- inharmonicity — the quality of being inharmonic
- inspectorship — The condition of being an inspector; the office of an inspector.
- interchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- intrathoracic — (anatomy) Within the thorax.
- iontophoretic — Of or pertaining to iontophoresis.
- isochromosome — an abnormal chromosome in which the two arms share identical genetic information
- isochronously — In an isochronous manner.
- jodhpuri coat — a coat worn by men in India, similar to but shorter than a sherwani
- junior school — a school for children aged seven to eleven, similar to a U.S. elementary school.
- korf, richard — Richard Korf
- kosher pickle — a garlic-flavored pickle, sold especially in Jewish delicatessens.
- leucitohedron — a trapezohedron
- lexicographer — a writer, editor, or compiler of a dictionary.
- lexicographic — Like a dictionary, relating to lexicography (the writing of a dictionary).
- lissotrichous — having straight hair.
- literacy hour — (in England and Wales) a daily reading and writing lesson that was introduced into the national primary school curriculum in 1998 to raise standards of literacy
- lithontriptic — of or relating to destroying bladder or kidney stones
- lizard orchid — a European orchid, Himantoglossum hircinum, rare in Britain, having a spike of grey-green flowers smelling of goats
- logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
- logical truth — the property of being logically tautologous
- lophotrichous — (biology, of bacteria) Having multiple flagella located at the same point, so that they can act in concert to drive the bacterium in a single direction.
- lower chinook — an extinct Chinookan language that was spoken by tribes on both banks of the Columbia River estuary.
- lymphographic — of or relating to lymphography
- lymphotrophic — carrying nutrients from the lymph to the tissues.
- maccheroncini — thin pasta tubes made from wheat flour
- machine error — an error caused by a fault or defect in a machine rather than by human error
- macrocephalic — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
- macrolecithal — megalecithal.
- marching song — a song with the rhythm of a march, esp sung by marching soldiers
- marchionesses — Plural form of marchioness.
- mare chronium — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- mastigophoric — Carrying or wielding a whip.
- matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
- metachromasia — A characteristic change in the colour of staining carried out in biological tissues, exhibited by certain aniline dyes when they bind to particular substances present in these tissues, called chromotropes.