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13-letter words containing r, o, t, h, i, a

  • atmospherical — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
  • atomic theory — any theory in which matter is regarded as consisting of atoms, esp that proposed by John Dalton postulating that elements are composed of atoms that can combine in definite proportions to form compounds
  • autapomorphic — (biology) Describing any characteristic that has evolved in only a single species (or other taxon).
  • authenticator — a person or thing that authenticates.
  • authorisation — Alternative spelling of authorization.
  • authoritarian — If you describe a person or an organization as authoritarian, you are critical of them controlling everything rather than letting people decide things for themselves.
  • authoritative — Someone or something that is authoritative gives an impression of power and importance and is likely to be obeyed.
  • authorization — an authorizing or being authorized
  • autobiography — Your autobiography is an account of your life, which you write yourself.
  • autocatharsis — a therapeutic process designed to free unconscious disturbances by having the patient write about his or her experiences, impressions, etc.
  • autographical — Relating to, or used in, the process of autography.
  • autorickshaws — Plural form of autorickshaw.
  • bacteriophage — a virus that is parasitic in a bacterium and multiplies within its host, which is destroyed when the new viruses are released
  • bacteriophagy — the action of a bacteriophage
  • bartholinitis — Inflammation of Bartholin's cyst.
  • bartholomew i — (Dimitrios Archontonis) born 1940, Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church since 1991.
  • 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
  • behavioristic — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
  • bibliothecary — a librarian
  • bibliotherapy — the use of reading as therapy
  • bio-autograph — an analytical technique in which organic compounds are separated by chromatography and identified by studying their effects on microorganisms.
  • bioautography — an analytical technique in which organic compounds are separated by chromatography and identified by studying their effects on microorganisms.
  • boutros-ghali — ˈBoutros (ˈbutroʊs ) ; bo̅oˈtrōs) 1922- ; Egypt. diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations (1992-96)
  • 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.
  • cardiopathies — Plural form of cardiopathy.
  • carrantuohill — a mountain in SW Republic of Ireland, in Macgillicuddy's Reeks in Kerry: the highest peak in Ireland. Height: 1041 m (3414 ft)
  • catastrophise — Alt form catastrophize.
  • catastrophism — an old doctrine, now discarded, that the earth was created and has subsequently been shaped by sudden divine acts which have no logical connection with each other rather than by gradual evolutionary processes
  • catastrophist — the doctrine that certain vast geological changes in the earth's history were caused by catastrophes rather than gradual evolutionary processes.
  • catastrophize — (obsolete) To end a comedy.
  • cecropia moth — a large North American saturniid moth, Hyalophora (or Samia) cecropia, with brightly coloured wings and feathery antennae
  • cephalometric — Relating to cephalometrics.
  • chain reactor — reactor (def 4).
  • chalicotheres — Plural form of chalicothere.
  • chart-topping — very popular; coming top in the charts
  • chase mortise — a mortise having one inclined narrow side.
  • cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
  • chiaroscurist — A painter who uses light and shade rather than colour to create the illusion of volume.
  • chirographist — a person who studies or who is knowledgeable about handwriting styles
  • chiromantical — Of or pertaining to chiromancy.
  • chiropractics — The practice of a chiropractor.
  • chiropractors — Plural form of chiropractor.
  • chlorargyrite — a mineral, the naturally occurring form of silver chloride, formed in the oxidation process of silver
  • chloroplastic — a plastid containing chlorophyll.
  • cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
  • choripetalous — polypetalous
  • chrestomathic — (of teaching or learning) That has a practical use.
  • christmas box — a tip or present given at Christmas, esp to postmen, tradesmen, etc
  • chromatically — In a chromatic manner.
  • chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
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