13-letter words containing r, o, t, s, c
- grave clothes — the wrappings in which a dead body is interred
- great society — the goal of the Democratic Party under the leadership of President Lyndon B. Johnson, chiefly to enact domestic programs to improve education, provide medical care for the aged, and eliminate poverty.
- grocery store — supermarket, food shop
- hand controls — a set of controls in some cars, operated by hand, that have the same function as the accelerator, brake, and clutch pedals
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- heliocentrism — The theory that the sun is the center of the universe, (This theory is historically important and was widely accepted at the time of Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler.).
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
- heroic stanza — elegiac stanza.
- hertogenbosch — 's Hertogenbosch.
- heteroblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing a marked difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- heterocarpous — (of a plant) producing more than one type of fruit
- heteroclitous — heteroclite
- heterocystous — containing or relating to heterocysts
- heteroplastic — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heterostracan — any of several ostracoderms of the order Heterostraci, from the Silurian and Devonian Periods, having the anterior part of the body enclosed in bony plates.
- historicizing — Present participle of historicize.
- histrionicism — histrionic behaviour or acts
- home comforts — things in a house that make it comfortable
- homoeroticism — a tendency to be sexually aroused by a member of the same sex.
- honor society — (in a college, university, or secondary school) a student society that admits members on the basis of academic merit and, sometimes, worthwhile contributions in extracurricular activities.
- horror-struck — stricken with horror; horrified; aghast.
- hortus siccus — a collection of dried plants; herbarium.
- hospital care — medical treatment provided in a hospital
- host computer — the main computer in a network: controls or performs certain functions for other computers.
- hot cross bun — a bun with a cross of frosting on it, eaten chiefly during Lent.
- house cricket — a dark brown cricket, Acheta domesticus, having a light-colored head with dark crossbands, commonly occurring throughout North America and Europe, where it may be an indoor pest.
- how's tricks? — how are you?
- hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
- hydrostatical — Alternative form of hydrostatic.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hypochlorites — Plural form of hypochlorite.
- hyposecretion — a diminished secretion.
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- hystricomorph — any rodent of the suborder Hystricomorpha, which includes porcupines, cavies, agoutis, and chinchillas
- ichthyosaurus — ichthyosaur.
- idiosyncratic — pertaining to the nature of idiosyncrasy, or something peculiar to an individual: The best minds are idiosyncratic and unpredictable as they follow the course of scientific discovery.
- imperfections — A fault, blemish, or undesirable feature.
- in respect of — with regard, with reference
- in respect to — with regard to
- in retrospect — contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
- inclinometers — Plural form of inclinometer.
- income stream — a flow of money into a business
- incongruities — the quality or condition of being incongruous.
- inconsiderate — without due regard for the rights or feelings of others: It was inconsiderate of him to keep us waiting.
- inconstruable — unable to be construed
- incorporators — one of the signers of the articles or certificate of legal incorporation.
- incorrectness — not correct as to fact; inaccurate; wrong: an incorrect statement.
- incorruptness — The state of being incorrupt.
- indirect cost — a business cost that is not directly accountable to a particular function or product; a fixed cost, as a land tax or the like.
- indiscretions — Plural form of indiscretion.