13-letter words containing s, h, o, e
- chicken louse — a louse, Menopon pallidum (or gallinae); a parasite of poultry: order Mallophaga (bird lice)
- child process — (operating system) A process created by another process (the parent process). Each process may create many child processes but will have only one parent process, except for the very first process which has no parent. The first process, called init in Unix, is started by the kernel at boot time and never terminates. A child process inherits most of its attributes, such as open files, from its parent. In fact in Unix, a child process is created (using fork) as a copy of the parent. The chid process can then overlay itself with a different program (using exec) as required.
- child version — (system management) In change management, a configuration item derived by altering another item (its parent version).
- chiloe island — an island administered by Chile, off the W coast of South America in the Pacific Ocean: timber. Pop: 154 775 (2002, Chiloé province). Area: 8394 sq km (3240 sq miles)
- chinese block — a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow wooden block played with a drumstick
- chinese boxes — a nest of boxes, each of which fits into the next larger box
- chinese money — funny money (def 3).
- chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
- chokecherries — Plural form of chokecherry.
- choker-setter — (in logging) a worker whose job is to fasten a choker to logs.
- cholecystitis — inflammation of the gall bladder, due to bacterial infection or the presence of gallstones
- cholesteatoma — A destructive and expanding keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear and/or mastoid process.
- cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
- chopped steak — ground, cooked beef, usually served as a main course.
- chorepiscopal — (in early Christianity) relating to or connected with a local bishop
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- chosen people — any of various peoples believing themselves to be chosen by God, esp the Jews
- chrestomathic — (of teaching or learning) That has a practical use.
- chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
- chromesthesia — (neurology, psychology) sound-to-color synaesthesia.
- chromospheres — Plural form of chromosphere.
- chromospheric — Of or pertaining to the chromosphere.
- chronokinesis — (science fiction) The ability to manipulate time relevant to oneself.
- chrysophenine — a bright yellow dye derived from stilbene, used chiefly for dyeing leather and textiles.
- chrysophilite — a person who loves gold
- chrysotherapy — gold therapy.
- churchpersons — Plural form of churchperson.
- cinchonaceous — relating to cinchona
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- cleistothecia — (in certain ascomycetous fungi) a closed, globose ascocarp from which the ascospores are released only by its rupture or decay.
- clistothecium — cleistothecium.
- close at hand — lying in the near future or vicinity; nearby or imminent.
- close harmony — a type of singing in which all the parts except the bass lie close together and are confined to the compass of a tenth
- close to home — affecting sb personally
- close-at-hand — lying in the near future or vicinity; nearby or imminent.
- close-mouthed — Someone who is close-mouthed about something does not say much about it.
- clothes brush — a brush used to remove dust, fluff, dirt, etc from clothes
- clothes horse — A clothes horse is a folding frame used inside someone's house to hang washing on while it dries.
- clothes-horse — Informal. a person whose chief interest and pleasure is dressing fashionably.
- clothes-press — a piece of furniture for storing clothes, usually containing wide drawers and a cabinet
- clothesbasket — a basket for holding and carrying laundry.
- clotheshorses — Plural form of clotheshorse.
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- cochairperson — a person who cochairs an organization
- codeswitching — Alternative form of code-switching.
- cohesive soil — sticky soil such as clay or clayey silt whose strength depends on the surface tension of capillary water
- cold shoulder — If one person gives another the cold shoulder, they behave towards them in an unfriendly way, to show them that they do not care about them or that they want them to go away.
- cold-shoulder — to snub; show indifference to.
- colleagueship — workplace companionship