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13-letter words containing s, t, c, h

  • autoschediasm — anything done with little forethought or preparation
  • autoschediaze — to do or act with little forethought or preparation
  • baby snatcher — a person who steals a baby from its pram
  • bachelorettes — Plural form of bachelorette.
  • back straight — a straight part of a circuit, esp of an athletics track or a racecourse, furthest from the finishing point
  • backscratcher — an implement with a long handle, used for scratching one's back
  • backstitching — Present participle of backstitch.
  • bag-snatching — theft that involves snatching women's handbags
  • balance shaft — a shaft in a vehicle engine that is designed to reduce the amount of vibration from other moving parts as it rotates
  • balance sheet — A balance sheet is a written statement of the amount of money and property that a company or person has, including amounts of money that are owed or are owing. Balance sheet is also used to refer to the general financial state of a company.
  • ballet school — a school where professional ballet dancers are trained
  • baltic shield — the wide area of ancient rock in Scandinavia
  • barber's itch — any of various fungal infections of the bearded portion of the neck and face
  • batch-process — to perform batch processing on (files)
  • 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.
  • berchtesgaden — a town in Germany, in SE Bavaria: site of the fortified mountain retreat of Adolf Hitler. Pop: 7667 (2003 est)
  • bitch goddess — worldly or material success personified as a goddess, especially one requiring sacrifice and being essentially destructive: He went to New York to worship the bitch goddess.
  • bitch session — a discussion in which people complain or gripe, usually about a shared experience: Their first date turned into a four-hour bitch session about their ex-spouses' lawyers.
  • bits per inch — (unit)   (BPI) A measure of the recording density of a magnetic tape or disk.
  • blacksmithing — the work of a blacksmith.
  • blanket chest — a chest, with or without drawers, having a rectangular space under a lifting lid or top, used for storing blankets, bedding, or clothing.
  • body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
  • box stretcher — a heavy rectangular stretcher connecting successive legs of a table, chair, etc.
  • brachypterous — having very short or incompletely developed wings
  • breeches part — a male role played by an actress.
  • bronchiolitis — a condition in which the small airways in the lungs become inflamed by a virus. It is most common in infants, who become breathless in severe cases. Recurrent attacks may lead to asthma
  • budget speech — the speech in which the Chancellor presents his budget to parliament
  • butcher's boy — a boy doing deliveries for a butcher and perhaps also learning the butchery trade, esp in the past
  • butcher's saw — a type of hacksaw used especially by butchers for cutting through meat and bones.
  • cache storage — cache (def 3).
  • cactus dahlia — a double-flowered variety of dahlia
  • calabash tree — a tropical American evergreen tree, Crescentia cujete, that produces large round gourds: family Bignoniaceae
  • calligraphist — fancy penmanship, especially highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes: She appreciated the calligraphy of the 18th century.
  • callisthenics — light exercises designed to promote general fitness, develop muscle tone, etc
  • candidateship — candidature
  • cape hatteras — a promontory off the E coast of North Carolina, on Hatteras Island, which is situated between Pamlico Sound and the Atlantic: known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic" for its danger to shipping
  • capstan lathe — a lathe for repetitive work, having a rotatable turret resembling a capstan to hold tools for successive operations
  • carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
  • cardiopathies — Plural form of cardiopathy.
  • cartographers — Plural form of cartographer.
  • cash customer — a purchaser who pays cash rather than by check, credit card, or charge account.
  • cash discount — a discount granted to a purchaser who pays before a stipulated date
  • cash receipts — the money a business receives from its customers over a specified period
  • cash register — A cash register is a machine in a shop, pub, or restaurant that is used to add up and record how much money people pay, and in which the money is kept.
  • cash-strapped — If a person or organization is cash-strapped, they do not have enough money to buy or pay for the things they want or need.
  • casting couch — a couch on which a casting director is said to seduce women seeking a part in a film or play
  • casting wheel — a wheel having on its circumference molds for receiving molten metal.
  • 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
  • cat's whisker — a pointed wire used to make contact with the crystal in a crystal radio receiver
  • catastrophise — Alt form catastrophize.
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