13-letter words containing t, e, s, c
- home counties — The Home Counties are the counties which surround London.
- homestead act — a special act of Congress (1862) that made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment, usually in lots of 160 acres, to be used as farms.
- homoeroticism — a tendency to be sexually aroused by a member of the same sex.
- homoscedastic — having the same variance.
- honey stomach — the crop of an ant, bee, or other hymenopterous insect, serving as a reservoir for honeydew and nectar, especially the enlarged crop of a honeybee in which nectar is acted on by enzymes to form honey.
- 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.
- hospital care — medical treatment provided in a hospital
- hospital case — a patient that is being, or needs to be, treated in a hospital
- host computer — the main computer in a network: controls or performs certain functions for other computers.
- host-specific — capable of living solely on or in one species of host, as a parasite that infests only chickens.
- hostel school — (in Canada) one of a series of boarding schools operated by the federal government in the northern territories for Indian and Eskimo students.
- 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.
- hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hyperesthetic — Relating to, or exhibiting, hyperesthesia.
- hypochlorites — Plural form of hypochlorite.
- hyposecretion — a diminished secretion.
- hypotheticals — Plural form of hypothetical.
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- ideal crystal — a crystal in which there are no defects or impurities
- identicalness — The state or quality of being identical.
- identity disc — a disc bearing details that serve to identify its wearer
- idiomaticness — Idiomaticity.
- ileocolostomy — the surgical formation of an artificial opening between the ileum and the colon.
- immanentistic — relating to immanentism
- immunochemist — A chemist whose speciality is immunochemistry.
- impactfulness — The quality of being impactful.
- impecuniosity — having little or no money; penniless; poor.
- imperfections — A fault, blemish, or undesirable feature.
- imperfectives — Plural form of imperfective.
- imperfectness — of, relating to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision.
- imperialistic — the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
- impertinences — Plural form of impertinence.
- imputrescible — not liable to decomposition or putrefaction; incorruptible: a tanning process to make skins imputrescible.
- 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.
- in the clouds — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- in the secret — among the people who know a secret
- inacquiescent — Not acquiescent.
- incandescents — Plural form of incandescent.
- incense stick — a stick coated with incense, which burns slowly, releasing a fragrant odour
- incentivising — Present participle of incentivise.
- incessantness — Quality of being incessant.
- inclinometers — Plural form of inclinometer.
- incombustible — not combustible; incapable of being burned; fireproof.
- income stream — a flow of money into a business
- incommodities — Plural form of incommodity.
- incompatibles — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- incongruities — the quality or condition of being incongruous.