13-letter words containing t, h, e, i, l
- bibliothecary — a librarian
- bibliotherapy — the use of reading as therapy
- big-heartedly — in a big-hearted manner
- billy the kid — nickname of William H. Bonney. 1859–81, US outlaw
- biotechnology — Biotechnology is the use of living parts such as cells or bacteria in industry and technology.
- bishop violet — a reddish purple.
- blandishments — Blandishments are pleasant things that someone says to another person in order to persuade them to do something.
- blinkenlights — /blink'*n-li:tz/ Front-panel diagnostic lights on a computer, especially a dinosaur. Derives from the last word of the famous blackletter-Gothic sign in mangled pseudo-German that once graced about half the computer rooms in the English-speaking world. One version ran in its entirety as follows: In an amusing example of turnabout-is-fair-play, German hackers have developed their own versions of the blinkenlights poster in fractured English, one of which is reproduced here: ATTENTION This room is fullfilled mit special electronische equippment. Fingergrabbing and pressing the cnoeppkes from the computers is allowed for die experts only! So all the "lefthanders" stay away and do not disturben the brainstorming von here working intelligencies. Otherwise you will be out thrown and kicked anderswhere! Also: please keep still and only watchen astaunished the blinkenlights. See also geef.
- blue whistler — blue norther.
- breathability — fitness to be breathed
- bridal wreath — any of several N temperate rosaceous shrubs of the genus Spiraea, esp S. prunifolia, cultivated for their sprays of small white flowers
- bristle brush — a brush made with animal bristles
- british isles — a group of islands in W Europe, consisting of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Orkney, Shetland, the Channel Islands belonging to Great Britain, and the islands adjacent to these
- brotherliness — of, like, or befitting a brother; affectionate and loyal; fraternal: brotherly love.
- butcher linen — a strong, heavy fabric made of rayon or rayon and cotton with a linen finish, constructed in plain weave.
- butterflyfish — any small tropical marine percoid fish of the genera Chaetodon, Chelmon, etc, that has a deep flattened brightly coloured or strikingly marked body and brushlike teeth: family Chaetodontidae
- callisthenics — light exercises designed to promote general fitness, develop muscle tone, etc
- candlelighter — a person whose task it is to light candles
- casting wheel — a wheel having on its circumference molds for receiving molten metal.
- catechistical — Pertaining to a catechism.
- catecholamine — any of a group of hormones that are catechol derivatives, esp adrenaline and noradrenaline
- cephalization — (in the evolution of animals) development of a head by the concentration of feeding and sensory organs and nervous tissue at the anterior end
- cephalometric — Relating to cephalometrics.
- chalcostibite — a mineral, antimony copper sulfide, CuSbS 2 , occurring in lead-gray crystals.
- chalicotheres — Plural form of chalicothere.
- changeability — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
- chargeability — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
- charlatanries — Plural form of charlatanry.
- chastity belt — a locking beltlike device with a loop designed to go between a woman's legs in order to prevent her from having sexual intercourse
- checkout girl — a female employee who works on a supermarket checkout
- checkout line — A checkout line is a line of customers waiting to pay at a checkout counter.
- chesterfields — Plural form of chesterfield.
- cheviot hills — a range of hills on the border between England and Scotland, mainly in Northumberland
- chicago style — a style of jazz flourishing in Chicago especially in the early 1920s, constituting a direct offshoot of New Orleans style, and differing from its predecessor chiefly in the diminished influence of native folk sources, the greater tension of its group improvisation, the increased emphasis on solos, and the regular use of the tenor saxophone as part of the ensemble.
- child benefit — In Britain, child benefit is an amount of money paid weekly by the state to families for each of their children.
- child cruelty — cruelty directed against children
- chlorargyrite — a mineral, the naturally occurring form of silver chloride, formed in the oxidation process of silver
- chloromycetin — chloramphenicol
- cholecystitis — inflammation of the gall bladder, due to bacterial infection or the presence of gallstones
- cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- christianlike — like or befitting a Christian.
- chromatophile — Also, chromophilic, chromophilous [kroh-mof-uh-luh s] /kroʊˈmɒf ə ləs/ (Show IPA), chromatophilic, chromatophilous. staining readily.
- chrysophilite — a person who loves gold
- cigar lighter — a small, portable implement containing fuel which produces a flame with which to light a cigarette
- civil righter — a civil rightist.
- clear the air — to rid a situation of tension or discord by settling misunderstandings, etc
- clear-sighted — If you describe someone as clear-sighted, you admire them because they are able to understand situations well and to make sensible judgments and decisions about them.
- clearing bath — any solution for removing material from the surface of a photographic image, as silver halide, metallic silver, or a dye or stain.
- cleistothecia — (in certain ascomycetous fungi) a closed, globose ascocarp from which the ascospores are released only by its rupture or decay.