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13-letter words containing t, h, r, a

  • butcher's saw — a type of hacksaw used especially by butchers for cutting through meat and bones.
  • butyraldehyde — a colourless flammable pungent liquid used in the manufacture of resins. Formula: CH3(CH2)2CHO
  • cache storage — cache (def 3).
  • calabash tree — a tropical American evergreen tree, Crescentia cujete, that produces large round gourds: family Bignoniaceae
  • call the turn — to predict successfully
  • calligraphist — fancy penmanship, especially highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes: She appreciated the calligraphy of the 18th century.
  • candlelighter — a person whose task it is to light candles
  • 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
  • carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
  • carboxymethyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical -CH2-COOH derived from acetic acid.
  • card clothing — a very sturdy fabric with a leather or rubber fillet imbedded with wire teeth for disentangling and cleaning textile fibers, used to cover the rollers or flats of a carding machine.
  • cardiopathies — Plural form of cardiopathy.
  • carpet knight — a soldier who spends his life away from battle; idler
  • carpetmuncher — Alternative form of carpet muncher.
  • carrantuohill — a mountain in SW Republic of Ireland, in Macgillicuddy's Reeks in Kerry: the highest peak in Ireland. Height: 1041 m (3414 ft)
  • carry the can — to take the responsibility for some misdemeanour, etc (on behalf of)
  • carry the day — to win a contest or competition; succeed
  • carry through — If you carry something through, you do it or complete it, often in spite of difficulties.
  • carte blanche — If someone gives you carte blanche, they give you the authority to do whatever you think is right.
  • cartographers — Plural form of cartographer.
  • cash customer — a purchaser who pays cash rather than by check, credit card, or charge account.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • catastrophism — an old doctrine, now discarded, that the earth was created and has subsequently been shaped by sudden divine acts which have no logical connection with each other rather than by gradual evolutionary processes
  • catastrophist — the doctrine that certain vast geological changes in the earth's history were caused by catastrophes rather than gradual evolutionary processes.
  • catastrophize — (obsolete) To end a comedy.
  • catcher's box — box1 (def 16d).
  • cathartically — of or relating to catharsis.
  • catheterizing — Present participle of catheterize.
  • cathodography — the process or practice of taking photographs using cathode rays
  • cecropia moth — a large North American saturniid moth, Hyalophora (or Samia) cecropia, with brightly coloured wings and feathery antennae
  • cephalometric — Relating to cephalometrics.
  • cephalothorax — the anterior part of many crustaceans and some other arthropods consisting of a united head and thorax
  • chaetophorous — bearing bristles; setigerous.
  • chain printer — a line printer in which the type is on a continuous chain, used to print computer output
  • chain reactor — reactor (def 4).
  • chalicotheres — Plural form of chalicothere.
  • chapter house — A chapter house is the building or set of rooms in the grounds of a cathedral where the members of the clergy hold their meetings.
  • character key — key
  • character set — a set of characters to display on a computer screen or be printed out that are all of the same design
  • characterised — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
  • characterises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of characterise.
  • characterized — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
  • characterizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of characterize.
  • characterless — If you describe something as characterless, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting.
  • chargeability — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
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