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

  • suicide watch — a system of regular checking on prisoners who seem likely to attempt suicide.
  • sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
  • superhelicity — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
  • switch engine — a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a yard.
  • switch-hitter — to be able to bat from either side of the plate, or both as a left-handed and as a right-handed batter.
  • switched-star — denoting or relating to a cable television system in which only one or two programme channels are fed to each subscriber, who can select other channels by remote control of a central switching point
  • sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
  • synchronicity — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
  • synchronistic — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
  • synodic month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • synthetically — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
  • tachistoscope — an apparatus for use in exposing visual stimuli, as pictures, letters, or words, for an extremely brief period, used chiefly to assess visual perception or to increase reading speed.
  • tachyphylaxis — Medicine/Medical. immediate, temporary immunization against the effects of injection of a toxic extract owing to previous small injections of the same extract.
  • tautochronism — the fact or quality of being a tautochrone
  • technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • telemechanics — the science or practice of operating mechanisms by remote control.
  • terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
  • testing bench — a piece of equipment for testing if a machine or device is working properly
  • tetrastichous — arranged in a spike of four vertical rows, as flowers.
  • the ascension — the bodily ascent of Jesus into heaven on the fortieth day after the Resurrection: Acts 1:9
  • the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
  • the conscious — that part of one's mental activity of which one is fully aware at any given time
  • the decencies — those things that are considered necessary for a decent life
  • the franchise — the right to vote, esp for representatives in a legislative body; suffrage
  • the provinces — those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture
  • the superrich — exceptionally wealthy people, considered collectively
  • the-alchemist — a comedy (1610) by Ben Jonson.
  • theatricalism — conduct suggesting theatrical actions or mannerisms, especially of an extravagant or exhibitionist sort.
  • thermoelastic — pertaining to the thermodynamic effects produced by deformation of an elastic substance.
  • thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • thermospheric — pertaining to the thermosphere
  • thermostatics — the branch of science concerned with thermal equilibrium
  • thick-skinned — having a thick skin.
  • thick-skulled — stupid; dull.
  • thieves' cant — slang used by thieves
  • thiosulphuric — of or relating to thiosulphuric acid or anything derived from it
  • thirty-second — next after the thirty-first; being the ordinal number for 32.
  • thoracentesis — insertion of a hollow needle or similar instrument into the pleural cavity of the chest in order to drain pleural fluid.
  • thromboclasis — thrombolysis.
  • thumb-sucking — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
  • tilting chest — a medieval chest decorated with a representation of a tournament.
  • toggle switch — a switch in which a projecting knob or arm, moving through a small arc, causes the contacts to open or close an electric circuit suddenly, as commonly used in most homes.
  • topochemistry — the study of reactions that only occur at specific regions in a system
  • toxicophagous — poison-eating
  • tracking shot — dolly shot.
  • transthoracic — of or relating to the thorax.
  • trichopterist — a student of, or expert in, trichopteran insects
  • trichopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Trichoptera, comprising the caddisflies.
  • trichromatism — the quality or condition of being trichromatic.
  • trip a switch — to activate (a mechanical trip)
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