13-letter words containing t, r, e, a, c, h
- merchant navy — commercial ships
- merchant ship — law: commercial vessel
- metachromasia — A characteristic change in the colour of staining carried out in biological tissues, exhibited by certain aniline dyes when they bind to particular substances present in these tissues, called chromotropes.
- metachromatic — change of color, especially that due to variation in the temperature of a body.
- metaheuristic — An experimental heuristic method for solving a general class of computational problems by combining user procedures in the hope of obtaining a more efficient or robust procedure.
- metamorphotic — Of or relating to metamorphosis.
- metaphoricity — The power of a metaphor.
- methocarbamol — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 5 , used as a muscle relaxant in combination with other drugs in the treatment of acute, painful musculoskeletal conditions.
- michelin star — a mark of distinction awarded by the Michelin travel guides to a restaurant in recognition of the high quality of its cooking. A restaurant may receive one, two, or three stars, representing very good, exceptional, or exquisite cuisine, respectively
- microlecithal — having a small amount of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- microteaching — a scaled-down teaching procedure with a few students under controlled conditions, often videotaped in order to analyze teaching techniques and develop new teaching skills.
- mineral pitch — asphalt.
- monochromated — Fitted with a monochromator.
- much-traveled — A much-traveled person has traveled a lot in foreign countries.
- multibranched — Having more than one branch.
- music theatre — a modern musical-dramatic work that is performed on a smaller scale than, and without the conventions of, traditional opera
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
- natchez trace — a road begun in 1806 between Natchez, Miss., and Nashville, Tenn.: about 500 miles (800 km) long.
- newport beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
- night crawler — an earthworm.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- non-rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
- nontheatrical — not relating to the theatre
- north america — the northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending from Central America to the Arctic Ocean. Highest point, Mt. McKinley, 20,300 feet (6187 meters); lowest, Death Valley, 276 feet (84 meters) below sea level. About 9,360,000 sq. mi. (24,242,400 sq. km).
- north channel — a strait between SW Scotland and NE Ireland. 14 miles (23 km) wide at the narrowest point.
- northern cape — the largest but least populated province in South Africa, in the NW part of the country; created in 1994 from part of Cape Province: agriculture, mining (esp diamonds). Capital: Kimberley. Pop: 1 145 861 (2011 est). Area: 139 703 sq km (361 830 sq miles)
- off the track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- on the carpet — a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- orchestra pit — musicians' seating in front of stage
- orchestra-pit — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- orchestralist — a person who writes or arranges orchestral music
- orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
- orchestration — (uncountable) the arrangement of music for performance by an orchestra.
- orchestrators — Plural form of orchestrator.
- orthocephalic — having a medium or intermediate relation between the height of the skull and the breadth or length.
- orthoepically — In terms of correct pronunciation.
- orthopaedical — Pertaining to orthopaedics; characteristic of orthopaedia.
- orthosilicate — a silicate mineral
- outreach work — work (done by welfare workers, volunteers, etc) designed to help and encourage disadvantaged members of the community
- oystercatcher — any of several long-billed wading birds of the genus Haematopus that have chiefly black-and-white plumage and that feed on oysters, clams, mussels, etc.
- parasynthetic — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parenthetical — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
- part exchange — If you give an old item in part exchange for something you are buying, the seller accepts the old item as part of the payment, so you do not have to give them as much money.
- parthenocarpy — the production of fruit without fertilization of an egg in the ovary.
- party machine — the internal organization of a political party, which decides its policies and directs its activities
- perchlorinate — to combine with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
- perilymphatic — the fluid between the bony and membranous labyrinths of the ear.
- petrochemical — a chemical substance obtained from petroleum or natural gas, as gasoline, kerosene, or petrolatum.