13-letter words containing t, r, o, c, h, a
- heterogametic — (of a species or individual organism) having two unlike gametes.
- heterographic — Misspelled; of or pertaining to an incorrect spelling or a spelling that differs from accepted standards.
- heterological — (grammar) Of an adjective, not describing itself.
- heteroplastic — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heterostracan — any of several ostracoderms of the order Heterostraci, from the Silurian and Devonian Periods, having the anterior part of the body enclosed in bony plates.
- heterothallic — having mycelia of two unlike types, both of which must participate in the sexual process. Compare homothallic (def 1).
- hogarth chair — a Queen Anne chair having a solid splat and cabriole legs, all pieces having a cyma curve or outline.
- homochromatic — of or relating to one hue; monochromatic.
- horrification — That which causes horror.
- horticultural — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
- hospital care — medical treatment provided in a hospital
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- hydropathical — Alternative form of hydropathic.
- hydrostatical — Alternative form of hydrostatic.
- hygrometrical — Alternative form of hygrometric.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hypercyanotic — blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
- hyperromantic — extremely or excessively romantic
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- hyracotherium — eohippus.
- iatrochemical — relating to iatrochemistry or iatrochemists
- ichthyosaurus — ichthyosaur.
- idiochromatic — (of a mineral) deriving a characteristic color from its capacity to absorb certain light rays.
- inharmonicity — the quality of being inharmonic
- interchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- intrathoracic — (anatomy) Within the thorax.
- jodhpuri coat — a coat worn by men in India, similar to but shorter than a sherwani
- john mccarthy — (person, artificial intelligence) A pioneer of artificial intelligence (he coined ther term). He invented Lisp at MIT in the late 1950s and later worked at SAIL. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- joseph crater — Joseph Force [fawrs,, fohrs] /fɔrs,, foʊrs/ (Show IPA), 1889–? a judge of the New York State Supreme Court: his mysterious disappearance on August 6, 1930, has never been solved.
- lead chromate — a yellow crystalline compound, PbCrO 4 , toxic, insoluble in water: used as an industrial paint pigment.
- lethal factor — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.
- literacy hour — (in England and Wales) a daily reading and writing lesson that was introduced into the national primary school curriculum in 1998 to raise standards of literacy
- logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
- logical truth — the property of being logically tautologous
- lycanthropous — Lycanthropic.
- macrolecithal — megalecithal.
- mastigophoric — Carrying or wielding a whip.
- matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
- matched order — an order placed with a broker to buy a specified stock at a price above the market price with the intention of immediately selling the stock through another broker at the same price. It is designed to give the appearance of active trading in the stock.
- 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.
- 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.
- microchip art — (hardware) (chip art, chip graffiti) Images etched on integrated circuits purely for decoration, visible only under a microscope.
- microhabitats — Plural form of microhabitat.
- 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.
- mitochondrial — (cytology) Of, or relating to mitochondria.
- monochromated — Fitted with a monochromator.