13-letter words containing a, c, h, r, o
- climatography — an account of a region's climate
- clock watcher — an employee who demonstrates lack of interest in a job by watching the time closely to be sure to stop work as soon as the workday or shift is over.
- clock-watcher — an employee who checks the time in anticipation of a break or of the end of the working day
- close harmony — a type of singing in which all the parts except the bass lie close together and are confined to the compass of a tenth
- cloud chamber — an apparatus for detecting high-energy particles by observing their tracks through a chamber containing a supersaturated vapour. Each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
- co-authorship — the state a coauthor
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- coadjutorship — the state of being a coadjutor
- coal merchant — a person engaged in the purchase and sale of coal for profit
- cochairperson — a person who cochairs an organization
- cochlear duct — a spiral tube enclosed in the bony canal of the cochlea.
- cochleariform — having a spoon shape
- cocktail hour — the interval before the evening meal during which cocktails and other alcoholic beverages are often served.
- coinheritance — joint inheritance
- coldheartedly — Alternative spelling of cold-heartedly.
- colomb-bechar — former name of Béchar.
- commandership — a person who commands.
- compass north — magnetic north, as indicated on a particular compass at a given moment.
- concord coach — a 19th-cent. type of stagecoach used by early settlers of the western U.S.
- containership — a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
- control chart — a chart on which observed values of a variable are plotted, usually against the expected value of the variable and its allowable deviation, so that excessive variations in the quality, quantity, etc, of the variable can be detected
- cooper's hawk — a small North American hawk, Accipiter cooperii, having a bluish-grey back and wings and a reddish-brown breast
- copartnership — a partnership or association between two equals, esp in a business enterprise
- copperheadism — U.S. History. (during the Civil War) the advocacy of peace negotiations to restore the Union to its prewar condition, with continued slavery in the South.
- copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
- core handling — Core handling is the way that a core is dealt with to make sure it maintains its properties for testing.
- corinth canal — a ship canal connecting the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf across the Isthmus of Corinth
- corinthianize — to live a promiscuous life
- corn exchange — A corn exchange is a large building where, in former times, grain was bought and sold.
- cornish pasty — A Cornish pasty is a small pie with meat and vegetables inside.
- coronagraphic — Of, pertaining to, or employing a coronagraph.
- costochondral — (anatomy) Relating to ribs and cartilage.
- cotton mather — Cotton, 1663–1728, American clergyman and author.
- counter shaft — A counter shaft is a shaft that runs parallel to the main shaft in a gearbox, and carries the pinion wheels.
- counterchange — to change parts, qualities, etc
- countercharge — a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser
- countershafts — Plural form of countershaft.
- counterthreat — an opposing or retaliatory threat
- court hearing — an official meeting held in court
- coxwell chair — Cogswell chair.
- crash blossom — an ambiguously worded headline whose meaning can be interpreted in the wrong way, as “Missing Woman Remains Found.”. See also garden-path.
- crash program — a plan of action entailing rapid and intensive production, growth, or the like, undertaken to meet a deadline or solve a pressing problem: a crash program to develop a new fighter plane.
- cross the bar — to die
- cross-channel — Cross-Channel travel is travel across the English Channel, especially by boat.
- crosshatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- crow-pheasant — a large coucal, Centropus sinensis, of Asia, having black and brown plumage and a long tail.
- cryotherapies — Plural form of cryotherapy.
- cryptographer — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
- cryptographic — Relating to cryptography.
- cryptoxanthin — a carotenoid pigment, C40H56O, in butter, eggs, and various plants, that can be converted into vitamin A in the body