13-letter words containing a, e, s, t, h
- blanket sheet — a newspaper of larger than average size, common in the mid 19th century.
- blepharoplast — a cylindrical cytoplasmic body in protozoa
- body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
- bottle-washer — a menial or factotum
- brachypterous — having very short or incompletely developed wings
- breakthroughs — a military movement or advance all the way through and beyond an enemy's front-line defense.
- breeches part — a male role played by an actress.
- bundle sheath — a layer of cells in plant leaves and stems that surrounds a vascular bundle.
- butcher's saw — a type of hacksaw used especially by butchers for cutting through meat and bones.
- cache storage — cache (def 3).
- calabash tree — a tropical American evergreen tree, Crescentia cujete, that produces large round gourds: family Bignoniaceae
- callisthenics — light exercises designed to promote general fitness, develop muscle tone, etc
- candidateship — candidature
- 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
- capstan lathe — a lathe for repetitive work, having a rotatable turret resembling a capstan to hold tools for successive operations
- carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
- cardiopathies — Plural form of cardiopathy.
- 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.
- casting wheel — a wheel having on its circumference molds for receiving molten metal.
- 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.
- catastrophize — (obsolete) To end a comedy.
- catch oneself — to hold oneself back abruptly from saying or doing something
- catch the sun — to become slightly sunburnt
- catcher's box — box1 (def 16d).
- catechistical — Pertaining to a catechism.
- cayenne-whist — a seaport in and the capital of French Guiana.
- chaetophorous — bearing bristles; setigerous.
- chalcostibite — a mineral, antimony copper sulfide, CuSbS 2 , occurring in lead-gray crystals.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- charlatanries — Plural form of charlatanry.
- charles abbot — Charles Greeley, 1872–1973, U.S. astrophysicist.
- charles swart — Charles Robberts [rob-erts] /ˈrɒb ərts/ (Show IPA), 1894–1982, South African statesman: president 1961–67.
- chase mortise — a mortise having one inclined narrow side.
- chastisements — severe criticism; a rebuke or strong reprimand.
- chastity belt — a locking beltlike device with a loop designed to go between a woman's legs in order to prevent her from having sexual intercourse
- chattel house — (esp in Barbados) a movable wooden dwelling, usually set on a foundation of loose stones on rented land
- cheese grater — an implement for grating cheese
- cheiromantist — A chiromancer.