13-letter words containing a, b, c, o, u
- carburization — Impregnation or reaction with carbon, especially in the manufacture of steel.
- caribou inuit — a member of any of the Inuit peoples who formerly inhabited the Barren Lands of N Canada
- casual labour — people who are employed on a temporary, rather than a permanent or regular basis
- chiaochou bay — an inlet of the Yellow Sea, in E China, in Shandong province. 20 miles (32 km) long; 15 miles (24 km) wide.
- chukka (boot) — an ankle-high bootlike shoe, usually with two or three pairs of eyelets
- circuit board — A circuit board is the same as a printed circuit board.
- circumorbital — (anatomy) Around the eye.
- clair-obscure — chiaroscuro.
- clare-obscure — chiaroscuro.
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- 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
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
- coagulability — The ability to coagulate, of being coagulable.
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- coccobacillus — a spherelike bacillus.
- collar button — the button used to fasten the collar down on a garment
- colorado ruby — a fire-red form of garnet found in Colorado and other parts of North America
- commeasurable — having the same measure or extent; commensurate.
- commensurable — having a common factor
- commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
- commutability — The quality of being commutable.
- computability — (computing theory) The property of being computable by purely mechanical means.
- concept album — an album that has a unifying theme or that tells a single story
- confabulating — Present participle of confabulate.
- confabulation — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
- confabulatory — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
- congratulable — worthy of congratulation
- conjecturable — Able to be conjectured upon.
- consumability — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
- contributable — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- corticobulbar — Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the brainstem, especially with regard to the corticobulbar tract, a white matter pathway connecting the two.
- cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
- coulomb's law — the principle that the force of attraction or repulsion between two point electric charges is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. A similar law holds for particles with mass
- counter table — a medieval English table having a top divided into appropriately marked spaces for various denominations of money.
- counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
- cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
- currant borer — the larva of a clearwing moth, Ramosia tipuliformis, that bores into the stems of currants.
- customer base — A business's customer base is all its regular customers, considered as a group.
- cut both ways — to have both good and bad effects
- cutting board — A cutting board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
- debit account — a bank account which allows you to buy goods or services with money that you have put into the account
- diplobacillus — a double bacillus; two bacilli linked end to end.
- direct labour — work that is an essential part of a production process or the provision of a service
- dole cupboard — a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor.
- double tackle — a pulley system using blocks having two grooved wheels.
- double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
- double-action — (of a firearm) requiring only one pull of the trigger to cock and fire it.
- encourageable — Able to be encouraged; suggestible.
- faculty board — the governing body of a faculty