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13-letter words containing a, c, e, n, t, o

  • beta carotene — a yellowish form of carotene: a dietary deficiency of this is associated with a greater risk of certain cancers
  • beta function — a function of two variables, usually expressed as an improper integral and equal to the quotient of the product of the values of the gamma function at each variable divided by the value of the gamma function at the sum of the variables.
  • beta-blocking — acting to inhibit the activity of the nerves that are stimulated by adrenaline
  • beta-carotene — the most abundant of various isomers of carotene, C 40 H 56 , that can be converted by the body to vitamin A.
  • bicontinental — of, on, or involving two continents: a bicontinental survey.
  • bidirectional — (of a printhead) capable of printing from left to right and from right to left
  • bisectionally — from a bisectional point of view
  • black section — (in Britain in the 1980s) an unofficial group within the Labour Party in any constituency that represented the interests of local Black people
  • boat neckline — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
  • body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
  • bouncy castle — A bouncy castle is a large object filled with air, often in the shape of a castle, which children play on at a fairground or other outdoor event.
  • boynton beach — a city in SE Florida.
  • buoyant force — the law that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force (buoyant force) equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body.
  • by contraries — contrary to what is expected
  • calf's tongue — a molding having pendent, tonguelike members in relief against a flat or molded surface.
  • calorifacient — (of foods) producing heat.
  • camping stove — a portable stove powered by butane gas canisters, designed to be used for cooking while camping
  • cancellations — Plural form of cancellation.
  • canton enamel — Chinese enamelware similar to Limoges.
  • canton ginger — preserved or crystallized ginger of fine quality.
  • capitate bone — the largest and central bone of the carpus, articulating with the second, third, and fourth metacarpal bones.
  • carbon credit — Carbon credits are an allowance that certain companies have, permitting them to burn a certain amount of fossil fuels.
  • carbon offset — a compensatory measure made by an individual or company for carbon emissions, usually through sponsoring activities or projects which increase carbon dioxide absorption, such as tree planting
  • carbon tissue — a sheet of paper coated with pigmented gelatine, used in the carbon process
  • carbon-tissue — paper faced with a preparation of carbon or other material, used between two sheets of plain paper in order to reproduce on the lower sheet that which is written or typed on the upper.
  • carbonneutral — pertaining to or having achieved a state in which the net amount of carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds emitted into the atmosphere is reduced to zero because it is balanced by actions to reduce or offset these emissions: Since the administration installed solar panels, the campus has become carbon neutral; a carbon-neutral brewery.
  • cariogenicity — conducive to the production or promotion of dental caries: the cariogenic factors in sweets.
  • carlton table — an English writing table of c1800, having curved rear corners and a top with drawers surmounted by a U -shaped section of drawers and cabinets, topped by a brass or ormolu gallery surrounding three sides of the writing area.
  • carnot engine — an engine using a Carnot cycle of operations.
  • carpenterworm — the larva of the carpenterworm moth.
  • carrie nation — Carry or Carrie (Amelia Moore) 1846–1911, U.S. temperance leader.
  • cartelization — The act of cartelizing.
  • carton-pierre — papier-mâché decorated in imitation of wood, stone, or metal, and chiefly used for ornamental statuary or decorative motifs.
  • case in point — a specific, appropriate, or relevant instance or example
  • cased edition — a hardback book sold in a protective box that is open at one edge so that you can see the spine of the book
  • casement door — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
  • castellations — Defensive or decorative parapets with regularly spaced notches; battlements.
  • caster action — the tendency, caused by the design of the mounting, of a wheel to turn into its plane of rotation
  • cat and mouse — Also called cat and rat. a children's game in which players in a circle keep a player from moving into or out of the circle and permit a second player to move into or out of the circle to escape the pursuing first player.
  • cat-and-mouse — denoting a fight or contest in which participants attempt to confuse or deceive each other in a cruel or teasing way, esp before a final act of cruelty or unkindness
  • catch oneself — to hold oneself back abruptly from saying or doing something
  • catechization — The act of catechizing.
  • catecholamine — any of a group of hormones that are catechol derivatives, esp adrenaline and noradrenaline
  • cauterisation — Alt form cauterization.
  • cauterization — to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, especially for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
  • caution money — a sum of money deposited as security for good conduct, against possible debts, etc
  • centenionalis — a silver coin of ancient Rome, first issued by Diocletian as the 100th part of a solidus, later greatly debased.
  • center around — to have as a central point, focus of attention, etc.
  • central karoo — an arid plateau of S central South Africa, in Cape Province, separated from the Little Karoo to the southwest by the Swartberg range. Average height: 750 m (2500 ft)
  • centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
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