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13-letter words containing a, c, o, u, n

  • carillonneurs — Plural form of carillonneur.
  • carnivorously — In a carnivorous manner.
  • carotid sinus — specialized nerve end organs producing a slight dilatation of the carotid artery where it branches into the external and internal carotid arteries, responding to changes in blood pressure by mediating changes in the heartbeat rate.
  • carrantuohill — a mountain in SW Republic of Ireland, in Macgillicuddy's Reeks in Kerry: the highest peak in Ireland. Height: 1041 m (3414 ft)
  • cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
  • cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.
  • cash discount — a discount granted to a purchaser who pays before a stipulated date
  • casting couch — a couch on which a casting director is said to seduce women seeking a part in a film or play
  • casualisation — (economics) The process by which employment shifts from a preponderance of full-time and permanent or contract positions to higher levels of casual positions.
  • casualization — the altering of working practices so that regular workers are re-employed on a casual or short-term basis
  • 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
  • caudine forks — a narrow pass in the Apennines, in S Italy, between Capua and Benevento: scene of the defeat of the Romans by the Samnites (321 bc)
  • cause offence — If you cause offence or give offence to someone, you say or do something rude which upsets or embarrasses them.
  • 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
  • cavernicolous — inhabiting caves or cavelike places
  • center around — to have as a central point, focus of attention, etc.
  • ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
  • chaise longue — A chaise longue is a kind of sofa with only one arm and usually a back along half its length.
  • chaise lounge — A chaise lounge is the same as a chaise longue.
  • changchiak'ou — Zhangjiakou.
  • charnel house — A charnel house is a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored.
  • chestnut coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 1 3/16 to 1 5/8 inch (3 to 4 cm).
  • chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
  • chun doo hwan — born 1931, South Korean political leader: president 1980–88.
  • cinchonaceous — relating to cinchona
  • clamorousness — The state or quality of being clamorous.
  • clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
  • coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
  • coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
  • coco language — (language)   (Cocol) A language for writing left-attributed LL1 grammars, used as the input language for the Coco LL1 parser generator, which produces Modula-2 table-driven parsers as output. Cocol-2 is a version for the Coco-2 generator. Cocol/R is an improvement over the original Cocol and Cocol-2.
  • coconut cream — Also called cream of coconut. a creamy white liquid skimmed from the top of coconut milk that has been made by soaking grated coconut meat in water, used in East Indian cookery, mixed drinks, etc.
  • coconut water — the watery, drinkable liquid inside an immature coconut.
  • cocultivation — the act of cultivating jointly
  • coeducational — A coeducational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
  • coeur d'alene — a member of an Indian people in N Idaho around Coeur d'Alene Lake.
  • collar button — the button used to fasten the collar down on a garment
  • colourisation — Alternative spelling of colorization.
  • commaundement — Obsolete spelling of commandment.
  • commensurable — having a common factor
  • commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
  • commensurated — Simple past tense and past participle of commensurate.
  • commensurates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commensurate.
  • common iguana — the green iguana (Iguana iguana)
  • communalistic — Pertaining to communalism.
  • communalities — the state or condition of being communal.
  • communalizing — Present participle of communalize.
  • communautaire — supporting the principles of the European Community (now the European Union)
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