13-letter words containing a, c, o, u, s, t
- autorickshaws — Plural form of autorickshaw.
- autoschediasm — anything done with little forethought or preparation
- autoschediaze — to do or act with little forethought or preparation
- autotoxicosis — autointoxication.
- autumn crocus — a liliaceous plant, Colchicum autumnale, of Europe and N Africa having pink or purplish autumn flowers
- bank discount — interest on a loan deducted from the principal amount when the loan is made and based on the loan's face value
- barcoo salute — a movement of the hand to brush flies away from the face
- beacon status — a ranking awarded by the government to an organization, rendering it eligible for extra funding, and aimed at encouraging organizations to share good practice with each other
- 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.
- brachypterous — having very short or incompletely developed wings
- buster collar — a round collar, similar to a lampshade in shape, that is fitted round the neck of an animal or bird, for example to prevent it removing or interfering with a dressing or other treatment
- calf's tongue — a molding having pendent, tonguelike members in relief against a flat or molded surface.
- capitulations — Plural form of capitulation.
- capsulization — The act or process of capsulizing.
- 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.
- carcinomatous — a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
- 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.
- cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
- cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.
- cash customer — a purchaser who pays cash rather than by check, credit card, or charge account.
- 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
- cauterisation — Alt form cauterization.
- chaetophorous — bearing bristles; setigerous.
- 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.
- chattel house — (esp in Barbados) a movable wooden dwelling, usually set on a foundation of loose stones on rented land
- chestnut coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 1 3/16 to 1 5/8 inch (3 to 4 cm).
- chiaroscurist — A painter who uses light and shade rather than colour to create the illusion of volume.
- chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- cleistogamous — having small, unopened, self-pollinating flowers, usually in addition to the showier flowers
- clistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- co-authorship — the state a coauthor
- coadjutorship — the state of being a coadjutor
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- colloquialist — a skilled speaker
- colourisation — Alternative spelling of colorization.
- come a stumer — to crash financially
- commensurated — Simple past tense and past participle of commensurate.
- commensurates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commensurate.
- communalistic — Pertaining to communalism.
- communalities — the state or condition of being communal.
- communicators — Plural form of communicator.