13-letter words containing a, c, u, s, l, i
- celiac plexus — solar plexus (def 1).
- celsius scale — a scale of temperature in which 0° represents the melting point of ice and 100° represents the boiling point of water
- cerium metals — the metals lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, and samarium, forming a sub-group of the lanthanides
- 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.
- charles louis — (Karl Ludwig Johann) 1771–1847, archduke of Austria.
- chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
- chlorous acid — an unstable acid that is a strong oxidizing agent. Formula: HClO2
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- church slavic — a liturgical language used in Eastern Orthodox churches in Slavic countries since the 11th or 12th century, representing a development of Old Church Slavonic through contact with the national Slavic languages.
- circularising — Present participle of circularise.
- circumspatial — Of or pertaining to the surrounding space.
- circumstellar — surrounding, or revolving around, a star
- clair-obscure — chiaroscuro.
- classic blues — a type of city blues performed by a female singer accompanied by a small group
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- cleistogamous — having small, unopened, self-pollinating flowers, usually in addition to the showier flowers
- clistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- club sandwich — a sandwich consisting of three or more slices of toast or bread with a filling
- cns stimulant — A CNS stimulant is any substance that stimulates the central nervous system.
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- coccobacillus — a spherelike bacillus.
- colleagueship — workplace companionship
- colloquialism — A colloquialism is a colloquial word or phrase.
- colloquialist — a skilled speaker
- colourisation — Alternative spelling of colorization.
- communalistic — Pertaining to communalism.
- communalities — the state or condition of being communal.
- conceptualise — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- conceptualism — the philosophical theory that the application of general words to a variety of objects reflects the existence of some mental entity through which the application is mediated and which constitutes the meaning of the term
- conceptualist — any of several doctrines existing as a compromise between realism and nominalism and regarding universals as concepts. Compare nominalism, realism (def 5).
- conclusionary — conclusory
- consanguineal — having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood.
- consequential — Consequential means the same as consequent.
- consuetudinal — According to custom; customary; usual.
- consultations — Plural form of consultation.
- consumability — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
- contextualise — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
- contextualism — (in motion-picture criticism) the theory that all incidents in a film must be viewed in the social, political, and cultural context with which the film concerns itself and in which it was made.
- contextualist — (in motion-picture criticism) the theory that all incidents in a film must be viewed in the social, political, and cultural context with which the film concerns itself and in which it was made.
- convulsionary — of or affected with convulsion.
- coralliferous — bearing or containing coral
- coralligenous — producing coral
- cosmeceutical — a cosmetic that has, or is claimed to have, pharmaceutical properties
- costimulation — Alternative spelling of co-stimulation.
- costimulatory — Of or pertaining to co-stimulation.
- counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.