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13-letter words containing a, i, r, c

  • carbolic-acid — Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
  • carbon credit — Carbon credits are an allowance that certain companies have, permitting them to burn a certain amount of fossil fuels.
  • carbon dating — Carbon dating is a system of calculating the age of a very old object by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon it contains.
  • carbon ribbon — the ribbon in a typewriter which contains the ink which produces the letters on paper
  • 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.
  • carbonatation — saturation or reaction with carbon dioxide.
  • carbonic acid — a weak acid formed when carbon dioxide combines with water: obtained only in aqueous solutions, never in the pure state. Formula: H2CO3
  • carboniferous — yielding coal or carbon
  • carbonisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of carbonization.
  • carbonium ion — type of positively charged organic ion
  • carbonization — Carbonization is a process in which a fuel is heated without air to leave solid porous carbon.
  • carbonylation — the introduction of a carbonyl group into a compound through chemical reaction
  • carboxylation — a chemical reaction that introduces a carboxyl group into a molecule or compound, forming a carboxylic acid or a carboxylate
  • carburization — Impregnation or reaction with carbon, especially in the manufacture of steel.
  • carcinologist — a person who specializes in carcinology
  • carcinomatous — a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
  • carcinophobia — Inordinate dread of contracting cancer.
  • card clothing — a very sturdy fabric with a leather or rubber fillet imbedded with wire teeth for disentangling and cleaning textile fibers, used to cover the rollers or flats of a carding machine.
  • card-carrying — A card-carrying member of a particular group or political party is an official member of that group or party, rather than someone who supports it.
  • cardiac cycle — one complete heartbeat, consisting of one contraction and relaxation of the heart.
  • cardiganshire — a former county of W Wales: became part of Dyfed in 1974; reinstated as Ceredigion in 1996
  • cardinal fish — a small brightly coloured fish found in shallow tropical seas, of the family Apogonidae, the male of which often broods eggs in its mouth
  • cardinal sign — any of the four astrological signs, Aries, Cancer, Libra, or Capricorn, that begin at the equinoxes and solstices, thus marking the beginning of the seasons: characterized by the attribute of strong initiative.
  • cardinalitial — relating to a cardinal or cardinalship
  • cardinalities — Plural form of cardinality.
  • cardiographic — (physiology) Of or pertaining to, or produced by, a cardiograph.
  • cardiological — the study of the heart and its functions in health and disease.
  • cardiologists — Plural form of cardiologist.
  • cardiomegalia — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
  • cardiopathies — Plural form of cardiopathy.
  • cardioversion — restoring the rhythm of the heart to normal by applying direct-current electrical shock.
  • carias andino — Tiburcio [tee-voor-syaw] /tiˈvur syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1968, Honduran lawyer, soldier, and statesman: president 1933–49.
  • caribbean sea — an almost landlocked sea, part of the Atlantic Ocean, bounded by the Caribbean islands, Central America, and the N coast of South America. Area: 2 718 200 sq km (1 049 500 sq miles)
  • caribbee bark — the bark of any of various tropical American and Caribbean rubiaceous trees of the genus Exostema, used as a substitute for cinchona bark
  • caribou inuit — a member of any of the Inuit peoples who formerly inhabited the Barren Lands of N Canada
  • carillonneurs — Plural form of carillonneur.
  • cariogenicity — conducive to the production or promotion of dental caries: the cariogenic factors in sweets.
  • carnegie hall — a famous concert hall in New York (opened 1891); endowed by Andrew Carnegie
  • carnegie unit — a standardized unit of measurement for evaluating courses in secondary schools in terms of college entrance requirements, representing one year's study in any subject, that subject having been taught for a minimum of 120 classroom hours to qualify.
  • carnification — the conversion of tissue into flesh or a fleshlike substance, as of lung tissue into fibrous tissue as a result of pneumonia.
  • carnivalesque — characteristic of, suitable for, or like a carnival
  • carnivorously — In a carnivorous manner.
  • carnot engine — an engine using a Carnot cycle of operations.
  • carol service — a service, held in a church around Christmas, at which Christmas carols are sung
  • carolina lily — a bulbous lily, Lilium michauxii, of the southeastern U.S., having large, spotted, orange-red flowers with recurved petals.
  • carolina rail — sora.
  • carolina wren — a large wren, Thryothorus ludovicianus, of the U.S., having a musical call.
  • 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.
  • carpet knight — a soldier who spends his life away from battle; idler
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