13-letter words containing a, l, c, o, p
- contemplating — to think studiously; meditate; consider deliberately.
- contemplation — thoughtful or long consideration or observation
- contemplatist — a contemplator
- contemplative — Someone who is contemplative thinks deeply, or is thinking in a serious and calm way.
- contemplators — Plural form of contemplator.
- control panel — the part of a machine or piece of equipment that houses the controls
- convertiplane — an aircraft that can land and take off vertically by temporarily directing its propulsive thrust downwards
- convexo-plane — plano-convex
- cooperatively — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- copy the mail — letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system: Storms delayed delivery of the mail.
- copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
- cor pulmonale — pulmonary heart disease: a serious heart condition in which there is enlargement and failure of the right ventricle resulting from lung disease
- coral springs — city in SE Fla.: pop. 118,000
- corpora lutea — corpus luteum
- corporate law — law that relates to corporations and to business activities in general
- corporational — an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. See also municipal corporation, public corporation.
- corporealness — The state or quality of being corporeal.
- corticospinal — Of, or pertaining to, or connecting the cerebral cortex and the spinal cord.
- cosmopolitans — Plural form of cosmopolitan.
- cotemporality — The state or characteristic of existing or occurring during the same period of time.
- cottage tulip — a late-flowering type of tulip, usually having pointed or elongated flowers.
- counterplayer — a person who makes a counterplay
- court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
- crapulousness — The state or quality of being crapulous.
- crowd pleaser — a person, performance, etc., having great popular appeal.
- crowd-pleaser — If you describe a performer, politician, or sports player as a crowd-pleaser, you mean they always please their audience. You can also describe an action or event as a crowd-pleaser.
- cryptoanalyst — Alternative form of cryptanalyst.
- cryptoclastic — (of minerals and rocks) composed of microscopic fragments
- cryptoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
- cryptological — cryptography.
- cup of elijah — Elijah's cup.
- cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- cycloparaffin — any of a series of saturated alicyclic hydrocarbons of the general formula CnH2n, having a closed chain of three or more carbon atoms, as cyclohexane
- cymbocephalic — scaphocephaly.
- cyproconazole — (organic compound) The conazole fungicide \u03b1-(4-chlorophenyl)-\u03b1-(1-cyclopropylethyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ethanol.
- cytopathology — a branch of pathology that examines individual cells in order to diagnose disease
- dactylography — the scientific study of fingerprints for purposes of identification
- decimal point — A decimal point is the dot in front of a decimal fraction.
- decompilation — The act, or the result of decompiling.
- deduplication — (computing) The elimination of redundant duplicate data.
- demographical — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
- deprecatorily — In a deprecatory manner.
- diaphoretical — Alternative form of diaphoretic.
- diencephalons — Plural form of diencephalon.
- diplobacillus — a double bacillus; two bacilli linked end to end.
- dipsomaniacal — Pertaining to or suffering from dipsomania.
- dock-walloper — a casual laborer about docks or wharves.
- dole cupboard — a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor.
- dolichocephal — a person with a head much longer than it is broad