13-letter words containing a, l, o, c
- cholesteatoma — A destructive and expanding keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear and/or mastoid process.
- cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
- chorepiscopal — (in early Christianity) relating to or connected with a local bishop
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- chromatically — In a chromatic manner.
- chromatolysis — the dissolution of stained material, such as chromatin in injured cells
- chromatolytic — relating to chromatolysis
- chromatophile — Also, chromophilic, chromophilous [kroh-mof-uh-luh s] /kroʊˈmɒf ə ləs/ (Show IPA), chromatophilic, chromatophilous. staining readily.
- chromosomally — With reference to chromosomes.
- chronological — If things are described or shown in chronological order, they are described or shown in the order in which they happened.
- chylification — the process of turning into chyle
- cinnamon teal — a small, freshwater, wild duck, Anas cyanoptera, of North and South America, having chiefly cinnamon-red plumage.
- ciprofloxacin — a broad-spectrum antibiotic used against Gram-negative bacteria. It is effective against anthrax
- circumorbital — (anatomy) Around the eye.
- civilisations — Plural form of civilisation.
- civilizations — Plural form of civilization.
- claim to fame — Someone's claim to fame is something quite important or interesting that they have done or that is connected with them.
- clair-obscure — chiaroscuro.
- clairvoyantly — In a clairvoyant way; by means of clairvoyance.
- clamorousness — The state or quality of being clamorous.
- clamp down on — a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
- clapperboards — Plural form of clapperboard.
- clare-obscure — chiaroscuro.
- clarification — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
- clarificatory — Of or pertaining to clarification.
- class society — a society in which class distinctions are influential
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- clavichordist — Someone who plays the clavichord.
- claymore mine — an antipersonnel mine designed to produce a direction-guided, fan-shaped pattern of fragments.
- cleaner tooth — a saw tooth for cleaning loose chips from a kerf.
- clear-coating — an automotive painting technique in which a coating of clear lacquer or other synthetic liquid is applied over the base color to enhance the shine and durability of the paint.
- clearing loan — a bank loan to finance the purchase of securities which is repayable within the calendar day on which it is made.
- 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
- cleistothecia — (in certain ascomycetous fungi) a closed, globose ascocarp from which the ascospores are released only by its rupture or decay.
- cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
- cliff swallow — an American swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, that has a square-tipped tail and builds nests of mud on cliffs, walls, etc
- climatic zone — any of the eight principal zones, roughly demarcated by lines of latitude, into which the earth can be divided on the basis of climate
- climatization — to acclimate to a new environment.
- climatography — an account of a region's climate
- climatologist — A climatologist is someone who studies climates.
- clinodiagonal — the diagonal axis of a monoclinic crystal
- clinopinacoid — (in monoclinic crystals) the plane that is parallel to both the vertical and the inclined lateral axes
- cliometrician — An expert at cliometrics.
- clistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- clock watcher — an employee who demonstrates lack of interest in a job by watching the time closely to be sure to stop work as soon as the workday or shift is over.
- clock-watcher — an employee who checks the time in anticipation of a break or of the end of the working day
- close at hand — lying in the near future or vicinity; nearby or imminent.
- close company — a company under the control of its directors or fewer than five independent participants
- close harmony — a type of singing in which all the parts except the bass lie close together and are confined to the compass of a tenth