13-letter words containing a, l, o, s, e, c
- costa del sol — coast region of S Spain, on the Mediterranean, east of Gibraltar: site of many resorts
- counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
- counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
- court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
- courtesy call — a formal visit
- crapulousness — The state or quality of being crapulous.
- crassulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Crassulaceae, a family of herbaceous or shrubby flowering plants with fleshy succulent leaves, including the houseleeks and stonecrops
- crenellations — the battlements on a building
- cross-channel — Cross-Channel travel is travel across the English Channel, especially by boat.
- crossectional — Of, pertaining to, or being a cross section.
- 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.
- crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
- cyclosilicate — any silicate in which the SiO 4 tetrahedra are linked to form rings.
- cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
- decarboxylase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of carbon dioxide from a compound
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
- diencephalons — Plural form of diencephalon.
- disallowances — Plural form of disallowance.
- disconsolated — Obsolete form of disconsolate.
- documentalist — a specialist in documentation; a person working strictly with information and record-keeping.
- domiciliaries — of or relating to a domicile, or place of residence.
- douglas scale — an international scale of sea disturbance and swell ranging from 0 to 9 with one figure for disturbance and one for swell
- early closing — shop closure at earlier hour
- ecclesiolatry — excessive reverence for churchly forms and traditions.
- economy class — a low-priced type of accommodation for travel, especially on an airplane.
- ectocommensal — Biology. (of an organism) living in a commensal relationship on the exterior of another organism.
- efficaciously — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
- egotistically — In an egotistic manner.
- elasmobranchs — Plural form of elasmobranch.
- eleanor cross — any of the crosses erected at each place where the body of Eleanor of Castile (1246–90, Edward I's Spanish wife) rested between Nottingham (where she died) and London (where she is buried)
- electrographs — Plural form of electrograph.
- electroplates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electroplate.
- electrostatic — Of or relating to stationary electric charges or fields as opposed to electric currents.
- encapsulation — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
- encomiastical — Alternative form of encomiastic.
- encompassable — Capable of being encompassed.
- encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
- endocommensal — a commensal living within the body of the host organism
- endonucleases — Plural form of endonuclease.
- episcopalians — Plural form of episcopalian.
- equivocalness — The state of being equivocal; ambiguity.
- escapologists — Plural form of escapologist.
- eschatologies — Plural form of eschatology.
- eschscholzias — Plural form of eschscholzia.
- extrasystolic — Relating to extrasystole, the premature contraction of the heart.
- facts of life — any aspect of human existence that must be acknowledged or regarded as unalterable: Old age is a fact of life.
- false colours — a flag to which one is not entitled, flown esp in order to deceive