13-letter words containing a, l, u, r
- capsule range — a small range of clothes by a particular designer, intended to be representative of the full range
- carbonneutral — pertaining to or having achieved a state in which the net amount of carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds emitted into the atmosphere is reduced to zero because it is balanced by actions to reduce or offset these emissions: Since the administration installed solar panels, the campus has become carbon neutral; a carbon-neutral brewery.
- carillonneurs — Plural form of carillonneur.
- carnivalesque — characteristic of, suitable for, or like a carnival
- carnivorously — In a carnivorous manner.
- carpal tunnel — forearm to hand
- carrantuohill — a mountain in SW Republic of Ireland, in Macgillicuddy's Reeks in Kerry: the highest peak in Ireland. Height: 1041 m (3414 ft)
- cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
- cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.
- casual friday — In some companies, employees are allowed to wear clothes that are more informal than usual on a Friday. This day is known as a casual Friday.
- casual labour — people who are employed on a temporary, rather than a permanent or regular basis
- casual worker — a person who has temporary, as opposed to permanent or regular, employment
- casualty ward — a ward which temporarily accommodates patients who have been treated in the casualty department and who need to stay in hospital
- caulifloweret — an individual floret from a cauliflower
- cause celebre — A cause célèbre is an issue, person, or criminal trial that has attracted a lot of public attention and discussion.
- cavernicolous — inhabiting caves or cavelike places
- cellar fungus — a fungus, Coniophora puteana, that causes dry rot in timber.
- centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
- century plant — an agave, Agave americana, native to tropical America but naturalized elsewhere, having very large spiny greyish leaves and greenish flowers on a tall fleshy stalk. It blooms only once in its life, after 10 to 30 years (formerly thought to flower after a century)
- cerium metals — the metals lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, and samarium, forming a sub-group of the lanthanides
- cerulean blue — a light-blue to strong greenish-blue color.
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- charles louis — (Karl Ludwig Johann) 1771–1847, archduke of Austria.
- charnel house — A charnel house is a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored.
- chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
- cherry laurel — a Eurasian rosaceous evergreen shrub, Prunus laurocerasus, having glossy aromatic leaves, white flowers, and purplish-black fruits
- chlorous acid — an unstable acid that is a strong oxidizing agent. Formula: HClO2
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- chub mackerel — a small mackerel, Scomber japonicus, of Atlantic and Pacific seas and parts of the Indian Ocean.
- 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.
- circular file — a wastebasket
- circular-knit — noting, pertaining to, or made of a fabric made by circular knitting.
- circularising — Present participle of circularise.
- circularizing — Present participle of circularize.
- circumorbital — (anatomy) Around the eye.
- circumspatial — Of or pertaining to the surrounding space.
- circumstellar — surrounding, or revolving around, a star
- circumvallate — to surround with a defensive fortification
- clair de lune — a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
- clair-de-lune — a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
- clair-obscure — chiaroscuro.
- clairaudience — the postulated ability to hear sounds beyond the range of normal hearing
- clamorousness — The state or quality of being clamorous.
- clare-obscure — chiaroscuro.
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- clear-up rate — the percentage of a category of crimes that are solved
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- clistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- cloud chamber — an apparatus for detecting high-energy particles by observing their tracks through a chamber containing a supersaturated vapour. Each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
- co-curricular — related but only complementary to the official curriculum, as a civic or service activity outside the classroom.