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13-letter words containing a, n, c, e

  • catheterizing — Present participle of catheterize.
  • caudine forks — a narrow pass in the Apennines, in S Italy, between Capua and Benevento: scene of the defeat of the Romans by the Samnites (321 bc)
  • cause offence — If you cause offence or give offence to someone, you say or do something rude which upsets or embarrasses them.
  • causelessness — the quality or state of having no cause or reason
  • cauterisation — Alt form cauterization.
  • cauterization — to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, especially for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
  • caution money — a sum of money deposited as security for good conduct, against possible debts, etc
  • cave painting — a painting done by prehistoric people in caves
  • cavernicolous — inhabiting caves or cavelike places
  • cayenne-whist — a seaport in and the capital of French Guiana.
  • ceaselessness — the quality of being uninterrupted or not stopping
  • cedar waxwing — a brownish-gray, crested American waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum), with red, waxlike tips on its secondary wing feathers
  • cell membrane — a very thin membrane, composed of lipids and protein, that surrounds the cytoplasm of a cell and controls the passage of substances into and out of the cell
  • cellar fungus — a fungus, Coniophora puteana, that causes dry rot in timber.
  • centenionalis — a silver coin of ancient Rome, first issued by Diocletian as the 100th part of a solidus, later greatly debased.
  • center around — to have as a central point, focus of attention, etc.
  • center spread — the pair of pages facing each other at the center of a magazine or newspaper, printed and made up as a single unit.
  • central angle — an angle whose vertex is at the centre of a circle
  • central asian — involving or denoting the people, countries, cultures, or languages of Central Asia
  • central falls — a city in NE Rhode Island.
  • central india — a former political agency in central India uniting various native states and subordinate agencies: now incorporated into Madhya Pradesh.
  • central islip — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
  • central karoo — an arid plateau of S central South Africa, in Cape Province, separated from the Little Karoo to the southwest by the Swartberg range. Average height: 750 m (2500 ft)
  • centre spread — the pair of two facing pages in the middle of a magazine, newspaper, etc, often illustrated
  • centricalness — the situation or quality of being centrical
  • centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
  • centripetally — Towards a centre or axis.
  • centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
  • 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)
  • cephalization — (in the evolution of animals) development of a head by the concentration of feeding and sensory organs and nervous tissue at the anterior end
  • cephaloridine — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
  • cephalosporin — any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium
  • cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
  • ceremonialism — A fondness for ceremony, especially in religion; ritualism.
  • ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
  • certification — a document attesting the truth of a fact or statement
  • cerulean blue — a light-blue to strong greenish-blue color.
  • ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
  • cerynean stag — a stag living in Arcadia, captured by Hercules as one of his labors.
  • cetane number — a measure of the quality of a diesel fuel expressed as the percentage of cetane in a mixture of cetane and 1-methylnapthalene of the same quality as the given fuel
  • chain measure — measurement of distance using a chain 66 feet (20 meters) long, of which one link equals 7.9 inches (20.1 cm).
  • chain printer — a line printer in which the type is on a continuous chain, used to print computer output
  • chain reactor — reactor (def 4).
  • chaise longue — A chaise longue is a kind of sofa with only one arm and usually a back along half its length.
  • chaise lounge — A chaise lounge is the same as a chaise longue.
  • challengeable — a call or summons to engage in any contest, as of skill, strength, etc.
  • challengingly — in a way that challenges or defies someone
  • chamber organ — a small compact organ used esp for the authentic performance of preclassical music
  • chameleonlike — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.
  • chance-medley — a sudden quarrel in which one party kills another; unintentional but not blameless killing
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