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13-letter words containing a, n, o, r

  • certification — a document attesting the truth of a fact or statement
  • ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
  • chain reactor — reactor (def 4).
  • chamber organ — a small compact organ used esp for the authentic performance of preclassical music
  • chandernagore — a port in E India, in S West Bengal on the Hooghly River: a former French settlement (1686–1950). Pop: 162 166 (2001)
  • changing room — A changing room is a room where you can change your clothes and usually have a shower, for example at a sports centre.
  • chaperoneship — State or position of chaperone.
  • charing cross — a district of London, in the city of Westminster: the modern cross (1863) in front of Charing Cross railway station replaces the one erected by Edward I (1290), the last of twelve marking the route of the funeral procession of his queen, Eleanor
  • charlottetown — a port in SE Canada, capital of the province of Prince Edward Island. Pop: 34 562 (2011)
  • charnel house — A charnel house is a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored.
  • chart-topping — very popular; coming top in the charts
  • cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
  • chiromantical — Of or pertaining to chiromancy.
  • chloroacetone — a colorless, lachrymatory, poisonous liquid, C 3 H 5 ClO, used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of insecticides and perfumes.
  • chloromethane — methyl chloride.
  • cholangiogram — an X-ray of the bile duct performed after administering dye into the ducts that shows up on the X-ray
  • chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
  • chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
  • chronographic — a timepiece fitted with a recording device, as a stylus and rotating drum, used to mark the exact instant of an occurrence, especially in astronomy.
  • chronological — If things are described or shown in chronological order, they are described or shown in the order in which they happened.
  • chronotherapy — an endeavour to readjust the body clock to enable a person to waken earlier by going to sleep later and later every day until the required waking hour is achieved
  • cicatrization — Physiology. to heal by inducing the formation of a cicatrix.
  • ciceronianism — imitation of the style of Cicero, especially as practiced by some writers and orators during the Renaissance.
  • cinchona bark — the dried bark of any of a cinchona tree, which yields quinine and other medicinal alkaloids
  • cinema goers' — filmgoer.
  • cinematograph — a combined camera, printer, and projector
  • cinnamon bear — a reddish-brown variety of the American black bear
  • cinnamon fern — a large, New World fern (Osmunda cinnamomea, family Osmundaceae) having sterile green fronds and other fronds that bear spores and turn a cinnamon color as the spores mature
  • ciprofloxacin — a broad-spectrum antibiotic used against Gram-negative bacteria. It is effective against anthrax
  • citation form — the spoken form a word has when produced in isolation, such as when cited for purposes of illustration, as distinguished from the form it would have when produced in the normal stream of speech.
  • clairvoyantly — In a clairvoyant way; by means of clairvoyance.
  • clamorousness — The state or quality of being clamorous.
  • clarification — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
  • 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.
  • cliometrician — An expert at cliometrics.
  • 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
  • close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
  • co-ordination — Co-ordination means organizing the activities of two or more groups so that they work together efficiently and know what the others are doing.
  • coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
  • coal merchant — a person engaged in the purchase and sale of coal for profit
  • coarsegrained — having a coarse texture
  • coat-trailing — provocative or contentious writing, speech, behavior, etc.
  • cocarcinogens — Plural form of cocarcinogen.
  • cochairperson — a person who cochairs an organization
  • cockney bream — a young snapper fish
  • coconspirator — a fellow conspirator
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