13-letter words containing a, n, s, e, r
- chandrasekhar — Subrahmanyan (ˌsʊbrəˈmænjən). 1910–95, US astronomer born in Lahore, India (now Pakistan). His work on stellar evolution led to an understanding of white dwarfs: shared the Nobel prize for physics 1983
- chaperoneship — State or position of chaperone.
- charlatanries — Plural form of charlatanry.
- charnel house — A charnel house is a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored.
- cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
- cheval screen — a fire screen, usually with a cloth panel, having supports at the ends and mounted on legs.
- childrenswear — clothing for children
- chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
- christian era — the period beginning with the year of Christ's birth. Dates in this era are labelled ad, those previous to it bc
- christianlike — like or befitting a Christian.
- chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
- chrysanthemum — A chrysanthemum is a large garden flower with many long, thin petals.
- churchwardens — Plural form of churchwarden.
- ciceronianism — imitation of the style of Cicero, especially as practiced by some writers and orators during the Renaissance.
- cinema goers' — filmgoer.
- circumstanced — simple past tense and past participle of circumstance.
- circumstances — someone's financial situation
- citrus canker — a disease of citrus trees caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas citri, characterized by spongy eruptions on leaves and fruit.
- civil servant — A civil servant is a person who works in the Civil Service in Britain and some other countries, or for the local, state, or federal government in the United States.
- clairsentient — Exhibiting or pertaining to clairsentience.
- clamorousness — The state or quality of being clamorous.
- clarinettists — Plural form of clarinettist.
- clearing sale — the auction of plant, stock, and effects of a country property, esp after the property has changed hands
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- 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
- coarsegrained — having a coarse texture
- cocarcinogens — Plural form of cocarcinogen.
- cochairperson — a person who cochairs an organization
- coelenterates — Plural form of coelenterate.
- colorfastness — The characteristic of being colorfast.
- commandership — a person who commands.
- commensurable — having a common factor
- commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
- commensurated — Simple past tense and past participle of commensurate.
- commensurates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commensurate.
- commiserating — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- commiseration — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- company store — a retail store operated by a company for the convenience of the employees, who are required to buy from the store.
- compare notes — to exchange opinions
- compressional — relating to compression
- comradeliness — the quality of being comradely
- concelebrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of concelebrate.
- concentrators — Plural form of concentrator.
- concertmaster — The concertmaster of an orchestra is the most senior violin player, who acts as a deputy to the conductor.
- concessionary — A concessionary price is a special price which is lower than the normal one and which is often given to old people, students, and the unemployed.
- confederacies — Plural form of confederacy.
- confessionary — of or relating to confession, especially auricular confession of sins.
- conglomerates — anything composed of heterogeneous materials or elements.
- congratulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of congratulate.