13-letter words containing a, n, t, i, c, s
- casing string — A casing string is a series of lengths of steel pipe which are fitted together and put into a well.
- castellations — Defensive or decorative parapets with regularly spaced notches; battlements.
- caster action — the tendency, caused by the design of the mounting, of a wheel to turn into its plane of rotation
- casting couch — a couch on which a casting director is said to seduce women seeking a part in a film or play
- casting wheel — a wheel having on its circumference molds for receiving molten metal.
- casualisation — (economics) The process by which employment shifts from a preponderance of full-time and permanent or contract positions to higher levels of casual positions.
- casualization — the altering of working practices so that regular workers are re-employed on a casual or short-term basis
- cauterisation — Alt form cauterization.
- cayenne-whist — a seaport in and the capital of French Guiana.
- centenionalis — a silver coin of ancient Rome, first issued by Diocletian as the 100th part of a solidus, later greatly debased.
- central asian — involving or denoting the people, countries, cultures, or languages of Central Asia
- central islip — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- centricalness — the situation or quality of being centrical
- ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- chang tso-lin — 1873–1928, Chinese general: military ruler of Manchuria 1918–28.
- chapman stick — an electronically amplified musical instrument with ten or twelve strings and a fretted neck, which is played by striking the strings against the frets with the fingers
- charlatanries — Plural form of charlatanry.
- chastisements — severe criticism; a rebuke or strong reprimand.
- cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
- chieftainship — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
- chimney stack — A chimney stack is the brick or stone part of a chimney that is above the roof of a building.
- 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.
- christiansand — former name of Kristiansand.
- chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
- cinematheques — Plural form of cinematheque.
- circumstanced — simple past tense and past participle of circumstance.
- circumstances — someone's financial situation
- citizens band — a two-way radio service (Citizens Radio Service) licensed by the FCC to a U.S. citizen for short-distance personal or business communications between fixed or mobile stations. Abbreviation: CB.
- citrus canker — a disease of citrus trees caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas citri, characterized by spongy eruptions on leaves and fruit.
- city dionysia — (in ancient Athens) the chief festival in honor of Dionysus, celebrated in early spring and notable for the performance of dithyrambs, tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays.
- 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.
- civilisations — Plural form of civilisation.
- civilizations — Plural form of civilization.
- clairsentient — Exhibiting or pertaining to clairsentience.
- clandestinely — characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious: Their clandestine meetings went undiscovered for two years.
- clandestinity — secrecy; the quality of being clandestine
- clarinettists — Plural form of clarinettist.
- cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
- cns stimulant — A CNS stimulant is any substance that stimulates the central nervous system.
- coach station — A coach station is an area or a building which coaches leave from or arrive at on regular journeys.
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- coastal plain — a plain extending along a coast.
- coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
- coconspirator — a fellow conspirator
- colonialistic — of or relating to colonialism
- colourisation — Alternative spelling of colorization.
- combativeness — The state of being combative.
- combinatorics — a branch of mathematics dealing with combinations and permutations