13-letter words containing a, o, l
- court martial — A court martial is a trial in a military court of a member of the armed forces who is charged with breaking a military law.
- court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
- court-martial — a court consisting of military or naval personnel appointed by a commander to try charges of offenses by soldiers, sailors, etc., against military or naval law.
- courtesy call — a formal visit
- covalent bond — a type of chemical bond involving the sharing of electrons between atoms in a molecule, esp the sharing of a pair of electrons by two adjacent atoms
- coxcombically — in a coxcombical manner
- coxwell chair — Cogswell chair.
- crapulousness — The state or quality of being crapulous.
- crash blossom — an ambiguously worded headline whose meaning can be interpreted in the wrong way, as “Missing Woman Remains Found.”. See also garden-path.
- crassulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Crassulaceae, a family of herbaceous or shrubby flowering plants with fleshy succulent leaves, including the houseleeks and stonecrops
- crayola books — (publication) A humorous and/or disparaging term for the rainbow series of National Computer Security Center (NCSC) computer security standards. See also Orange Book.
- cream-colored — yellowish-white
- crenellations — the battlements on a building
- creole tomato — cherry tomato.
- criminal code — the body of laws regulating how crimes are to be punished
- cross-channel — Cross-Channel travel is travel across the English Channel, especially by boat.
- crosscultural — Alternative spelling of cross-cultural.
- crossectional — Of, pertaining to, or being a cross section.
- crowd on sail — to hoist as much sail as possible
- crowd pleaser — a person, performance, etc., having great popular appeal.
- crowd-pleaser — If you describe a performer, politician, or sports player as a crowd-pleaser, you mean they always please their audience. You can also describe an action or event as a crowd-pleaser.
- crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
- cruzeiro real — a former monetary unit of Brazil, which was replaced by the real
- cryogenically — in a cryogenic manner
- cryptoanalyst — Alternative form of cryptanalyst.
- cryptoclastic — (of minerals and rocks) composed of microscopic fragments
- cryptoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
- cryptological — cryptography.
- crystalloidal — Relating to a crystalloid.
- cup of elijah — Elijah's cup.
- cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- custom-tailor — to modify to fit a specific use or need; tailor-make.
- cut-off valve — a valve that terminates the flow of fluid in a system
- cyanoacrylate — a substance with an acrylate base, usually sold in the form of a quick-setting highly adhesive glue
- cyanoethylate — to introduce a cyano-ethyl group into
- cycloaddition — a type of pericyclic chemical reaction
- cyclodialysis — a surgical procedure in the treatment of glaucoma whereby an opening is created between the anterior chamber and the suprachoroidal space in order to alleviate pressure
- cyclohexanone — a colourless liquid used as a solvent for cellulose lacquers. Formula: C6H10O
- cycloparaffin — any of a series of saturated alicyclic hydrocarbons of the general formula CnH2n, having a closed chain of three or more carbon atoms, as cyclohexane
- cyclosilicate — any silicate in which the SiO 4 tetrahedra are linked to form rings.
- cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
- cymbocephalic — scaphocephaly.
- cyproconazole — (organic compound) The conazole fungicide \u03b1-(4-chlorophenyl)-\u03b1-(1-cyclopropylethyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ethanol.
- cytochalasins — Plural form of cytochalasin.
- cytogenetical — of or related to cytogenetics
- cytologically — the study of the microscopic appearance of cells, especially for the diagnosis of abnormalities and malignancies.
- cytopathology — a branch of pathology that examines individual cells in order to diagnose disease
- dactyliomancy — the use of a suspended finger-ring for divination
- dactylography — the scientific study of fingerprints for purposes of identification