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13-letter words containing a, r, e, c, t

  • crestone peak — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,294 feet (4360 meters).
  • cricket table — a three-legged table of the Jacobean period.
  • crimean tatar — a member of a Turkic people who lived in the Crimea before emigration to Anatolia in the 18th and 19th centuries and deportations to Soviet central Asia after World War II.
  • criminalities — Plural form of criminality.
  • criticalities — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
  • cross the bar — to die
  • cross-trainer — a type of athletic shoe designed to be used in more than one type of activity.
  • crossectional — Of, pertaining to, or being a cross section.
  • crow-pheasant — a large coucal, Centropus sinensis, of Asia, having black and brown plumage and a long tail.
  • cruel-hearted — having a cruel heart; lacking kindness, compassion, etc.
  • crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
  • crustal plate — a large block or tabular section of the lithosphere that reacts to tectonic forces as a unit and moves as such.
  • cryotherapies — Plural form of cryotherapy.
  • cryptesthesia — allegedly paranormal perception, as clairvoyance or clairaudience.
  • 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.
  • cryptographer — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
  • crystal clear — Water that is crystal clear is absolutely clear and transparent like glass.
  • crystal pleat — one of a series of fine, permanently pressed pleats of varying widths, usually in a sheer fabric
  • crystal-clear — absolutely clear; transparent; lucid.
  • culture clash — a conflict arising from the interaction of people with different cultural values
  • culture trait — any trait of human activity acquired in social life and transmitted by communication.
  • curly bracket — a punctuation mark { }, also used as a symbol in maths
  • currant borer — the larva of a clearwing moth, Ramosia tipuliformis, that bores into the stems of currants.
  • currency rate — the rate of exchange of a particular currency against another
  • current ratio — A current ratio is a measure of liquidity that is calculated by dividing current assets by current liabilities.
  • custard apple — a West Indian tree, Annona reticulata: family Annonaceae
  • custard cream — a biscuit consisting of two layers with a filling of vanilla-flavoured paste
  • customariness — The state or quality of being customary.
  • customer base — A business's customer base is all its regular customers, considered as a group.
  • customer care — the work of looking after customers and ensuring their satisfaction with one's business and its goods or services
  • customer data — Customer data is information held on file about customers by a store or other business, usually including names, contact details, and buying habits.
  • cut and dried — If you say that a situation or solution is cut and dried, you mean that it is clear and definite.
  • cut-and-cover — designating a method of constructing a tunnel by excavating a cutting to the required depth and then backfilling the excavation over the tunnel roof
  • cut-and-dried — prepared or settled in advance; not needing much thought or discussion: a cut-and-dried decision.
  • cyanoacrylate — a substance with an acrylate base, usually sold in the form of a quick-setting highly adhesive glue
  • cyanobacteria — a group of photosynthetic bacteria (phylum Cyanobacteria) containing a blue photosynthetic pigment
  • cyberactivism — Activism facilitated by the Internet.
  • cybernetician — an expert in cybernetics
  • cybersquatter — the registration of a commercially valuable Internet domain name, as a trademark, with the intention of selling it or profiting from its use.
  • cyberstalkers — Plural form of cyberstalker.
  • cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
  • cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
  • dame's rocket — a Eurasian plant, Hesperis matronalis, of the mustard family, having loose clusters of four-petalled purple or white fragrant flowers.
  • dance therapy — the use of dance or movement for therapeutic purposes; a form of therapy in which people are encouraged to express their feelings through dance or movement.
  • dark reaction — the stage of photosynthesis involving the reduction of carbon dioxide and the dissociation of water, using chemical energy stored in ATP: does not require the presence of light
  • data security — the protection of data stored on computers
  • daughter cell — either of the two cells that result from the division of a cell, as in mitosis
  • death chamber — a room in which someone has died
  • decarbonating — Present participle of decarbonate.
  • decarbonation — to remove carbon dioxide from.
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