13-letter words containing a, s, c, r
- cheval screen — a fire screen, usually with a cloth panel, having supports at the ends and mounted on legs.
- chiaroscurist — A painter who uses light and shade rather than colour to create the illusion of volume.
- childrenswear — clothing for children
- chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
- chirographist — a person who studies or who is knowledgeable about handwriting styles
- chiropractics — The practice of a chiropractor.
- chiropractors — Plural form of chiropractor.
- chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
- chloroplastal — of or like a chloroplast
- chloroplastic — a plastid containing chlorophyll.
- chlorous acid — an unstable acid that is a strong oxidizing agent. Formula: HClO2
- cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
- chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
- chorepiscopal — (in early Christianity) relating to or connected with a local bishop
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- chrematistics — Study of wealth.
- chrestomathic — (of teaching or learning) That has a practical use.
- 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.
- christmas box — a tip or present given at Christmas, esp to postmen, tradesmen, etc
- christmas day — Christmas Day is the 25th of December, when Christmas is celebrated.
- christmas eve — Christmas Eve is the 24th of December, the day before Christmas Day.
- christmastide — the festival season from Christmas to after New Year's Day.
- christmastime — the Christmas season, traditionally from Christmas Eve through New Year's Day or to Epiphany (Jan. 6)
- chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
- chromatograms — Plural form of chromatogram.
- chromatolysis — the dissolution of stained material, such as chromatin in injured cells
- chromesthesia — (neurology, psychology) sound-to-color synaesthesia.
- chromosomally — With reference to chromosomes.
- chrysanthemum — A chrysanthemum is a large garden flower with many long, thin petals.
- chrysocarpous — bearing golden-yellow fruit.
- chrysotherapy — gold therapy.
- church slavic — a liturgical language used in Eastern Orthodox churches in Slavic countries since the 11th or 12th century, representing a development of Old Church Slavonic through contact with the national Slavic languages.
- churchmanship — The craft or skill of being a churchman. (from 17th c.).
- churchwardens — Plural form of churchwarden.
- ciceronianism — imitation of the style of Cicero, especially as practiced by some writers and orators during the Renaissance.
- cigarette ash — the ash created by smoking a cigarette
- cinema goers' — filmgoer.
- circularising — Present participle of circularise.
- circumambages — round-about methods
- circumspatial — Of or pertaining to the surrounding space.
- circumstanced — simple past tense and past participle of circumstance.
- circumstances — someone's financial situation
- circumstellar — surrounding, or revolving around, a star
- citrus canker — a disease of citrus trees caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas citri, characterized by spongy eruptions on leaves and fruit.
- city chambers — (in Scotland) the municipal building of a city; town hall
- 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.
- claims farmer — a middleman who encourages people to make compensation claims and who then sells these claims on to a lawyer
- clair-obscure — chiaroscuro.