13-letter words containing a, s, o, p, t, c
- chapter house — A chapter house is the building or set of rooms in the grounds of a cathedral where the members of the clergy hold their meetings.
- chilkoot pass — a mountain pass in North America between SE Alaska and NW British Columbia, over the Coast Range
- chirographist — a person who studies or who is knowledgeable about handwriting styles
- chiropractics — The practice of a chiropractor.
- chiropractors — Plural form of chiropractor.
- chloroplastal — of or like a chloroplast
- chloroplastic — a plastid containing chlorophyll.
- chopped steak — ground, cooked beef, usually served as a main course.
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- chrysotherapy — gold therapy.
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
- clistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- co-authorship — the state a coauthor
- coadjutorship — the state of being a coadjutor
- coastal plain — a plain extending along a coast.
- coconspirator — a fellow conspirator
- combat troops — troops who are engaged in fighting
- compactedness — the state of being compacted
- companies act — (in Britain) any of various laws that govern the formation, dissolution, and management of companies
- companion set — a set of fire irons on a stand
- company store — a retail store operated by a company for the convenience of the employees, who are required to buy from the store.
- comparativist — a comparatist
- compare notes — to exchange opinions
- compass north — magnetic north, as indicated on a particular compass at a given moment.
- compass plant — a tall plant, Silphium laciniatum, of central North America, that has yellow flowers and lower leaves that tend to align themselves at right angles to the strongest light, esp in a north-south plane: family Asteraceae (composites)
- compass point — A compass point is one of the 32 marks on the dial of a compass that show direction, for example north, south, east, and west.
- compassionate — If you describe someone or something as compassionate, you mean that they feel or show pity, sympathy, and understanding for people who are suffering.
- compatibilism — (philosophy) The doctrine that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.
- compatibilist — (philosophy) Of, pertaining to or supporting compatibilism, the belief that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.
- compatriotism — a native or inhabitant of one's own country; fellow countryman or countrywoman.
- compensations — Plural form of compensation.
- complaisantly — (archaic) In a complaisant manner; obligingly.
- complications — Plural form of complication.
- compositional — Compositional refers to the way composers and artists use their skills or techniques in their work.
- compsognathus — any bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Compsognathus, of late Jurassic age, having a slender body that reached a length of 30 inches (76 cm).
- conceptualise — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- conceptualism — the philosophical theory that the application of general words to a variety of objects reflects the existence of some mental entity through which the application is mediated and which constitutes the meaning of the term
- conceptualist — any of several doctrines existing as a compromise between realism and nominalism and regarding universals as concepts. Compare nominalism, realism (def 5).
- conspiracists — Plural form of conspiracist.
- conspiratress — a woman who conspires
- conspurcation — the act of defiling
- constupration — the act of raping or violating
- contact sport — a sport that involves physical contact between participants, such as rugby
- containership — a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
- contemplatist — a contemplator
- contemplators — Plural form of contemplator.
- contents page — the page in a book that shows the table of contents
- contrapuntist — a composer skilled in counterpoint
- copartnership — a partnership or association between two equals, esp in a business enterprise