13-letter words containing a, s, o, r, t
- castro valley — a town in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- catalog verse — verse made by compiling long lists of everyday objects, names, or events, united by a common theme and often didactic in tone.
- catastrophise — Alt form catastrophize.
- catastrophism — an old doctrine, now discarded, that the earth was created and has subsequently been shaped by sudden divine acts which have no logical connection with each other rather than by gradual evolutionary processes
- catastrophist — the doctrine that certain vast geological changes in the earth's history were caused by catastrophes rather than gradual evolutionary processes.
- catastrophize — (obsolete) To end a comedy.
- catcher's box — box1 (def 16d).
- categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
- cauterisation — Alt form cauterization.
- centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
- ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- chaetophorous — bearing bristles; setigerous.
- chalicotheres — Plural form of chalicothere.
- 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.
- charles abbot — Charles Greeley, 1872–1973, U.S. astrophysicist.
- chase mortise — a mortise having one inclined narrow side.
- cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
- chiaroscurist — A painter who uses light and shade rather than colour to create the illusion of volume.
- 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.
- cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
- chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- chrestomathic — (of teaching or learning) That has a practical use.
- christmas box — a tip or present given at Christmas, esp to postmen, tradesmen, etc
- 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.
- chrysotherapy — gold therapy.
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- clavichordist — Someone who plays the clavichord.
- clistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- co-authorship — the state a coauthor
- coadjutorship — the state of being a coadjutor
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- coast redwood — the redwood, Sequoia sempervirens.
- coaster brake — a brake on a bicycle that engages when the pedals are turned in reverse
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- coconspirator — a fellow conspirator
- coelenterates — Plural form of coelenterate.
- collaborators — to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel.
- collateralise — Alternative spelling of collateralize.
- collectorates — Plural form of collectorate.
- colorfastness — The characteristic of being colorfast.
- colourisation — Alternative spelling of colorization.
- combat troops — troops who are engaged in fighting