13-letter words containing a, t, e, n, o
- costardmonger — a costermonger
- cotransporter — (biochemistry) An integral membrane protein that actively transports molecules by using the concentration gradient of one molecule or ion concentration to force the other molecule or ion against its gradient.
- cottage piano — a small upright piano
- cotton mather — Cotton, 1663–1728, American clergyman and author.
- countenancing — appearance, especially the look or expression of the face: a sad countenance.
- counter image — the point or set of points in the domain of a function corresponding to a given point or set of points in the range of the function.
- counter shaft — A counter shaft is a shaft that runs parallel to the main shaft in a gearbox, and carries the pinion wheels.
- counter staff — people who work behind the counter of a bank, post office, etc
- counter table — a medieval English table having a top divided into appropriately marked spaces for various denominations of money.
- counter-argue — to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment.
- counteractant — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
- counteracting — Present participle of counteract.
- counteraction — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
- counteractive — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
- counterattack — If you counterattack, you attack someone who has attacked you.
- counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
- counterchange — to change parts, qualities, etc
- countercharge — a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser
- counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
- counterdemand — a demand made in response to another demand
- countermanded — Simple past tense and past participle of countermand.
- counterplayer — a person who makes a counterplay
- counterscarps — Plural form of counterscarp.
- countershafts — Plural form of countershaft.
- counterstains — Plural form of counterstain.
- counterstream — a stream (of matter) which travels in the opposite direction
- countertactic — an opposing tactic
- counterthreat — an opposing or retaliatory threat
- countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
- country dance — a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets and perform a series of movements, esp facing one another in a line
- country-dance — a dance of rural English origin in which the dancers form circles or squares or in which they face each other in two rows.
- court hearing — an official meeting held in court
- 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
- covent garden — a district of central London: famous for its former fruit, vegetable, and flower market, now a shopping precinct
- covert action — a secret action undertaken to influence the course of political events, as a government intelligence operation.
- craftspersons — Plural form of craftsperson.
- crenellations — the battlements on a building
- crestone peak — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,294 feet (4360 meters).
- 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.
- currant borer — the larva of a clearwing moth, Ramosia tipuliformis, that bores into the stems of currants.
- current ratio — A current ratio is a measure of liquidity that is calculated by dividing current assets by current liabilities.
- customariness — The state or quality of being customary.
- 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
- 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
- cyanoethylate — to introduce a cyano-ethyl group into
- cystathionine — an amino acid, C 7 H 14 O 4 N 2 S, that is an intermediate in the transfer of sulfur from methionine to cysteine.
- cytogenetical — of or related to cytogenetics