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13-letter words containing a, t, e, s

  • buckeye state — Ohio (used as a nickname).
  • bums on seats — If the organizers of an event such as a concert want to put bums on seats, they want a lot of people to attend it.
  • bundle sheath — a layer of cells in plant leaves and stems that surrounds a vascular bundle.
  • bureaucratese — wordy, jargon-filled, overcomplicated language considered typical of bureaucrats
  • bureaucratism — an official of a bureaucracy.
  • bureaucratist — a believer in bureaucracy
  • bus mastering — bus master
  • buster collar — a round collar, similar to a lampshade in shape, that is fitted round the neck of an animal or bird, for example to prevent it removing or interfering with a dressing or other treatment
  • butcher's saw — a type of hacksaw used especially by butchers for cutting through meat and bones.
  • butler's tray — a tray resting on or attached to an X-shaped, often folding stand, on which are kept drink bottles and glasses
  • by contraries — contrary to what is expected
  • by its nature — If you say that something has a particular characteristic by its nature or by its very nature, you mean that things of that type always have that characteristic.
  • cabinetmakers — Plural form of cabinetmaker.
  • cache storage — cache (def 3).
  • cafe curtains — short, straight curtains, esp. for covering the lower part of a window, hung from a rod by means of sliding rings
  • calabash tree — a tropical American evergreen tree, Crescentia cujete, that produces large round gourds: family Bignoniaceae
  • calf's tongue — a molding having pendent, tonguelike members in relief against a flat or molded surface.
  • called strike — a pitch not swung at by a batter but ruled a strike by the umpire.
  • callisthenics — light exercises designed to promote general fitness, develop muscle tone, etc
  • caltanissetta — a city in central Sicily: sulphur mines. Pop: 61 438 (2001)
  • camping stove — a portable stove powered by butane gas canisters, designed to be used for cooking while camping
  • cancellations — Plural form of cancellation.
  • candidateship — candidature
  • candy striper — a volunteer worker in a hospital
  • candy-striped — (esp of clothing fabric) having narrow coloured stripes on a white background
  • candy-striper — a person, often a teenager, who works as a volunteer in a hospital.
  • cape hatteras — a promontory off the E coast of North Carolina, on Hatteras Island, which is situated between Pamlico Sound and the Atlantic: known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic" for its danger to shipping
  • capellmeister — a person in charge of an orchestra, esp in an 18th-century princely household
  • capital asset — fixed asset.
  • capital lease — A capital lease is a lease which is treated as the purchase of the asset that is being leased.
  • capstan lathe — a lathe for repetitive work, having a rotatable turret resembling a capstan to hold tools for successive operations
  • capstan table — drum table.
  • captain's bed — a bed consisting of a shallow box with drawers in the side and a mattress on top.
  • car boot sale — A car boot sale is a sale where people sell things they own and do not want from a little stall or from the back of their car.
  • carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
  • carbon offset — a compensatory measure made by an individual or company for carbon emissions, usually through sponsoring activities or projects which increase carbon dioxide absorption, such as tree planting
  • carbon tissue — a sheet of paper coated with pigmented gelatine, used in the carbon process
  • carbon-tissue — paper faced with a preparation of carbon or other material, used between two sheets of plain paper in order to reproduce on the lower sheet that which is written or typed on the upper.
  • cardinalities — Plural form of cardinality.
  • cardiopathies — Plural form of cardiopathy.
  • carpetbaggers — U.S. History. a Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War and became active in Republican politics, especially so as to profiteer from the unsettled social and political conditions of the area during Reconstruction.
  • cartographers — Plural form of cartographer.
  • case in point — a specific, appropriate, or relevant instance or example
  • cased edition — a hardback book sold in a protective box that is open at one edge so that you can see the spine of the book
  • casement door — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
  • cash customer — a purchaser who pays cash rather than by check, credit card, or charge account.
  • cash receipts — the money a business receives from its customers over a specified period
  • cash register — A cash register is a machine in a shop, pub, or restaurant that is used to add up and record how much money people pay, and in which the money is kept.
  • cash-strapped — If a person or organization is cash-strapped, they do not have enough money to buy or pay for the things they want or need.
  • cassette deck — a machine that is used for listening to cassettes and sometimes also for recording them
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