13-letter words containing a, t, r, i, c
- cigarette ash — the ash created by smoking a cigarette
- cigarette end — the part of a cigarette that is held in the mouth and that remains unsmoked after it is finished
- cinema verite — films characterized by subjects, actions, etc, that have the appearance of real life
- cinematograph — a combined camera, printer, and projector
- circuit board — A circuit board is the same as a printed circuit board.
- circular-knit — noting, pertaining to, or made of a fabric made by circular knitting.
- circumagitate — (transitive) To agitate on all sides.
- circumambient — surrounding
- circumorbital — (anatomy) Around the eye.
- 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
- circumvallate — to surround with a defensive fortification
- citation form — the spoken form a word has when produced in isolation, such as when cited for purposes of illustration, as distinguished from the form it would have when produced in the normal stream of speech.
- 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.
- clairsentient — Exhibiting or pertaining to clairsentience.
- clairvoyantly — In a clairvoyant way; by means of clairvoyance.
- clarification — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
- clarificatory — Of or pertaining to clarification.
- clarinettists — Plural form of clarinettist.
- clavichordist — Someone who plays the clavichord.
- clear the air — to rid a situation of tension or discord by settling misunderstandings, etc
- clear-coating — an automotive painting technique in which a coating of clear lacquer or other synthetic liquid is applied over the base color to enhance the shine and durability of the paint.
- clear-sighted — If you describe someone as clear-sighted, you admire them because they are able to understand situations well and to make sensible judgments and decisions about them.
- clearing bath — any solution for removing material from the surface of a photographic image, as silver halide, metallic silver, or a dye or stain.
- climatography — an account of a region's climate
- cliometrician — An expert at cliometrics.
- clistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- co-authorship — the state a coauthor
- co-ordination — Co-ordination means organizing the activities of two or more groups so that they work together efficiently and know what the others are doing.
- coadjutorship — the state of being a coadjutor
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- coat-trailing — provocative or contentious writing, speech, behavior, etc.
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- cocktail hour — the interval before the evening meal during which cocktails and other alcoholic beverages are often served.
- coconspirator — a fellow conspirator
- cocontraction — The simultaneous contraction of two muscles.
- coin-operated — (of a machine) operated by the insertion of a coin
- coinheritance — joint inheritance
- cointegration — (mathematics) The condition of two non-stationary time series whose linear combination is stationary.
- collaborating — to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel.
- collaboration — Collaboration is the act of working together to produce a piece of work, especially a book or some research.
- collaborative — A collaborative piece of work is done by two or more people or groups working together.
- collateralise — Alternative spelling of collateralize.
- collaterality — the state of being collateral
- collateralize — to treat (a security) as collateral
- colourisation — Alternative spelling of colorization.