13-letter words containing a, u, n, c, i, e
- boraginaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Boraginaceae, a family of temperate and tropical typically hairy-leaved flowering plants that includes forget-me-not, lungwort, borage, comfrey, and heliotrope
- buccaneerings — the characteristic actions of a buccaneer
- business card — A person's business card or their card is a small card which they give to other people, and which has their name and details of their job and company printed on it.
- business case — a briefcase or attaché case.
- cabin cruiser — A cabin cruiser is a motor boat which has a cabin for people to live or sleep in.
- cadmium green — a pigment used in painting, consisting of a mixture of hydrated oxide of chromium with cadmium sulfide, and characterized by its strong green color and slow drying rate.
- cafe curtains — short, straight curtains, esp. for covering the lower part of a window, hung from a rod by means of sliding rings
- canaliculated — Canaliculate.
- capaciousness — capable of holding much; spacious or roomy: a capacious storage bin.
- car insurance — financial protection against loss as a result of an automobile accident or theft
- 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.
- carboniferous — yielding coal or carbon
- carillonneurs — Plural form of carillonneur.
- carnegie unit — a standardized unit of measurement for evaluating courses in secondary schools in terms of college entrance requirements, representing one year's study in any subject, that subject having been taught for a minimum of 120 classroom hours to qualify.
- carnivalesque — characteristic of, suitable for, or like a carnival
- cassivelaunus — 1st century bc, British chieftain, king of the Catuvellauni tribe, who organized resistance to Caesar's invasion of Britain (54 bc)
- caudine forks — a narrow pass in the Apennines, in S Italy, between Capua and Benevento: scene of the defeat of the Romans by the Samnites (321 bc)
- cauterisation — Alt form cauterization.
- cauterization — to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, especially for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
- caution money — a sum of money deposited as security for good conduct, against possible debts, etc
- cavernicolous — inhabiting caves or cavelike places
- centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- chain measure — measurement of distance using a chain 66 feet (20 meters) long, of which one link equals 7.9 inches (20.1 cm).
- chaise longue — A chaise longue is a kind of sofa with only one arm and usually a back along half its length.
- chaise lounge — A chaise lounge is the same as a chaise longue.
- chateaubriand — François René (frɑ̃swa rəne), Vicomte de Chateaubriand. 1768–1848, French writer and statesman: a precursor of the romantic movement in France; his works include Le Génie du Christianisme (1802) and Mémoires d'outre-tombe (1849–50)
- chilean guava — a tropical shrub or small tree, Ugni molinae, of the myrtle family, having leathery, oval leaves, rose-pink flowers, and blue-black, edible fruit.
- cinchonaceous — relating to cinchona
- cinematheques — Plural form of cinematheque.
- circumambient — surrounding
- circumjacency — the state of being circumjacent
- circumstanced — simple past tense and past participle of circumstance.
- circumstances — someone's financial situation
- citrus canker — a disease of citrus trees caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas citri, characterized by spongy eruptions on leaves and fruit.
- clair de lune — a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
- clair-de-lune — a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
- clairaudience — the postulated ability to hear sounds beyond the range of normal hearing
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- coeducational — A coeducational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
- communalities — the state or condition of being communal.
- communautaire — supporting the principles of the European Community (now the European Union)
- communicative — Someone who is communicative talks to people, for example about their feelings, and tells people things.
- 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).
- conceptuality — a conceptualization
- conceptualize — If you conceptualize something, you form an idea of it in your mind.
- configurative — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.