13-letter words containing a, u, r, i, c
- 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.
- clair-obscure — chiaroscuro.
- 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.
- clistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- co-authorship — the state a coauthor
- co-curricular — related but only complementary to the official curriculum, as a civic or service activity outside the classroom.
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- coadjutorship — the state of being a coadjutor
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- cocktail hour — the interval before the evening meal during which cocktails and other alcoholic beverages are often served.
- colourisation — Alternative spelling of colorization.
- communautaire — supporting the principles of the European Community (now the European Union)
- communicators — Plural form of communicator.
- communicatory — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
- communitarian — a member of a communist community
- conclusionary — conclusory
- configurating — to give a configuration, form, or design to.
- configuration — A configuration is an arrangement of a group of things.
- configurative — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
- conglutinator — an agent that conglutinates
- connaturality — the quality of being connatural
- connaturalize — to make connatural
- connumeration — the act of counting together
- conquistadors — Plural form of conquistador.
- conspurcation — the act of defiling
- constupration — the act of raping or violating
- contrapuntist — a composer skilled in counterpoint
- contributable — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- convulsionary — of or affected with convulsion.
- coralliferous — bearing or containing coral
- coralligenous — producing coral
- coronaviruses — Plural form of coronavirus.
- corticobulbar — Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the brainstem, especially with regard to the corticobulbar tract, a white matter pathway connecting the two.
- costimulatory — Of or pertaining to co-stimulation.
- 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.
- 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.
- counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
- counterstains — Plural form of counterstain.
- countertactic — an opposing tactic
- countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
- court hearing — an official meeting held in court
- court martial — A court martial is a trial in a military court of a member of the armed forces who is charged with breaking a military law.
- court packing — an unsuccessful attempt by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 to appoint up to six additional justices to the Supreme Court, which had invalidated a number of his New Deal laws.
- court-martial — a court consisting of military or naval personnel appointed by a commander to try charges of offenses by soldiers, sailors, etc., against military or naval law.
- cousin-german — the child of one's aunt or uncle