13-letter words containing c, a, e, s, u
- greater scaup — any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
- gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- habeas corpus — a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court, especially for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment.
- hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
- haskell curry — (person) Haskell Brooks Curry (1900-09-12 - 1982-09-01). The logician who re-invented and developed combinatory logic. The functional programming language Haskell was named after him.
- haute cuisine — fine or gourmet cooking; food preparation as an art.
- heavy cruiser — a naval cruiser having 8-inch (20.3-cm) guns as its main armament.
- heterocarpous — (of a plant) producing more than one type of fruit
- heuristically — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- hexadactylous — hexadactylic
- hire purchase — buying sth by instalments
- hire-purchase — a system of payment for a commodity in regular installments while using it.
- housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hypersurfaces — Plural form of hypersurface.
- hypervascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- impactfulness — The quality of being impactful.
- inacquiescent — Not acquiescent.
- inconstruable — unable to be construed
- incurableness — The state or condition of being incurable.
- indisturbance — Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose.
- inefficacious — not able to produce the desired effect; ineffective.
- inner sanctum — sanctum (def 2).
- intellectuals — Plural form of intellectual.
- intermuscular — of or relating to muscle or the muscles: muscular strain.
- interosculant — Mutually touching or intersecting.
- interosculate — to interpenetrate; inosculate.
- interscapular — between the scapulae or shoulder blades.
- ipecac spurge — a spurge, Euphorbia ipecacuanhae, of the eastern U.S.
- judicial sale — a forced sale of property authorized or required by a court of law in order to satisfy a debt etc
- juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
- julius caesar — Gaius Julius Caesar.
- jumper cables — jump leads for starting a vehicle
- justificative — Justificatory.
- kenyapithecus — a genus of fossil hominoids of middle Miocene age found in Kenya and having large molars, small incisors, and powerful chewing muscles.
- lace-up shoes — shoes which are fastened with laces
- leprechaunish — somewhat similar to a leprechaun
- leptocephalus — a colorless, transparent, flattened larva, especially of certain eels and ocean fishes.
- liquefacients — Plural form of liquefacient.
- liquefactions — Plural form of liquefaction.
- lucrativeness — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- lumberjackets — Plural form of lumberjacket.
- lunar eclipse — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- macías nguema — a former name of Bioko.
- macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
- madeira sauce — a savoury sauce made with Madeira wine and served with meat
- magnoliaceous — belonging to the plant family Magnoliaceae.
- magnus effect — the thrust on a cylinder rotating about its axis while in motion in a fluid, the thrust being perpendicular to the relative motion of the cylinder in the fluid.
- main sequence — a narrow band in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram in which 90 percent of all observed stars are plotted.