13-letter words containing c, a, k, e, r
- cabinetmakers — Plural form of cabinetmaker.
- called strike — a pitch not swung at by a batter but ruled a strike by the umpire.
- camel cricket — cave cricket.
- caribbee bark — the bark of any of various tropical American and Caribbean rubiaceous trees of the genus Exostema, used as a substitute for cinchona bark
- carpet knight — a soldier who spends his life away from battle; idler
- carrickfergus — a town in E Northern Ireland, in Carrickfergus district, Co Antrim; historic settlement of Scottish Protestants on Belfast Lough; Norman castle. Pop: 27 201 (2001)
- carving knife — A carving knife is a long sharp knife that is used to cut cooked meat.
- casual worker — a person who has temporary, as opposed to permanent or regular, employment
- cat's whisker — a pointed wire used to make contact with the crystal in a crystal radio receiver
- cattle market — A cattle market is a market where cattle are bought and sold.
- 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)
- central karoo — an arid plateau of S central South Africa, in Cape Province, separated from the Little Karoo to the southwest by the Swartberg range. Average height: 750 m (2500 ft)
- chandrasekhar — Subrahmanyan (ˌsʊbrəˈmænjən). 1910–95, US astronomer born in Lahore, India (now Pakistan). His work on stellar evolution led to an understanding of white dwarfs: shared the Nobel prize for physics 1983
- character key — key
- charmed quark — a type of quark with a mass of c. 1.0 to 1.6 GeV/c2, a positive charge that is 2⁄3 the charge of an electron, +1 charm, and zero strangeness
- chicken adder — milk snake.
- christianlike — like or befitting a Christian.
- chub mackerel — a small mackerel, Scomber japonicus, of Atlantic and Pacific seas and parts of the Indian Ocean.
- cicada killer — a black or rust-colored digger wasp, Sphecius speciosis, with a yellow-banded abdomen, that preys on cicadas.
- citrus canker — a disease of citrus trees caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas citri, characterized by spongy eruptions on leaves and fruit.
- clearing bank — The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
- clearing mark — either of a pair of landmarks or marks on a mariner's chart lying upon a line (clearing line) along which a vessel can sail to avoid navigational hazards.
- clock watcher — an employee who demonstrates lack of interest in a job by watching the time closely to be sure to stop work as soon as the workday or shift is over.
- clock-watcher — an employee who checks the time in anticipation of a break or of the end of the working day
- coaster brake — a brake on a bicycle that engages when the pedals are turned in reverse
- cockney bream — a young snapper fish
- common market — A common market is an organization of countries who have agreed to trade freely with each other and make common decisions about industry and agriculture.
- control freak — If you say that someone is a control freak, you mean that they want to be in control of every situation they find themselves in.
- cooper's hawk — a small North American hawk, Accipiter cooperii, having a bluish-grey back and wings and a reddish-brown breast
- counterattack — If you counterattack, you attack someone who has attacked you.
- crack a smile — to break into a smile
- crack cocaine — Crack cocaine is a form of the drug cocaine which has been purified and made into crystals.
- cracked wheat — whole wheat cracked between rollers so that it will cook more quickly
- cracker state — a nickname for Georgia
- crackle china — porcelain or pottery with intentional crazing
- craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
- cream cracker — Cream crackers are crisp dry biscuits which are eaten with cheese.
- crestone peak — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,294 feet (4360 meters).
- crevalle jack — any of various portable devices for raising or lifting heavy objects short heights, using various mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic methods.
- cricket table — a three-legged table of the Jacobean period.
- cringe-making — causing feelings of acute embarrassment or distaste
- crookes space — a dark region near the cathode in some low-pressure gas-discharge tubes
- cuckoo wrasse — a fish, Labrus mixtus
- curly bracket — a punctuation mark { }, also used as a symbol in maths
- cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
- cyberstalkers — Plural form of cyberstalker.
- cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
- dame's rocket — a Eurasian plant, Hesperis matronalis, of the mustard family, having loose clusters of four-petalled purple or white fragrant flowers.
- dark reaction — the stage of photosynthesis involving the reduction of carbon dioxide and the dissociation of water, using chemical energy stored in ATP: does not require the presence of light
- decisionmaker — One who makes decisions.