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13-letter words containing c, a, l, o, s, i

  • special-order — to obtain by specific individual order: to special-order a dining-room chandelier.
  • sphagnicolous — growing in moss
  • spinal column — the series of vertebrae in a vertebrate animal forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; spine; backbone.
  • stalactitious — containing stalactites
  • state capitol — the building which houses the government of a state
  • stereological — of, relating to, stereology
  • stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
  • strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
  • sub-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
  • suballocation — an allocation made from a previous allocation
  • subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
  • subtropically — in the subtropics
  • suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
  • suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
  • sulfonic acid — any of a large group of organic compounds of the structure RSO 2 OH, which are strong acids that give neutral sodium salts: used in the synthesis of phenols, dyes, and other substances.
  • surgical boot — a specially designed boot or shoe that compensates for deformities of the foot or leg
  • syllabication — to syllabify.
  • syllogistical — relating to a syllogism
  • symbiotically — living in symbiosis, or having an interdependent relationship: Many people feel the relationship between humans and dogs is symbiotic.
  • sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
  • synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • tailor's-tack — one of a series of loose looped stitches used to transfer markings for seams, darts, etc, from a paper pattern to material
  • tautosyllabic — occurring within the same syllable: The (s) and (t) are tautosyllabic in the word disturb, but not in distaste.
  • tectosilicate — any silicate in which each tetrahedral group shares all its oxygen atoms with neighboring groups, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being 1 to 2.
  • tektosilicate — any silicate in which each tetrahedral group shares all its oxygen atoms with neighboring groups, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being 1 to 2.
  • the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
  • thermoelastic — pertaining to the thermodynamic effects produced by deformation of an elastic substance.
  • thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • thromboclasis — thrombolysis.
  • total eclipse — an eclipse in which the surface of the eclipsed body is completely obscured.
  • tourist class — the least costly class of accommodations on regularly scheduled ships and airplanes. Compare third class (def 2).
  • touristically — in a touristic or touristy manner
  • transactional — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
  • translocation — a change of location.
  • triploblastic — having three primary germ layers, as the embryos of vertebrates.
  • tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
  • trucial coast — an independent federation in E Arabia, formed in 1971, now comprising seven emirates on the S coast (formerly, Pirate Coast or Trucial Coast) of the Persian Gulf, formerly under British protection: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah (joined 1972), and Fujairah. About 32,300 sq. mi. (83,657 sq. km). Capital: Abu Dhabi. Abbreviation: U.A.E.
  • tussiculation — a hacking cough.
  • ultracautious — extremely or excessively cautious
  • uncomplaisant — not eager to please; not compliant or obliging
  • uncustomarily — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
  • unmaliciously — not in a malicious manner
  • unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
  • vaccinologist — the science of vaccine development.
  • variable cost — a cost that varies with a change in the volume of output while remaining uniform on a per-unit basis, as cost of labor (distinguished from fixed cost).
  • visual cortex — the portion of the cerebral cortex of the brain that receives and processes impulses from the optic nerves.
  • vocationalism — the practice or policy of requiring vocational training of all college or high-school students.
  • vocationalist — the practice or policy of requiring vocational training of all college or high-school students.
  • volcanologist — the scientific study of volcanoes and volcanic phenomena.
  • voluntaristic — Philosophy. any theory that regards will as the fundamental agency or principle, in metaphysics, epistemology, or psychology.
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