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.