13-letter words containing c, a, s, p, e, r
- crystal pleat — one of a series of fine, permanently pressed pleats of varying widths, usually in a sheer fabric
- custard apple — a West Indian tree, Annona reticulata: family Annonaceae
- cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
- deep-sea core — an intact sample of sediment extracted from the ocean floor by drilling with a long hollow tube.
- depreciations — Plural form of depreciation.
- diazo process — a method for printing on paper treated with a diazo compound that disintegrates upon exposure to light and developing the unexposed areas by the use of diazo dyes.
- disappearance — the act or an instance of disappearing; a ceasing to be seen or to exist.
- discographies — Plural form of discography.
- discrepancies — the state or quality of being discrepant or in disagreement, as by displaying an unexpected or unacceptable difference; inconsistency: The discrepancy between the evidence and his account of what happened led to his arrest.
- dispurveyance — the lack of provisions
- eccremocarpus — any plant of the evergreen climbing genus Eccremocarpus, esp E. scaber, grown for its decorative pinnate foliage and bright orange-red bell flowers: family Bignoniaceae
- ectoparasites — Plural form of ectoparasite.
- ectoparasitic — Of or pertaining to ectoparasites.
- electrographs — Plural form of electrograph.
- electroplates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electroplate.
- empiricalness — Quality of being empirical.
- endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
- escape artist — escapologist
- express coach — a fast coach which goes from one place to another directly or with very few stops
- extra-special — particular; exceptional
- extracapsular — (anatomy) Situated outside a capsule, especially outside the capsular ligament of a joint.
- flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
- french pastry — fine, rich, or fancy dessert pastry, especially made from puff paste and filled with cream or fruit preparations.
- gap insurance — GAP insurance pays the difference between what someone owes on their car loan and the actual cash value of the vehicle in the event that it is stolen or damaged.
- gastrohepatic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and the liver.
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- grease pencil — a pencil of pigment and compressed grease encased in a spiral paper strip that can be partially unwound to expose a new point and used especially for writing on glossy surfaces.
- 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.
- gyrocompasses — Plural form of gyrocompass.
- 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.
- haber process — a process for synthesizing ammonia from gaseous nitrogen and hydrogen under high pressure and temperature in the presence of a catalyst.
- hair clippers — device for trimming hair
- helispherical — spiral
- hemiparasitic — Semiparasitic.
- hemispherical — having the form of a hemisphere.
- heterocarpous — (of a plant) producing more than one type of fruit
- heteroplastic — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
- hilbert space — a complete infinite-dimensional vector space on which an inner product is defined.
- hire purchase — buying sth by instalments
- hire-purchase — a system of payment for a commodity in regular installments while using it.
- hospital care — medical treatment provided in a hospital
- 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.
- hyperphysical — being above or beyond the physical; immaterial; supernatural.
- hypersarcosis — a fleshy outgrowth
- hypersurfaces — Plural form of hypersurface.
- hypervascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- iconographies — Plural form of iconography.