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13-letter words containing c, e, i

  • coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
  • coaxial cable — a cable consisting of an inner insulated core of stranded or solid wire surrounded by an outer insulated flexible wire braid, used esp as a transmission line for radio-frequency signals
  • cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
  • cobelligerent — a country fighting in a war on the side of another country
  • cobol fingers — (jargon)   /koh'bol fing'grz/ Reported from Sweden, a hypothetical disease one might get from coding in COBOL. The language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see candygrammar); thus it is alleged that programming too much in COBOL causes one's fingers to wear down to stubs by the endless typing.
  • coca-colonize — to bring (a foreign country) under the influence of U.S. trade, popular culture, and attitudes.
  • cocaine habit — an addiction to cocaine
  • cocarcinogens — Plural form of cocarcinogen.
  • cochairperson — a person who cochairs an organization
  • cochleariform — having a spoon shape
  • cock-a-leekie — a soup made by boiling chicken with leeks
  • cod-liver oil — Cod liver oil is a thick yellow oil which is given as a medicine, especially to children, because it is full of vitamins A and D.
  • code position — (character)   An integer that a coded character set maps to a character. A code position is normally stored or transmitted by applying a character encoding to turn it into a byte string.
  • codeclination — the astronomical coordinate complementary to the declination
  • codeswitching — Alternative form of code-switching.
  • coeducational — A coeducational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
  • coeur de lion — Richard I, meaning “lionhearted.”.
  • coextensively — To the same extent.
  • coffee filter — a paper filter used when making coffee
  • coffin corner — any of the corners of a football field formed by a goal line and side line: punts are sometimes directed to a coffin corner so that the ball will go out of bounds near the opponent's goal line
  • coffin dodger — an old person
  • cognitive map — a mental map of one's environment
  • cohesive soil — sticky soil such as clay or clayey silt whose strength depends on the surface tension of capillary water
  • coin-operated — (of a machine) operated by the insertion of a coin
  • coinheritance — joint inheritance
  • cointegration — (mathematics) The condition of two non-stationary time series whose linear combination is stationary.
  • collaborative — A collaborative piece of work is done by two or more people or groups working together.
  • collateralise — Alternative spelling of collateralize.
  • collaterality — the state of being collateral
  • collateralize — to treat (a security) as collateral
  • colleagueship — workplace companionship
  • collectivised — Simple past tense and past participle of collectivise.
  • collectivized — (of agriculture, farms, factories, etc) organized according to the principles of collectivism
  • collectivizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collectivize.
  • collectorship — The rank or office of a collector of customs or other taxes.
  • college radio — radio broadcasting from stations affiliated with a college or university, often at a frequency below 92 MHz FM.
  • collieshangie — a quarrel
  • collodionized — Simple past tense and past participle of collodionize.
  • colonel blimp — an elderly, pompous British reactionary, especially an army officer or government official.
  • colonoscopies — Plural form of colonoscopy.
  • colour filter — a thin layer of coloured gelatine, glass, etc, that transmits light of certain colours or wavelengths but considerably reduces the transmission of others
  • columelliform — like a columella.
  • column inches — the amount of coverage given to a story in a newspaper
  • combativeness — The state of being combative.
  • come in handy — If something comes in handy, it is useful in a particular situation.
  • come out with — If you come out with a remark, especially a surprising one, you make it.
  • come to grief — If something comes to grief, it fails. If someone comes to grief, they fail in something they are doing, and may be hurt.
  • come to grips — to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
  • come to light — to be revealed
  • coming of age — When something reaches an important stage of development and is accepted by a large number of people, you can refer to this as its coming of age.
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