13-letter words containing c, h, o, s
- cold-shoulder — to snub; show indifference to.
- colleagueship — workplace companionship
- collectorship — The rank or office of a collector of customs or other taxes.
- collieshangie — a quarrel
- colour scheme — In a room or house, the colour scheme is the way in which colours have been used to decorate it.
- column inches — the amount of coverage given to a story in a newspaper
- come up short — disappoint
- commandership — a person who commands.
- committeeship — (formerly) the office of a person to whom the care of a mentally incompetent person or his or her property was entrusted by a court
- common school — a public elementary school
- commonwealths — Plural form of commonwealth.
- companionship — Companionship is having someone you know and like with you, rather than being on your own.
- compass north — magnetic north, as indicated on a particular compass at a given moment.
- comprehension — Comprehension is the ability to understand something.
- comprehensive — Something that is comprehensive includes everything that is needed or relevant.
- compsognathus — any bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Compsognathus, of late Jurassic age, having a slender body that reached a length of 30 inches (76 cm).
- conchylaceous — Of or relating to shells; resembling a shell.
- conduct sheet — a form for detailing information about a person's offences and punishments
- conductorship — The position of conductor of an orchestra.
- confessorship — the office or function of a confessor
- conidiophores — Plural form of conidiophore.
- contact sheet — a contact print, usually of all frames of a developed roll of negative print film, used as a proof print.
- containership — a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
- context clash — (grammar) When a parser cannot tell which alternative production of a syntax applies by looking at the next input token ("lexeme"). For example, given syntax C -> A | b c A -> d | b e If you're parsing non-terminal C and the next token is 'b', you don't know whether it's the first or second alternative of C since they both can start with b. If a grammar can generate the same sentence in multiple different ways (with different parse tress) then it is ambiguous. An ambiguity must start with a context clash (but not all context clashes imply ambiguity). To see if a context clash is also a case of ambiguity you would need to follow the alternatives involved in each context clash to see if they can generate the same complete sequence of tokens.
- contour sheet — a bed sheet designed to fit snugly over a mattress or the like, often having elastic material to hold down the corners.
- cooper's hawk — a small North American hawk, Accipiter cooperii, having a bluish-grey back and wings and a reddish-brown breast
- copartnership — a partnership or association between two equals, esp in a business enterprise
- copperheadism — U.S. History. (during the Civil War) the advocacy of peace negotiations to restore the Union to its prewar condition, with continued slavery in the South.
- core strength — the strength of the underlying muscles of the torso, which help determine posture
- cornish pasty — A Cornish pasty is a small pie with meat and vegetables inside.
- cosmochemical — relating to cosmochemistry
- cosmothetical — cosmothetic
- cosponsorship — joint sponsorship
- costochondral — (anatomy) Relating to ribs and cartilage.
- couch surfing — to stay overnight in someone’s else’s home while traveling: He couch-surfed at the houses of strangers and friends.
- council house — In Britain, a council house is a house that is owned by a local council and that people can rent at a low cost.
- counselorship — The function and rank or office of a counselor.
- counter shaft — A counter shaft is a shaft that runs parallel to the main shaft in a gearbox, and carries the pinion wheels.
- counterchecks — Plural form of countercheck.
- countershafts — Plural form of countershaft.
- counterthesis — A thesis that rebuts another.
- counterthrust — an opposing or retaliatory thrust, esp in warfare or combat sports
- counterweighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterweigh.
- countinghouse — a building, room, or office used for keeping books and transacting business
- country house — A country house is a large, often attractive, house in the country, usually one that is or was owned by a rich or noble family.
- crash blossom — an ambiguously worded headline whose meaning can be interpreted in the wrong way, as “Missing Woman Remains Found.”. See also garden-path.
- crash program — a plan of action entailing rapid and intensive production, growth, or the like, undertaken to meet a deadline or solve a pressing problem: a crash program to develop a new fighter plane.
- creosote bush — a shrub, Larrea (or Covillea) tridentata of the western US and Mexico, that has resinous leaves with an odour resembling creosote, and can live for many thousands of years: family Zygophyllaceae
- crock of shit — a quantity or source of lies or nonsense
- cross the bar — to die