13-letter words containing c, i, s, e, l
- telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
- the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
- the-alchemist — a comedy (1610) by Ben Jonson.
- theatricalism — conduct suggesting theatrical actions or mannerisms, especially of an extravagant or exhibitionist sort.
- 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.
- thick-skulled — stupid; dull.
- tilting chest — a medieval chest decorated with a representation of a tournament.
- toggle switch — a switch in which a projecting knob or arm, moving through a small arc, causes the contacts to open or close an electric circuit suddenly, as commonly used in most homes.
- tonsillectomy — the operation of excising or removing one or both tonsils.
- total eclipse — an eclipse in which the surface of the eclipsed body is completely obscured.
- triglycerides — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of three hydroxyl groups with fatty acids, naturally occurring in animal and vegetable tissues: an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body.
- un-cloistered — secluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life.
- unchastisable — not deserving to be chastised; beyond reproach
- uncleanliness — unclean.
- uncourtliness — the lack of courtliness
- undescribable — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- undiscernable — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- undiscernedly — in an undiscerned manner
- undiscernible — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- undisciplined — having or exhibiting discipline; rigorous: paintings characterized by a disciplined technique.
- undiscussable — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- unethicalness — lacking moral principles; unwilling to adhere to proper rules of conduct.
- unexclusively — in an unexclusive manner
- unicameralism — consisting of a single chamber, as a legislative assembly.
- unnecessarily — not necessary or essential; needless; unessential.
- unplasticized — not made plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer
- unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
- unsecularized — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- unselectively — in an unselective manner
- unserviceable — not suitable to be used
- unspecialized — not specialized
- unspecifiable — not able to be specified
- unspeculative — not characterized by speculation
- unsuperficial — external or outward: a superficial resemblance.
- unsusceptible — not susceptible or impressionable; not possible or easy to influence; not vulnerable (to harm)
- unsymmetrical — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
- valet service — a cleaning service, in which your clothes are collected for cleaning, from your house or hotel, and returned to you
- 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).
- vascularities — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- vernacularism — a vernacular word or expression.
- vernacularist — someone who uses vernacular speech
- vernier scale — Also, vernier scale. a small, movable, graduated scale running parallel to the fixed graduated scale of a sextant, theodolite, barometer, etc., and used for measuring a fractional part of one of the divisions of the fixed scale.
- versicoloured — of variable or various colours
- violoncellist — cellist.
- virgo cluster — a cluster of about 2500 galaxies in the constellation Virgo, the nearest cluster to our galaxy.
- visceral arch — Embryology. branchial arch.
- visual cortex — the portion of the cerebral cortex of the brain that receives and processes impulses from the optic nerves.
- visual effect — Usually, visual effects. a special effect that is added to a film or video in post-production, as computer-generated imagery. Abbreviation: VFX.
- vraisemblance — verisimilitude; appearance of truth