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13-letter words containing c, l, a, s, e, t

  • neocapitalist — a person who advocates neocapitalism
  • neoclassicist — (sometimes initial capital letter) belonging or pertaining to a revival of classic styles or something that is held to resemble classic styles, as in art, literature, music, or architecture.
  • neoplasticism — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
  • news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
  • nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
  • nits-and-lice — a yellow-flowered plant, Hypericum drummondii, of the central U.S.
  • nomenclatures — Plural form of nomenclature.
  • non-realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
  • nonadolescent — Not adolescent.
  • nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
  • nonspecialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
  • nuclear waste — the radioactive by-products from the operation of a nuclear reactor or from the reprocessing of depleted nuclear fuel.
  • object clause — the clause that acts as the object of a verb
  • object pascal — (language)   An object-oriented Pascal developed jointly by Apple Computer and Niklaus Wirth.
  • obstacle race — a foot race in which the contestants are prevented in a specific way from covering the full course at top speed, as by having hurdles to jump, sacks enclosing the legs, or potatoes to pick up.
  • obstetrically — (medicine) In terms of obstetrics.
  • occidentalism — Occidental character or characteristics.
  • octagon scale — a scale used in laying out octagonal figures of various sizes.
  • octosyllables — Plural form of octosyllable.
  • olfactometers — Plural form of olfactometer.
  • opthalmoscope — Misspelling of ophthalmoscope.
  • optical mouse — (hardware)   Any kind of mouse that uses visible light or infrared to detect changes in its position.
  • orchestralist — a person who writes or arranges orchestral music
  • orthosilicate — a silicate mineral
  • overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
  • pact of steel — a military alliance concluded between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy on May 22, 1939, committing each to assist the other in the event of war with another power and pledging that neither would seek a separate peace or armistice.
  • palaeocrystic — consisting of former glacial formation
  • paleo-asiatic — a member of any of various Mongoloid peoples of northeastern Asia.
  • parallelistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of a parallelism.
  • pastoral care — help with personal needs and problems given by a teacher
  • paternalistic — the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children: The employees objected to the paternalism of the old president.
  • pedal cyclist — a person who rides a pedal cycle, as opposed to a motorcycle
  • peirastically — in a peirastic manner
  • pelican state — Louisiana (used as a nickname).
  • pentasyllabic — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
  • periodicalist — a writer of articles for periodicals
  • perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
  • personalistic — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
  • petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
  • phelloplastic — an image or a representation that has been fashioned from cork
  • phlogisticate — to integrate or blend phlogiston with
  • physicalities — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
  • pictorialness — the state of being pictorial
  • pietistically — in a pietistical manner
  • place setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
  • place-setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
  • plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
  • plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
  • potter's clay — a clay, suitably plastic and free of iron and other impurities, for use by potters.
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