13-letter words containing c, l, o, n, u, s
- discontentful — exhibiting a lack of contentment
- discounselled — lacking support or counsel
- disfunctional — dysfunction.
- documentalist — a specialist in documentation; a person working strictly with information and record-keeping.
- dual controls — If a vehicle used by a driving instructor has dual controls, it has pedals on the passenger's side as well as on the driver's side to allow the driving instructor to brake should the learner try to move off when it is dangerous to do so
- ducking stool — a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was tied to be plunged into water.
- dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- encapsulation — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
- endonucleases — Plural form of endonuclease.
- equivocalness — The state of being equivocal; ambiguity.
- eugeosyncline — a geosyncline characterized by lithology typical of deep ocean environments
- exclusionists — Plural form of exclusionist.
- fasciculation — a fascicular condition.
- floor cushion — a cushion placed on the floor of a room for people to sit on
- floutingstock — a laughing-stock; the object of mockery or flouting
- fluorescently — In a fluorescent manner; using fluorescence.
- fluorocarbons — Plural form of fluorocarbon.
- fluoroscoping — Present participle of fluoroscope.
- functionalise — to make functional.
- functionalism — (usually initial capital letter) Chiefly Architecture, Furniture. a design movement evolved from several previous movements or schools in Europe in the early 20th century, advocating the design of buildings, furnishings, etc., as direct fulfillments of material requirements, as for shelter, repose, or the serving of food, with the construction, materials, and purpose clearly expressed or at least not denied, and with aesthetic effect derived chiefly from proportions and finish, purely decorative effects being excluded or greatly subordinated. the doctrines and practices associated with this movement. Compare rationalism (def 4).
- functionalist — a person who advocates, or works according to, the principles of functionalism.
- genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.
- gesticulation — the act of gesticulating.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- gossip column — newspaper: celebrity news article
- graminicolous — (esp of parasitic fungi) living on grass
- ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
- hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
- honour school — (at Oxford University) one of the courses of study leading to an honours degree
- horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
- house counsel — a lawyer drawing a full-time salary from a corporation that he or she represents.
- housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- illusionistic — a technique of using pictorial methods in order to deceive the eye. Compare trompe l'oeil.
- impecuniously — In an impecunious manner.
- in conclusion — to sum up, to conclude
- in the clouds — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- inclusion map — a map of a set to itself in which each element of a given subset of the set is mapped to itself.
- incombustible — not combustible; incapable of being burned; fireproof.
- incongruously — out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming: an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.
- inconstruable — unable to be construed
- incredulously — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- infructuously — in an infructuous or unfruitful manner; fruitlessly
- injudiciously — not judicious; showing lack of judgment; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet: an injudicious decision.
- instructional — the act or practice of instructing or teaching; education.
- insulin shock — a state of collapse caused by a decrease in blood sugar resulting from the administration of excessive insulin.
- insulinogenic — Promoting the production of insulin.
- interlocutors — a person who takes part in a conversation or dialogue.
- interosculant — Mutually touching or intersecting.
- interosculate — to interpenetrate; inosculate.
- isochronously — In an isochronous manner.