13-letter words containing c, l, o, u, e
- cor pulmonale — pulmonary heart disease: a serious heart condition in which there is enlargement and failure of the right ventricle resulting from lung disease
- coralliferous — bearing or containing coral
- coralligenous — producing coral
- corel ventura — (text, graphics) (Previously "Ventura Publisher") The first full-featured desktop publishing program available for the IBM personal computer and compatibles. Ventura Publisher was originally distributed by Ventura, a wholy owned subsiduary of Xerox Corporation but was acquired by Corel Corporation in September 1993.
- corpora lutea — corpus luteum
- corpus luteum — a yellow glandular mass of tissue that forms in a Graafian follicle following release of an ovum. It secretes progesterone, a hormone necessary to maintain pregnancy
- cosmeceutical — a cosmetic that has, or is claimed to have, pharmaceutical properties
- cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
- coterminously — having the same border or covering the same area.
- cottage tulip — a late-flowering type of tulip, usually having pointed or elongated flowers.
- coulomb field — the electrostatic field around an electrically charged body or particle
- 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.
- councilmember — a member of a council, especially a legislative council.
- councilperson — a member of a city or local legislative council.
- counselorship — The function and rank or office of a counselor.
- counter table — a medieval English table having a top divided into appropriately marked spaces for various denominations of money.
- counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
- counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
- counterfeitly — in a counterfeit manner
- countermelody — a secondary melody that accompanies the primary melody
- counterplayer — a person who makes a counterplay
- countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
- country blues — acoustic folk blues with a guitar accompaniment
- countrypeople — countryfolk.
- county police — (in the US) the police of a particular county
- court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
- courtesy call — a formal visit
- crapulousness — The state or quality of being crapulous.
- crassulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Crassulaceae, a family of herbaceous or shrubby flowering plants with fleshy succulent leaves, including the houseleeks and stonecrops
- credulousness — willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullible.
- cross-utilize — to make use of in an additional or different way.
- crosscut file — a file having two intersecting rows of teeth
- crowd trouble — bad behaviour by fans at a sports match
- crumple zones — parts of a motor vehicle, at the front and the rear, that are designed to crumple in a collision, thereby absorbing the impact
- crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
- cruzeiro real — a former monetary unit of Brazil, which was replaced by the real
- cuckooflowers — Plural form of cuckooflower.
- culdocentesis — (medicine) A diagnostic procedure in which fluid from the rectouterine pouch is extracted, via the vagina, using a needle.
- culloden moor — a moor in NE Scotland, near Inverness: site of the battle that ended the Jacobite Rebellion 1746.
- culture shock — Culture shock is a feeling of anxiety, loneliness, and confusion that people sometimes experience when they first arrive in another country.
- cultus coolee — a purposeless or recreational stroll or ride.
- culver's root — a tall North American scrophulariaceous plant, Veronicastrum virginicum, having spikes of small white or purple flowers
- cup of elijah — Elijah's cup.
- cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
- curling stone — a large, heavy, ellipsoidal stone or a similar object made of iron, usually having one rough side and one smooth side with a hole in the center of each for screwing in a handle by which the stone is released, for use in the game of curling.
- customer flow — Customer flow is the movement of customers around a store.
- cut-off valve — a valve that terminates the flow of fluid in a system
- cycle drought — A scarcity of cycles. It may be due to a cycle crunch, but it could also occur because part of the computer is temporarily not working, leaving fewer cycles to go around. "The high moby is down, so we're running with only half the usual amount of memory. There will be a cycle drought until it's fixed."
- cyclospermous — having the embryo curled around the central albumen
- cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder