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13-letter words containing c, l, u, n, i

  • carillonneurs — Plural form of carillonneur.
  • carnivalesque — characteristic of, suitable for, or like a carnival
  • carnivorously — In a carnivorous manner.
  • carrantuohill — a mountain in SW Republic of Ireland, in Macgillicuddy's Reeks in Kerry: the highest peak in Ireland. Height: 1041 m (3414 ft)
  • cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
  • cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.
  • cassivelaunus — 1st century bc, British chieftain, king of the Catuvellauni tribe, who organized resistance to Caesar's invasion of Britain (54 bc)
  • casualisation — (economics) The process by which employment shifts from a preponderance of full-time and permanent or contract positions to higher levels of casual positions.
  • casualization — the altering of working practices so that regular workers are re-employed on a casual or short-term basis
  • cavernicolous — inhabiting caves or cavelike places
  • centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
  • centuries-old — hundreds of years old
  • ceremoniously — If someone does something ceremoniously, they do it in an extremely formal way.
  • ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
  • cerumenolysis — (medicine) The process of softening cerumen (earwax) for removal.
  • cerumenolytic — (pharmacology) A chemical that softens or removes cerumen (earwax).
  • chaise longue — A chaise longue is a kind of sofa with only one arm and usually a back along half its length.
  • chaise lounge — A chaise lounge is the same as a chaise longue.
  • checkout line — A checkout line is a line of customers waiting to pay at a checkout counter.
  • chewing louse — See under louse (def 2).
  • chicken louse — a louse, Menopon pallidum (or gallinae); a parasite of poultry: order Mallophaga (bird lice)
  • chilean guava — a tropical shrub or small tree, Ugni molinae, of the myrtle family, having leathery, oval leaves, rose-pink flowers, and blue-black, edible fruit.
  • chlorocruorin — an oxygen-carrying substance that is found in the tissues of members of the division Annelida that is green in colour when oxygen is not present
  • churn molding — a molding decorated with chevrons.
  • circular-knit — noting, pertaining to, or made of a fabric made by circular knitting.
  • circularising — Present participle of circularise.
  • circularizing — Present participle of circularize.
  • circumflexing — Present participle of circumflex.
  • circumflexion — The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.
  • circumvolving — Present participle of circumvolve.
  • claim-jumping — a person who seizes another's claim of land, especially for mineral rights.
  • clair de lune — a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
  • clair-de-lune — a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
  • clairaudience — the postulated ability to hear sounds beyond the range of normal hearing
  • clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
  • clinker-built — (of a boat or ship) having a hull constructed with each plank overlapping that below
  • cloud seeding — any technique of adding material to a cloud to alter its natural development, usually to increase or obtain precipitation.
  • club sandwich — a sandwich consisting of three or more slices of toast or bread with a filling
  • cluster point — a point of a net having the property that the net is frequently in each neighborhood of the point.
  • cns stimulant — A CNS stimulant is any substance that stimulates the central nervous system.
  • coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
  • coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
  • cocultivation — the act of cultivating jointly
  • coeducational — A coeducational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
  • coeur de lion — Richard I, meaning “lionhearted.”.
  • cold moulding — the production of moulded articles from resins that polymerize chemically
  • colourisation — Alternative spelling of colorization.
  • column inches — the amount of coverage given to a story in a newspaper
  • communalistic — Pertaining to communalism.
  • communalities — the state or condition of being communal.
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