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13-letter words containing c, o, a, t, s, n

  • antiresonance — a phenomenon in an electric, acoustic, or other such system in which the impedance is tending to infinity.
  • antiscorbutic — preventing or curing scurvy
  • antiselection — adverse selection.
  • antisocialism — the quality of being antisocial
  • antisocialist — a person opposed to socialism
  • antisociality — the quality of being antisocial
  • antispasmodic — preventing or arresting spasms, esp in smooth muscle
  • antisudorific — an antiperspirant.
  • apperceptions — Plural form of apperception.
  • appreciations — Plural form of appreciation.
  • arachnoiditis — an inflammation of the arachnoid membrane
  • aristolochene — (organic compound) A bicyclic sesquiterpene produced by certain fungi.
  • articulations — Plural form of articulation.
  • ascensiontide — the ten days from Ascension Day to the day before Whit Sunday
  • asset account — An asset account is an account that records the assets owned by a company.
  • associational — relating to association or alliance or an association, alliance or affiliation
  • astrodynamics — the study of the motion of natural and artificial bodies in space
  • astronautical — of or relating to astronautics or astronauts.
  • at a discount — below the regular price
  • at one's back — behind, esp in support or pursuit
  • atrociousness — The state of being atrocious.
  • auction house — a commercial company that specializes in selling items at auction
  • autochthonous — (of rocks, deposits, etc) found where they and their constituents were formed
  • automechanism — an automatic mechanical system or component, especially a device that operates automatically under predetermined conditions.
  • autumn crocus — a liliaceous plant, Colchicum autumnale, of Europe and N Africa having pink or purplish autumn flowers
  • backbone site — A key Usenet, electronic mail and/or Internet site; one that processes a large amount of third-party traffic, especially if it is the home site of any of the regional coordinators for the Usenet maps. Notable backbone sites as of early 1993 include uunet and the mail machines at Rutgers University, UC Berkeley, DEC's Western Research Laboratories, Ohio State University and the University of Texas. Compare rib site, leaf site.
  • backing store — a computer storage device, usually a disk, that provides additional storage space for information so that it can be accessed and referred to when required and may be copied into the processor if needed
  • bacteriolysin — an antibody which, when it combines with bacterial cells, causes lysis of those cells, thus destroying them
  • bank discount — interest on a loan deducted from the principal amount when the loan is made and based on the loan's face value
  • baseline cost — the projected cost for an undertaking at the time it is budgeted
  • basement-rock — the undifferentiated assemblage of rock (basement rock) underlying the oldest stratified rocks in any region: usually crystalline, metamorphosed, and mostly, but not necessarily, Precambrian in age.
  • basic fortran — (language)   A subset of Fortran.
  • beacon status — a ranking awarded by the government to an organization, rendering it eligible for extra funding, and aimed at encouraging organizations to share good practice with each other
  • bisectionally — from a bisectional point of view
  • black section — (in Britain in the 1980s) an unofficial group within the Labour Party in any constituency that represented the interests of local Black people
  • body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
  • bouncy castle — A bouncy castle is a large object filled with air, often in the shape of a castle, which children play on at a fairground or other outdoor event.
  • by contraries — contrary to what is expected
  • calf's tongue — a molding having pendent, tonguelike members in relief against a flat or molded surface.
  • campanologist — the principles or art of making bells, bell ringing, etc.
  • camping stool — a stool which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
  • camping stove — a portable stove powered by butane gas canisters, designed to be used for cooking while camping
  • cancellations — Plural form of cancellation.
  • capitulations — Plural form of capitulation.
  • capsulization — The act or process of capsulizing.
  • carbon offset — a compensatory measure made by an individual or company for carbon emissions, usually through sponsoring activities or projects which increase carbon dioxide absorption, such as tree planting
  • carbon tissue — a sheet of paper coated with pigmented gelatine, used in the carbon process
  • carbon-tissue — paper faced with a preparation of carbon or other material, used between two sheets of plain paper in order to reproduce on the lower sheet that which is written or typed on the upper.
  • carbonisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of carbonization.
  • carcinologist — a person who specializes in carcinology
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