13-letter words containing c, o, l, e, s
- crosscut file — a file having two intersecting rows of teeth
- crossectional — Of, pertaining to, or being a cross section.
- crowd pleaser — a person, performance, etc., having great popular appeal.
- crowd-pleaser — If you describe a performer, politician, or sports player as a crowd-pleaser, you mean they always please their audience. You can also describe an action or event as a crowd-pleaser.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- cyclosilicate — any silicate in which the SiO 4 tetrahedra are linked to form rings.
- cyclospermous — having the embryo curled around the central albumen
- cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
- cytoskeletons — Plural form of cytoskeleton.
- decarboxylase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of carbon dioxide from a compound
- declinometers — Plural form of declinometer.
- deliciousness — highly pleasing to the senses, especially to taste or smell: a delicious dinner; a delicious aroma.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- depoliticised — Simple past tense and past participle of depoliticise.
- depoliticizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depoliticize.
- desert cooler — (in India) a cooling device in which air is driven by an electric fan through wet grass
- desert locust — a migratory locust, Schistocerca gregaria, of North Africa and Asia, associated with the plagues described in the Old Testament.
- deserticolous — living or growing in a desert.
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- dextroglucose — dextrose
- dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
- diencephalons — Plural form of diencephalon.
- dipleidoscope — an instrument that uses a telescope and a hollow prism to see when the sun crosses the meridian
- directionless — the act or an instance of directing.
- disallowances — Plural form of disallowance.
- disconsolated — Obsolete form of disconsolate.
- discontentful — exhibiting a lack of contentment
- discounselled — lacking support or counsel
- documentalist — a specialist in documentation; a person working strictly with information and record-keeping.
- domestic fowl — a chicken.
- domiciliaries — of or relating to a domicile, or place of residence.
- double sculls — a race for sculls rowed by two rowers, each using a pair of oars.
- douglas scale — an international scale of sea disturbance and swell ranging from 0 to 9 with one figure for disturbance and one for swell
- early closing — shop closure at earlier hour
- ecclesiolatry — excessive reverence for churchly forms and traditions.
- economy class — a low-priced type of accommodation for travel, especially on an airplane.
- ecophysiology — the branch of physiology that deals with the physiological processes of organisms with respect to their environment.
- ecopsychology — A form of psychology based on integration with the natural world rather than with society.
- ectocommensal — Biology. (of an organism) living in a commensal relationship on the exterior of another organism.
- efficaciously — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
- efflorescence — the state or a period of flowering.
- egotistically — In an egotistic manner.