13-letter words containing c, o, l, s, t
- cheviot hills — a range of hills on the border between England and Scotland, mainly in Northumberland
- chicago style — a style of jazz flourishing in Chicago especially in the early 1920s, constituting a direct offshoot of New Orleans style, and differing from its predecessor chiefly in the diminished influence of native folk sources, the greater tension of its group improvisation, the increased emphasis on solos, and the regular use of the tenor saxophone as part of the ensemble.
- child custody — custody (def 4).
- child support — If a parent pays child support, they legally have to pay money to help provide things such as food and clothing for a child with whom they no longer live.
- child-custody — custody (def 4).
- chilkoot pass — a mountain pass in North America between SE Alaska and NW British Columbia, over the Coast Range
- chloroformist — a person who is skilled in the use of or who dispenses or provides chloroform as part of their job
- chloroplastal — of or like a chloroplast
- chloroplastic — a plastid containing chlorophyll.
- cholecystitis — inflammation of the gall bladder, due to bacterial infection or the presence of gallstones
- cholesteatoma — A destructive and expanding keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear and/or mastoid process.
- cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- chromatolysis — the dissolution of stained material, such as chromatin in injured cells
- chrysophilite — a person who loves gold
- circumlocutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumlocute.
- civil society — the elements such as freedom of speech, an independent judiciary, etc, that make up a democratic society
- civilisations — Plural form of civilisation.
- civilizations — Plural form of civilization.
- class society — a society in which class distinctions are influential
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- clavichordist — Someone who plays the clavichord.
- cleistogamous — having small, unopened, self-pollinating flowers, usually in addition to the showier flowers
- cleistothecia — (in certain ascomycetous fungi) a closed, globose ascocarp from which the ascospores are released only by its rupture or decay.
- cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
- climatologist — A climatologist is someone who studies climates.
- clistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- clistothecium — cleistothecium.
- close at hand — lying in the near future or vicinity; nearby or imminent.
- close to home — affecting sb personally
- close-at-hand — lying in the near future or vicinity; nearby or imminent.
- close-fitting — Close-fitting clothes fit tightly and show the shape of your body.
- close-mouthed — Someone who is close-mouthed about something does not say much about it.
- closed stance — a batting stance in which the front foot is positioned closer to the inside of the batter's box than the back foot.
- closed system — a region that is isolated from its surroundings by a boundary that admits no transfer of matter or energy across it.
- closing costs — fees paid when buying a house
- clothes brush — a brush used to remove dust, fluff, dirt, etc from clothes
- clothes horse — A clothes horse is a folding frame used inside someone's house to hang washing on while it dries.
- clothes-horse — Informal. a person whose chief interest and pleasure is dressing fashionably.
- clothes-press — a piece of furniture for storing clothes, usually containing wide drawers and a cabinet
- clothesbasket — a basket for holding and carrying laundry.
- clotheshorses — Plural form of clotheshorse.
- cluster point — a point of a net having the property that the net is frequently in each neighborhood of the point.
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- coastal plain — a plain extending along a coast.
- coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
- coatzacoalcos — city in EC Mexico, in Veracruz state: pop. 233,000
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- coelenterates — Plural form of coelenterate.
- coextensively — To the same extent.