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13-letter words containing c, o, n, e, l

  • sublanceolate — (of leaves, etc) almost spear-shaped
  • sucking louse — See under louse (def 1).
  • suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
  • sunspot cycle — the cycle, averaging in duration slightly more than 11 years, in which the frequency of sunspots varies from a maximum to a minimum and back to a maximum again.
  • supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
  • synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • tallow candle — a candle made from tallow
  • tax allowance — amount of income left untaxed
  • techno-babble — technical jargon relating to computing and other technological subjects
  • technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • technologized — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • technopolitan — of or relating to a place or society dominated by technology
  • telecommuting — working at home by using a computer terminal electronically linked to one's place of employment.
  • teleconverter — a person or thing that converts.
  • teledildonics — a technology supposedly enabling two or more people to engage in sexual activity remotely
  • telencephalon — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
  • telerecording — the recording of television signals on tape or, more usually, on film
  • the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
  • the consulate — the consular government of France from 1799 to 1804
  • the neolithic — the Neolithic period; New Stone Age
  • the oligocene — the Oligocene epoch or rock series
  • the paleocene — the Paleocene Epoch or its rocks
  • thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
  • thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
  • tonsillectomy — the operation of excising or removing one or both tonsils.
  • toque blanche — the tall white hat traditionally worn by a chef
  • touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
  • trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
  • triamcinolone — a synthetic glucocorticoid drug, C 21 H 27 FO 6 , used in the symptomatic treatment of inflammation.
  • trinucleotide — three linked nucleotides; triplet.
  • tropical zone — Torrid Zone
  • tropocollagen — the molecular unit which forms collagen, consisting of three polypeptide chains
  • tuberculation — Also, tuberculated, tuberculose. having tubercles.
  • ultraviolence — acts of extreme violence, esp those shown on television or film
  • un-actionable — furnishing ground for a lawsuit.
  • un-cloistered — secluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life.
  • un-convoluted — twisted; coiled.
  • unaccountable — impossible to account for; unexplained; inexplicable: The boat has an unaccountable tendency to yaw.
  • uncamouflaged — the act, means, or result of obscuring things to deceive an enemy, as by painting or screening objects so that they are lost to view in the background, or by making up objects that from a distance have the appearance of fortifications, guns, roads, etc.: Was camouflage used extensively on fighter aircraft during World War I?
  • uncategorical — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
  • unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
  • uncloudedness — the quality or state of being unclouded or free of clouds
  • uncollectable — that cannot be collected: an uncollectible debt.
  • uncollectible — that cannot be collected: an uncollectible debt.
  • uncomfortable — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
  • uncommendable — not able to be commended; unworthy of commendation; reprehensible
  • uncommendably — in an uncommendable manner
  • uncompletable — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • uncomplicated — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
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