13-letter words containing c, o, n, s, e, t
- boston rocker — a type of 19th-cent. American rocking chair, having a curved wooden seat and a high back formed of spindles held in place by a broad headpiece
- 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.
- bronco buster — a person who breaks broncos to the saddle.
- by contraries — contrary to what is expected
- calf's tongue — a molding having pendent, tonguelike members in relief against a flat or molded surface.
- camping stove — a portable stove powered by butane gas canisters, designed to be used for cooking while camping
- cancellations — Plural form of cancellation.
- 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.
- case in point — a specific, appropriate, or relevant instance or example
- cased edition — a hardback book sold in a protective box that is open at one edge so that you can see the spine of the book
- casement door — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
- castellations — Defensive or decorative parapets with regularly spaced notches; battlements.
- caster action — the tendency, caused by the design of the mounting, of a wheel to turn into its plane of rotation
- cat and mouse — Also called cat and rat. a children's game in which players in a circle keep a player from moving into or out of the circle and permit a second player to move into or out of the circle to escape the pursuing first player.
- cat-and-mouse — denoting a fight or contest in which participants attempt to confuse or deceive each other in a cruel or teasing way, esp before a final act of cruelty or unkindness
- catch oneself — to hold oneself back abruptly from saying or doing something
- cauterisation — Alt form cauterization.
- centenionalis — a silver coin of ancient Rome, first issued by Diocletian as the 100th part of a solidus, later greatly debased.
- centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
- centuries-old — hundreds of years old
- ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
- chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
- chestnut coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 1 3/16 to 1 5/8 inch (3 to 4 cm).
- chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
- cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
- close at hand — lying in the near future or vicinity; nearby or imminent.
- 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.
- 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.
- cluster point — a point of a net having the property that the net is frequently in each neighborhood of the point.
- co-respondent — a person cited in divorce proceedings, who is alleged to have committed adultery with the respondent
- coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
- code position — (character) An integer that a coded character set maps to a character. A code position is normally stored or transmitted by applying a character encoding to turn it into a byte string.
- codeswitching — Alternative form of code-switching.
- coelenterates — Plural form of coelenterate.
- coextensively — To the same extent.
- coleman stove — a portable kerosene camp stove
- collectedness — The state or quality of being collected.
- colored stone — any gemstone, colored or colorless, other than a diamond.
- colorfastness — The characteristic of being colorfast.
- combativeness — The state of being combative.
- commencements — Plural form of commencement.
- commendations — the act of commending; recommendation; praise: commendation for a job well done.
- commensurated — Simple past tense and past participle of commensurate.
- commensurates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commensurate.
- commentations — Plural form of commentation.
- commiserating — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.