13-letter words containing c, o, n, s, u
- discontiguous — disconnected or without contact
- discontinuing — Present participle of discontinue.
- discontinuity — lack of continuity; irregularity: The plot of the book was marred by discontinuity.
- discontinuous — not continuous; broken; interrupted; intermittent: a discontinuous chain of mountains; a discontinuous argument.
- discounselled — lacking support or counsel
- discount card — a card that entitles the holder to buy goods from a seller at a discount
- discount rate — the rate of interest charged in discounting commercial paper.
- disfunctional — dysfunction.
- document case — a flat, portable case, often of leather, for carrying papers, documents etc.
- documentalist — a specialist in documentation; a person working strictly with information and record-keeping.
- documentaries — Plural form of documentary.
- documentarist — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- dual controls — If a vehicle used by a driving instructor has dual controls, it has pedals on the passenger's side as well as on the driver's side to allow the driving instructor to brake should the learner try to move off when it is dangerous to do so
- duck shooting — duck hunting with a gun
- ducking stool — a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was tied to be plunged into water.
- dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- echo question — a question uttered by a listener that in effect repeats a speaker's sentence, replacing an unclear or doubted portion of the sentence with a stressed interrogative word, as You said WHAT to John? or He WHAT?
- echo sounding — the determining of depth of water by means of a device (echo sounder) that measures the time required for a sound wave to be reflected from the bottom: a similar process (echo ranging) is used to measure the distance to an underwater object
- educationists — Plural form of educationist.
- encapsulation — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
- encrustations — Plural form of encrustation.
- endonucleases — Plural form of endonuclease.
- equivocalness — The state of being equivocal; ambiguity.
- equivocations — Plural form of equivocation.
- eudaemonistic — Of or pertaining to eudaemonism.
- eugeosyncline — a geosyncline characterized by lithology typical of deep ocean environments
- eurocommunism — the policies, doctrines, and practices of Communist Parties in Western Europe in the 1970s and 1980s, esp those rejecting democratic centralism and favouring nonalignment with the Soviet Union and China
- exclusionists — Plural form of exclusionist.
- excursionists — Plural form of excursionist.
- facetiousness — (uncountable) The state of being facetious.
- fasciculation — a fascicular condition.
- ferociousness — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- floor cushion — a cushion placed on the floor of a room for people to sit on
- floutingstock — a laughing-stock; the object of mockery or flouting
- fluorescently — In a fluorescent manner; using fluorescence.
- fluorocarbons — Plural form of fluorocarbon.
- fluoroscoping — Present participle of fluoroscope.
- forcing house — a place where growth or maturity (as of fruit, animals, etc) is artificially hastened
- foreconscious — the preconscious.
- fractiousness — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- frumentaceous — of the nature of or resembling wheat or other grain.
- fugaciousness — (obsolete) fugacity.
- functionalise — to make functional.
- functionalism — (usually initial capital letter) Chiefly Architecture, Furniture. a design movement evolved from several previous movements or schools in Europe in the early 20th century, advocating the design of buildings, furnishings, etc., as direct fulfillments of material requirements, as for shelter, repose, or the serving of food, with the construction, materials, and purpose clearly expressed or at least not denied, and with aesthetic effect derived chiefly from proportions and finish, purely decorative effects being excluded or greatly subordinated. the doctrines and practices associated with this movement. Compare rationalism (def 4).
- functionalist — a person who advocates, or works according to, the principles of functionalism.
- functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
- furaciousness — the quality of being furacious or thievish
- gastrocnemius — the largest muscle in the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot, raises the heel, and assists in bending the knee.
- gentianaceous — belonging to the plant family Gentianaceae.
- genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.