13-letter words containing c, o, n, t, a, m
- protoactinium — protactinium.
- quartodeciman — one of a group of early Christians who observed Easter on the day of the Jewish Passover regardless of whether or not it was Sunday
- radioactinium — the radioactive isotope of thorium having a mass number 227 and a half-life of 18.8 days. Symbol: RdAc, Th 227.
- ramifications — the act or process of ramifying.
- rapprochement — an establishment or reestablishment of harmonious relations: a rapprochement reached between warring factions.
- reaction time — the interval between stimulation and response.
- reactionarism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- recombination — any of several processes by which genetic material of different origins becomes combined. It most commonly occurs between two sets of parental chromosomes during production of germ cells
- recompilation — the act of compiling: the compilation of documents.
- recomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
- recontaminate — to contaminate (an area, person, hands, etc) again
- recrimination — the act of recriminating, or countercharging: Hope gave way to recrimination with both sides claiming the moral high ground.
- romantic lead — a person who plays the main character in a romantic film or play
- romantic love — love characterized by romance and involving sexual attraction
- romanticality — the state or quality of being romantic
- romanticising — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- sanctimonious — making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.: They resented his sanctimonious comments on immorality in America.
- sanction mark — a mark on pieces of 19th-century French furniture signifying that the piece met the quality standards required by the Parisian guild of ebonists
- sansculottism — (in the French Revolution) a revolutionary of the poorer class: originally a term of contempt applied by the aristocrats but later adopted as a popular name by the revolutionaries.
- scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
- sex chromatin — Barr body.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- single combat — combat between two persons.
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- stagecoachman — the driver or operator of a stagecoach
- stock company — Finance. a company or corporation whose capital is divided into shares represented by stock.
- stocking mask — a nylon stocking used, especially by a criminal, to disguise the face.
- superromantic — exceptionally romantic
- synaposematic — relating to synaposematism
- tautochronism — the fact or quality of being a tautochrone
- taxonomically — the science or technique of classification.
- the decameron — title of collection of stories written in Italian in the early Renaissance by Boccaccio
- the-decameron — a collection of 100 tales (1353) by Boccaccio.
- thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
- thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
- thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
- time constant — the time required for a changing quantity in a circuit, as voltage or current, to rise or fall approximately 0.632 of the difference between its old and new value after an impulse has been applied that induces such a change: equal in seconds to the inductance of the circuit in henries divided by its resistance in ohms.
- transcriptome — a collection of all the messenger RNA in a particular cell
- trench mortar — a portable, muzzle-loaded mortar, usually having a smooth bore, fired at high angles of elevation to reach concealed enemy targets.
- triamcinolone — a synthetic glucocorticoid drug, C 21 H 27 FO 6 , used in the symptomatic treatment of inflammation.
- truman capote — Truman, 1924–84, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- trust company — a company or corporation organized to exercise the functions of a trustee, but usually engaging also in other banking and financial activities.
- tympanic bone — (in mammals) a bone of the skull, supporting the tympanic membrane and enclosing part of the tympanum or middle ear.
- ultraromantic — extremely romantic
- uncomfortable — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- uncomfortably — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- uncompensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- uncomplaisant — not eager to please; not compliant or obliging