13-letter words containing c, o, r, n, a
- cinnamon fern — a large, New World fern (Osmunda cinnamomea, family Osmundaceae) having sterile green fronds and other fronds that bear spores and turn a cinnamon color as the spores mature
- ciprofloxacin — a broad-spectrum antibiotic used against Gram-negative bacteria. It is effective against anthrax
- citation form — the spoken form a word has when produced in isolation, such as when cited for purposes of illustration, as distinguished from the form it would have when produced in the normal stream of speech.
- clairvoyantly — In a clairvoyant way; by means of clairvoyance.
- clamorousness — The state or quality of being clamorous.
- clarification — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
- claymore mine — an antipersonnel mine designed to produce a direction-guided, fan-shaped pattern of fragments.
- cleaner tooth — a saw tooth for cleaning loose chips from a kerf.
- clear-coating — an automotive painting technique in which a coating of clear lacquer or other synthetic liquid is applied over the base color to enhance the shine and durability of the paint.
- clearing loan — a bank loan to finance the purchase of securities which is repayable within the calendar day on which it is made.
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- cliometrician — An expert at cliometrics.
- close harmony — a type of singing in which all the parts except the bass lie close together and are confined to the compass of a tenth
- close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
- co-ordination — Co-ordination means organizing the activities of two or more groups so that they work together efficiently and know what the others are doing.
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- coal merchant — a person engaged in the purchase and sale of coal for profit
- coarsegrained — having a coarse texture
- coat-trailing — provocative or contentious writing, speech, behavior, etc.
- cocarcinogens — Plural form of cocarcinogen.
- cochairperson — a person who cochairs an organization
- cockney bream — a young snapper fish
- coconspirator — a fellow conspirator
- cocontraction — The simultaneous contraction of two muscles.
- coconut cream — Also called cream of coconut. a creamy white liquid skimmed from the top of coconut milk that has been made by soaking grated coconut meat in water, used in East Indian cookery, mixed drinks, etc.
- coconut water — the watery, drinkable liquid inside an immature coconut.
- coelenterates — Plural form of coelenterate.
- coeur d'alene — a member of an Indian people in N Idaho around Coeur d'Alene Lake.
- coin-operated — (of a machine) operated by the insertion of a coin
- coinheritance — joint inheritance
- cointegration — (mathematics) The condition of two non-stationary time series whose linear combination is stationary.
- collaborating — to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel.
- collaboration — Collaboration is the act of working together to produce a piece of work, especially a book or some research.
- collar button — the button used to fasten the collar down on a garment
- colorfastness — The characteristic of being colorfast.
- colourisation — Alternative spelling of colorization.
- combinatorial — of or involving combination, esp. mathematical combination
- combinatorics — a branch of mathematics dealing with combinations and permutations
- comfort woman — a girl or woman forced into prostitution by Japanese soldiers during World War II.
- command paper — (in Britain) a government document that is presented to Parliament, in theory by royal command
- commandeering — Present participle of commandeer.
- commandership — a person who commands.
- commemorating — Present participle of commemorate.
- commemoration — the act or an instance of commemorating
- commensurable — having a common factor
- commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
- commensurated — Simple past tense and past participle of commensurate.
- commensurates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commensurate.
- commiserating — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- commiseration — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.