13-letter words containing c, o, s, t, u, i
- deuteroscopic — of or relating to deuteroscopy; of second sight
- dichotomously — divided or dividing into two parts.
- disaccustomed — Simple past tense and past participle of disaccustom.
- disceptatious — disputable
- discomycetous — of or relating to the subclass of fungus Discomycetes
- discontentful — exhibiting a lack of contentment
- discontiguity — the quality of being discontiguous
- 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.
- 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.
- discourtesies — Plural form of discourtesy.
- disfunctional — dysfunction.
- do justice to — to show to full advantage
- 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.
- 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.
- duplicitously — In a duplicitous, two-faced manner.
- 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?
- 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.
- equisetaceous — belonging to the family Equisetaceae
- equivocations — Plural form of equivocation.
- eudaemonistic — Of or pertaining to eudaemonism.
- exclusionists — Plural form of exclusionist.
- excursionists — Plural form of excursionist.
- facetiousness — (uncountable) The state of being facetious.
- fasciculation — a fascicular condition.
- floutingstock — a laughing-stock; the object of mockery or flouting
- fluoroplastic — any of the plastics, as Teflon, in which hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon chains are replaced by fluorine atoms.
- fluoroscopist — One who carries out fluoroscopy.
- food security — an economic and social condition of ready access by all members of a household to nutritionally adequate and safe food: a household with high food security.
- formularistic — relating to formularization
- fractiousness — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- 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.
- 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.
- gesticulation — the act of gesticulating.
- gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination