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13-letter words containing c, o, u, n, t

  • beta function — a function of two variables, usually expressed as an improper integral and equal to the quotient of the product of the values of the gamma function at each variable divided by the value of the gamma function at the sum of the variables.
  • black country — a district in the English Midlands, around Birmingham: so called from the soot and grime produced by the many local industries.
  • 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.
  • buoyancy tank — an enclosed air-filled section of a boat, ship or hovercraft designed to keep it afloat and prevent it from sinking
  • buoyant force — the law that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force (buoyant force) equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body.
  • butanoic acid — kind of acid
  • calculational — relating to calculation
  • calf's tongue — a molding having pendent, tonguelike members in relief against a flat or molded surface.
  • capitulations — Plural form of capitulation.
  • capsulization — The act or process of capsulizing.
  • 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.
  • carbonneutral — pertaining to or having achieved a state in which the net amount of carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds emitted into the atmosphere is reduced to zero because it is balanced by actions to reduce or offset these emissions: Since the administration installed solar panels, the campus has become carbon neutral; a carbon-neutral brewery.
  • carburization — Impregnation or reaction with carbon, especially in the manufacture of steel.
  • carcinomatous — a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
  • caribou inuit — a member of any of the Inuit peoples who formerly inhabited the Barren Lands of N Canada
  • carotid sinus — specialized nerve end organs producing a slight dilatation of the carotid artery where it branches into the external and internal carotid arteries, responding to changes in blood pressure by mediating changes in the heartbeat rate.
  • carrantuohill — a mountain in SW Republic of Ireland, in Macgillicuddy's Reeks in Kerry: the highest peak in Ireland. Height: 1041 m (3414 ft)
  • cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
  • cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.
  • cash discount — a discount granted to a purchaser who pays before a stipulated date
  • casting couch — a couch on which a casting director is said to seduce women seeking a part in a film or play
  • casualisation — (economics) The process by which employment shifts from a preponderance of full-time and permanent or contract positions to higher levels of casual positions.
  • casualization — the altering of working practices so that regular workers are re-employed on a casual or short-term basis
  • 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
  • cauterisation — Alt form cauterization.
  • cauterization — to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, especially for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
  • caution money — a sum of money deposited as security for good conduct, against possible debts, etc
  • center around — to have as a central point, focus of attention, etc.
  • centre ground — the nominal space in the political spectrum that is neither right or left
  • centuries-old — hundreds of years old
  • cerumenolytic — (pharmacology) A chemical that softens or removes cerumen (earwax).
  • checkout line — A checkout line is a line of customers waiting to pay at a checkout counter.
  • chestnut coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 1 3/16 to 1 5/8 inch (3 to 4 cm).
  • chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
  • circumduction — the action of turning anything on its axis
  • circumvention — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
  • cluster point — a point of a net having the property that the net is frequently in each neighborhood of the point.
  • co-production — a film, play, television programme, etc, produced by two or more people or organizations
  • coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
  • 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.
  • cocultivation — the act of cultivating jointly
  • coeducational — A coeducational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
  • collar button — the button used to fasten the collar down on a garment
  • colourisation — Alternative spelling of colorization.
  • column vector — a collection of numbers, as the components of a vector, written vertically.
  • commaundement — Obsolete spelling of commandment.
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