13-letter words containing c, r, l
- contributable — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- control board — a panel containing switches, dials, and other equipment for regulating electrical devices, lights, etc.
- control chart — a chart on which observed values of a variable are plotted, usually against the expected value of the variable and its allowable deviation, so that excessive variations in the quality, quantity, etc, of the variable can be detected
- control freak — If you say that someone is a control freak, you mean that they want to be in control of every situation they find themselves in.
- control group — any group used as a control in a statistical experiment, esp a group of patients who receive either a placebo or a standard drug during an investigation of the effects of another drug on other patients
- control panel — the part of a machine or piece of equipment that houses the controls
- control point — a point at which a potential hazard can be controlled, such as in food production
- control stick — the lever by which a pilot controls the lateral and longitudinal movements of an aircraft
- control tower — A control tower is a building at an airport from which instructions are given to aircraft when they are taking off or landing. You can also refer to the people who work in a control tower as the control tower.
- controllables — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- controversial — If you describe something or someone as controversial, you mean that they are the subject of intense public argument, disagreement, or disapproval.
- convertiplane — an aircraft that can land and take off vertically by temporarily directing its propulsive thrust downwards
- conveyor belt — A conveyor belt or a conveyor is a continuously-moving strip of rubber or metal which is used in factories for moving objects along so that they can be dealt with as quickly as possible.
- convulsionary — of or affected with convulsion.
- cooling board — a plank for laying out a corpse.
- cooling tower — A cooling tower is a very large, round, high building which is used to cool water from factories or power stations.
- cooperatively — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- copolymerized — Polymerized, along with another compound, to form a copolymer.
- copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
- cor pulmonale — pulmonary heart disease: a serious heart condition in which there is enlargement and failure of the right ventricle resulting from lung disease
- coral springs — city in SE Fla.: pop. 118,000
- coralliferous — bearing or containing coral
- coralligenous — producing coral
- core analysis — Core analysis is the process of studying a sample of rock in a laboratory.
- core handling — Core handling is the way that a core is dealt with to make sure it maintains its properties for testing.
- coreferential — (of more than one linguistic expression) designating the same individual or class
- corel ventura — (text, graphics) (Previously "Ventura Publisher") The first full-featured desktop publishing program available for the IBM personal computer and compatibles. Ventura Publisher was originally distributed by Ventura, a wholy owned subsiduary of Xerox Corporation but was acquired by Corel Corporation in September 1993.
- coreligionist — an adherent of the same religion as another
- coresidential — relating to joint residency
- corinth canal — a ship canal connecting the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf across the Isthmus of Corinth
- corkscrewlike — Resembling a corkscrew, usually specifically the worm of a corkscrew.
- corn marigold — an annual plant, Chrysanthemum segetum, with yellow daisy-like flower heads: a common weed of cultivated land: family Asteraceae (composites)
- corneoscleral — Relating to the cornea and sclera of the eye.
- cornfield ant — a small, brown ant, Lasius alienus, that lives in cornfields and feeds on honeydew of the corn-root aphid.
- corollifloral — relating to, or belonging to, a subclass of plants known as Corolliflorae, which have gamopetalous corolla and stamens attached to the corolla
- corpora lutea — corpus luteum
- corporate law — law that relates to corporations and to business activities in general
- corporational — an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. See also municipal corporation, public corporation.
- corporealness — The state or quality of being corporeal.
- corpus luteum — a yellow glandular mass of tissue that forms in a Graafian follicle following release of an ovum. It secretes progesterone, a hormone necessary to maintain pregnancy
- correlational — mutual relation of two or more things, parts, etc.: Studies find a positive correlation between severity of illness and nutritional status of the patients. Synonyms: similarity, correspondence, matching; parallelism, equivalence; interdependence, interrelationship, interconnection.
- correlatively — so related that each implies or complements the other.
- corrigibility — The quality or state of being corrigible.
- corrosibility — corrodibility
- corticobulbar — Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the brainstem, especially with regard to the corticobulbar tract, a white matter pathway connecting the two.
- corticospinal — Of, or pertaining to, or connecting the cerebral cortex and the spinal cord.
- costimulatory — Of or pertaining to co-stimulation.
- costochondral — (anatomy) Relating to ribs and cartilage.
- cotemporality — The state or characteristic of existing or occurring during the same period of time.
- coterminously — having the same border or covering the same area.