13-letter words containing c, s, e, t, i
- counterpoises — Plural form of counterpoise.
- counterpoison — A poison used against another poison, serving as an antidote.
- countersigned — a sign used in reply to another sign.
- countersniper — designed to act against or eliminate snipers
- counterspying — the activities of a counterspy
- counterstains — Plural form of counterstain.
- counterstrike — a retaliatory strike
- counterthesis — A thesis that rebuts another.
- counterweighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterweigh.
- countinghouse — a building, room, or office used for keeping books and transacting business
- craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
- credentialism — a tendency to value formal qualifications, esp at the expense of competence and experience
- credibilities — the quality of being believable or worthy of trust: After all those lies, his credibility was at a low ebb.
- crenellations — the battlements on a building
- crested swift — any of several birds of the family Hemiprocnidae, of southeast Asia and the East Indies, related to the true swifts but differing in having erectile crests and the habit of perching in trees.
- criminalities — Plural form of criminality.
- crisis center — a central facility, telephone answering service, etc., where people may obtain informed help or advice in a personal crisis.
- crisis centre — a place providing help to victims of crime, natural disasters, etc
- criticalities — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- cross-fertile — capable of cross-fertilization or of being cross-fertilized
- cross-section — If you refer to a cross-section of particular things or people, you mean a group of them that you think is typical or representative of all of them.
- cross-sterile — incapable of reproducing due to hybridization.
- cross-trainer — a type of athletic shoe designed to be used in more than one type of activity.
- cross-utilize — to make use of in an additional or different way.
- crosscut file — a file having two intersecting rows of teeth
- crossectional — Of, pertaining to, or being a cross section.
- crotchetiness — The state or quality of being crotchety.
- cruiserweight — A cruiserweight is another name for a light heavyweight.
- cryotherapies — Plural form of cryotherapy.
- cryptesthesia — allegedly paranormal perception, as clairvoyance or clairaudience.
- culdocentesis — (medicine) A diagnostic procedure in which fluid from the rectouterine pouch is extracted, via the vagina, using a needle.
- culpabilities — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- curling stone — a large, heavy, ellipsoidal stone or a similar object made of iron, usually having one rough side and one smooth side with a hole in the center of each for screwing in a handle by which the stone is released, for use in the game of curling.
- custody suite — the part of a police station where people who have been arrested are held in custody
- customariness — The state or quality of being customary.
- cuticle stick — a piece of wood with a flattened end used to push back the cuticles from one's nails
- cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
- cyberactivism — Activism facilitated by the Internet.
- cyberneticist — Someone who studies cybernetics.
- cybersecurity — the state of being safe from electronic crime and the measures taken to achieve this
- cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
- cyclosilicate — any silicate in which the SiO 4 tetrahedra are linked to form rings.
- cystathionine — an amino acid, C 7 H 14 O 4 N 2 S, that is an intermediate in the transfer of sulfur from methionine to cysteine.
- cysticercosis — a parasitic infection of tissue by the larval form of the pork tapeworm, Taenia Solium, contracted through the ingestion of food or water contaminated by faeces, or by eating infected pork
- cytochemistry — the chemistry of living cells
- data security — the protection of data stored on computers
- decahistidine — An oligopeptide consisting of ten histidine moieties.
- decapitalised — to deprive of capital; discourage capital formation; withdraw capital from: The government decapitalized industry with harsh tax policies.
- decapitations — Plural form of decapitation.
- deceitfulness — given to deceiving: A deceitful person cannot keep friends for long.