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13-letter words containing c, s, t, o

  • beacon status — a ranking awarded by the government to an organization, rendering it eligible for extra funding, and aimed at encouraging organizations to share good practice with each other
  • behavioristic — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
  • bible society — a Christian organization devoted to the printing and distribution of the Bible.
  • bill of costs — a statement of the total costs that are the responsibility of a party to a suit or action
  • bioenergetics — the study of energy transformations in living organisms and systems
  • biogeneticist — genetic engineering.
  • biostatistics — the use of statistics to analyse biological data
  • biosystematic — relating to biosystematics
  • bisectionally — from a bisectional point of view
  • bitch goddess — worldly or material success personified as a goddess, especially one requiring sacrifice and being essentially destructive: He went to New York to worship the bitch goddess.
  • bitch session — a discussion in which people complain or gripe, usually about a shared experience: Their first date turned into a four-hour bitch session about their ex-spouses' lawyers.
  • black section — (in Britain in the 1980s) an unofficial group within the Labour Party in any constituency that represented the interests of local Black people
  • blastomycosis — a fungal infection particularly affecting the lungs
  • block letters — Block letters are the same as block capitals.
  • body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
  • body stocking — A body stocking is a piece of clothing that covers the whole of someone's body and fits tightly. Body stockings are often worn by dancers.
  • bombastically — (of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious.
  • booster cable — either of a pair of electric cables having clamps at each end and used for starting the engine of a vehicle whose battery is dead.
  • boston rocker — a type of 19th-cent. American rocking chair, having a curved wooden seat and a high back formed of spindles held in place by a broad headpiece
  • botryomycosis — a disease, usually of horses, caused by a bacterial infection (usually, Staphylococcus aureus) producing tumorous growths esp. after castration or a wound or injury
  • 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.
  • box stretcher — a heavy rectangular stretcher connecting successive legs of a table, chair, etc.
  • brachypterous — having very short or incompletely developed wings
  • breast pocket — The breast pocket of a man's coat or jacket is a pocket, usually on the inside, next to his chest.
  • bronchiolitis — a condition in which the small airways in the lungs become inflamed by a virus. It is most common in infants, who become breathless in severe cases. Recurrent attacks may lead to asthma
  • bronco buster — a person who breaks broncos to the saddle.
  • buster collar — a round collar, similar to a lampshade in shape, that is fitted round the neck of an animal or bird, for example to prevent it removing or interfering with a dressing or other treatment
  • butcher's boy — a boy doing deliveries for a butcher and perhaps also learning the butchery trade, esp in the past
  • by contraries — contrary to what is expected
  • cache storage — cache (def 3).
  • calf's tongue — a molding having pendent, tonguelike members in relief against a flat or molded surface.
  • campanologist — the principles or art of making bells, bell ringing, etc.
  • camping stool — a stool which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
  • camping stove — a portable stove powered by butane gas canisters, designed to be used for cooking while camping
  • cancellations — Plural form of cancellation.
  • capital goods — Capital goods are used to make other products. Compare consumer goods.
  • capital stock — the par value of the total share capital that a company is authorized to issue
  • capitulations — Plural form of capitulation.
  • capsulization — The act or process of capsulizing.
  • car boot sale — A car boot sale is a sale where people sell things they own and do not want from a little stall or from the back of their car.
  • carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
  • carbon offset — a compensatory measure made by an individual or company for carbon emissions, usually through sponsoring activities or projects which increase carbon dioxide absorption, such as tree planting
  • 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.
  • carbonisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of carbonization.
  • carcinologist — a person who specializes in carcinology
  • carcinomatous — a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
  • cardiologists — Plural form of cardiologist.
  • cardiopathies — Plural form of cardiopathy.
  • 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.
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