13-letter words containing c, u, e, i
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- cinchonaceous — relating to cinchona
- cinematheques — Plural form of cinematheque.
- cinquecentist — an Italian artist or writer of the cinquecento
- circuit judge — a judge presiding over a county court or crown court
- circuit rider — (formerly) a minister of religion who preached from place to place along an established circuit
- circular file — a wastebasket
- circumagitate — (transitive) To agitate on all sides.
- circumambages — round-about methods
- circumambient — surrounding
- circumference — The circumference of a circle, place, or round object is the distance around its edge.
- circumflexing — Present participle of circumflex.
- circumflexion — The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.
- circumjacency — the state of being circumjacent
- circumlocutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumlocute.
- circumscribed — to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map.
- circumscribes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumscribe.
- circumspectly — watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior.
- circumstanced — simple past tense and past participle of circumstance.
- circumstances — someone's financial situation
- circumstellar — surrounding, or revolving around, a star
- circumvallate — to surround with a defensive fortification
- circumventing — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
- circumvention — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
- citrus canker — a disease of citrus trees caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas citri, characterized by spongy eruptions on leaves and fruit.
- ciudad juarez — a city in N Mexico, in Chihuahua state on the Río Grande, opposite El Paso, Texas. Pop: 1 469 000 (2005 est)
- ciudad madero — city in Tamaulipas state, EC Mexico: suburb of Tampico: pop. 160,000
- clair de lune — a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
- clair-de-lune — a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
- clair-obscure — chiaroscuro.
- clairaudience — the postulated ability to hear sounds beyond the range of normal hearing
- classic blues — a type of city blues performed by a female singer accompanied by a small group
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- cleistogamous — having small, unopened, self-pollinating flowers, usually in addition to the showier flowers
- clinker-built — (of a boat or ship) having a hull constructed with each plank overlapping that below
- clipper-built — (of a hull) having fast lines, with a high ratio of length to beam and a fine entrance.
- clistothecium — cleistothecium.
- cloud seeding — any technique of adding material to a cloud to alter its natural development, usually to increase or obtain precipitation.
- cluster point — a point of a net having the property that the net is frequently in each neighborhood of the point.
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- coeducational — A coeducational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
- coeur de lion — Richard I, meaning “lionhearted.”.
- colleagueship — workplace companionship
- colour filter — a thin layer of coloured gelatine, glass, etc, that transmits light of certain colours or wavelengths but considerably reduces the transmission of others
- columelliform — like a columella.
- column inches — the amount of coverage given to a story in a newspaper
- come out with — If you come out with a remark, especially a surprising one, you make it.
- comme il faut — correct or correctly
- communalities — the state or condition of being communal.