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13-letter words containing c, u, l, e

  • cassivelaunus — 1st century bc, British chieftain, king of the Catuvellauni tribe, who organized resistance to Caesar's invasion of Britain (54 bc)
  • casual worker — a person who has temporary, as opposed to permanent or regular, employment
  • cattle plague — rinderpest.
  • caulifloweret — an individual floret from a cauliflower
  • cause celebre — A cause célèbre is an issue, person, or criminal trial that has attracted a lot of public attention and discussion.
  • causelessness — the quality or state of having no cause or reason
  • cavernicolous — inhabiting caves or cavelike places
  • celiac plexus — solar plexus (def 1).
  • cellar fungus — a fungus, Coniophora puteana, that causes dry rot in timber.
  • celluliferous — making or consisting of small cells
  • cellulose-gum — a white, water-soluble polymer derived from cellulose, used as a coating and sizing for paper and textiles, a stabilizer for various foods, and an appetite suppressor.
  • celsius scale — a scale of temperature in which 0° represents the melting point of ice and 100° represents the boiling point of water
  • cement slurry — Cement slurry is a mixture of Portland cement, water, and additives.
  • centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
  • centuries-old — hundreds of years old
  • century plant — an agave, Agave americana, native to tropical America but naturalized elsewhere, having very large spiny greyish leaves and greenish flowers on a tall fleshy stalk. It blooms only once in its life, after 10 to 30 years (formerly thought to flower after a century)
  • cephalopodous — of, belonging to or relating to a cephalopod
  • ceremoniously — If someone does something ceremoniously, they do it in an extremely formal way.
  • cerium metals — the metals lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, and samarium, forming a sub-group of the lanthanides
  • cerulean blue — a light-blue to strong greenish-blue color.
  • ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
  • cerumenolysis — (medicine) The process of softening cerumen (earwax) for removal.
  • cerumenolytic — (pharmacology) A chemical that softens or removes cerumen (earwax).
  • chaise longue — A chaise longue is a kind of sofa with only one arm and usually a back along half its length.
  • chaise lounge — A chaise lounge is the same as a chaise longue.
  • changefulness — Propensity to change.
  • charles louis — (Karl Ludwig Johann) 1771–1847, archduke of Austria.
  • charnel house — A charnel house is a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored.
  • chattel house — (esp in Barbados) a movable wooden dwelling, usually set on a foundation of loose stones on rented land
  • checkout girl — a female employee who works on a supermarket checkout
  • checkout line — A checkout line is a line of customers waiting to pay at a checkout counter.
  • chemical pulp — wood pulp made from chemically treated and cooked wood fibers and used in the manufacture of better grades of paper.
  • chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
  • cherry laurel — a Eurasian rosaceous evergreen shrub, Prunus laurocerasus, having glossy aromatic leaves, white flowers, and purplish-black fruits
  • chestnut clam — Astarte (def 2).
  • chestnut coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 1 3/16 to 1 5/8 inch (3 to 4 cm).
  • chewing louse — See under louse (def 2).
  • chicken louse — a louse, Menopon pallidum (or gallinae); a parasite of poultry: order Mallophaga (bird lice)
  • child cruelty — cruelty directed against children
  • chilean guava — a tropical shrub or small tree, Ugni molinae, of the myrtle family, having leathery, oval leaves, rose-pink flowers, and blue-black, edible fruit.
  • choripetalous — polypetalous
  • chub mackerel — a small mackerel, Scomber japonicus, of Atlantic and Pacific seas and parts of the Indian Ocean.
  • chuckleheaded — a stupid person; blockhead.
  • circular file — a wastebasket
  • circumflexing — Present participle of circumflex.
  • circumflexion — The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.
  • circumlocutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumlocute.
  • circumspectly — watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior.
  • circumstellar — surrounding, or revolving around, a star
  • circumvallate — to surround with a defensive fortification
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