13-letter words containing c, u, l, p, a
- conceptualism — the philosophical theory that the application of general words to a variety of objects reflects the existence of some mental entity through which the application is mediated and which constitutes the meaning of the term
- conceptualist — any of several doctrines existing as a compromise between realism and nominalism and regarding universals as concepts. Compare nominalism, realism (def 5).
- conceptuality — a conceptualization
- conceptualize — If you conceptualize something, you form an idea of it in your mind.
- cor pulmonale — pulmonary heart disease: a serious heart condition in which there is enlargement and failure of the right ventricle resulting from lung disease
- corpora lutea — corpus luteum
- cottage tulip — a late-flowering type of tulip, usually having pointed or elongated flowers.
- counterplayer — a person who makes a counterplay
- court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
- crapulousness — The state or quality of being crapulous.
- crustal plate — a large block or tabular section of the lithosphere that reacts to tectonic forces as a unit and moves as such.
- culpabilities — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- cup of elijah — Elijah's cup.
- cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
- cupping glass — a glass vessel from which air can be removed by suction or heat to create a partial vacuum: formerly used in drawing blood to the surface of the skin for slow bloodletting
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- custard apple — a West Indian tree, Annona reticulata: family Annonaceae
- deduplication — (computing) The elimination of redundant duplicate data.
- diplobacillus — a double bacillus; two bacilli linked end to end.
- dole cupboard — a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor.
- duplicability — The quality of being duplicable.
- encapsulating — Present participle of encapsulate.
- encapsulation — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
- escape clause — clause that releases sb from a contract
- euphemistical — Archaic form of euphemistic.
- extracapsular — (anatomy) Situated outside a capsule, especially outside the capsular ligament of a joint.
- flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
- fluorographic — of or pertaining to fluorography
- fluoroplastic — any of the plastics, as Teflon, in which hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon chains are replaced by fluorine atoms.
- futtock plate — a metal plate placed perpendicular to the top of a ship's lower mast to hold the futtock shrouds.
- half coupling — a flange fixed at the end of each of the two shafts that are connected in a flange coupling
- human capital — the collective skills, knowledge, or other intangible assets of individuals that can be used to create economic value for the individuals, their employers, or their community: Education is an investment in human capital that pays off in terms of higher productivity.
- humped cattle — any of several breeds of domestic cattle developed from the Indian species Bos indicus and characterized by a hump of fat and muscle over the shoulders.
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hypervascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- impactfulness — The quality of being impactful.
- in particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- inclusion map — a map of a set to itself in which each element of a given subset of the set is mapped to itself.
- incorruptable — Misspelling of incorruptible.
- inculpability — Lack of culpability; freedom from blame.
- infrascapular — (anatomy) Beneath the scapula.
- interscapular — between the scapulae or shoulder blades.
- intracapsular — Within a capsule.
- jumper cables — jump leads for starting a vehicle
- lace-up shoes — shoes which are fastened with laces
- lapsus calami — a slip of the pen.
- launching pad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
- leprechaunish — somewhat similar to a leprechaun
- leptocephalus — a colorless, transparent, flattened larva, especially of certain eels and ocean fishes.
- lunar eclipse — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.