13-letter words containing c, u, t, a, n
- atrociousness — The state of being atrocious.
- auction block — Also called block. a platform from which an auctioneer sells: the old courthouse where slaves were sold from the auction block.
- auction house — a commercial company that specializes in selling items at auction
- auction pitch — a variety of all fours in which players bid to determine the trump or pitch.
- auctioneering — Present participle of auctioneer.
- authentically — not false or copied; genuine; real: an authentic antique.
- authenticated — Prove or show (something, esp. a claim or an artistic work) to be true or genuine.
- authenticates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of authenticate.
- authenticator — a person or thing that authenticates.
- auto-injector — An auto-injector is a hypodermic syringe that you can use to inject yourself with a liquid.
- autochthonous — (of rocks, deposits, etc) found where they and their constituents were formed
- autoinfection — infection by a pathogenic agent already within the body or infection transferred from one part of the body to another
- automechanism — an automatic mechanical system or component, especially a device that operates automatically under predetermined conditions.
- autonomically — autonomous.
- autumn crocus — a liliaceous plant, Colchicum autumnale, of Europe and N Africa having pink or purplish autumn flowers
- averruncation — the act of averting or turning away
- back mutation — the reversion of a mutant to the original phenotype
- badminton cup — a long refreshing drink of claret with soda water and sugar
- band spectrum — a spectrum consisting of a number of bands of closely spaced lines that are associated with emission or absorption of radiation by molecules
- bank discount — interest on a loan deducted from the principal amount when the loan is made and based on the loan's face value
- 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
- beta function — a function of two variables, usually expressed as an improper integral and equal to the quotient of the product of the values of the gamma function at each variable divided by the value of the gamma function at the sum of the variables.
- bidenticulate — having two small teeth or toothlike processes.
- birectangular — having two right angles.
- black country — a district in the English Midlands, around Birmingham: so called from the soot and grime produced by the many local industries.
- black currant — the small, round, blackish, edible fruit of a widely cultivated shrub, Ribes nigrum, of the saxifrage family.
- blast furnace — A blast furnace is a large structure in which iron ore is heated under pressure so that it melts and the pure iron metal separates out and can be collected.
- 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.
- brilliant cut — a cut for gems
- brilliant-cut — a cut intended to enhance the brilliance of a gem with the least possible sacrifice of weight, characterized by a form resembling two pyramids set base to base, truncated so as to give a broad table and a very small culet, and having from 18 to 104 facets, 58 being typical.
- buck sergeant — a newly promoted sergeant
- buoyancy tank — an enclosed air-filled section of a boat, ship or hovercraft designed to keep it afloat and prevent it from sinking
- buoyant force — the law that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force (buoyant force) equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body.
- butanoic acid — kind of acid
- cafe curtains — short, straight curtains, esp. for covering the lower part of a window, hung from a rod by means of sliding rings
- calculatingly — In a calculating manner.
- calculational — relating to calculation
- calf's tongue — a molding having pendent, tonguelike members in relief against a flat or molded surface.
- call the tune — to be in control of the proceedings
- call the turn — to predict successfully
- callithumpian — relating to or resembling a callithump
- canaliculated — Canaliculate.
- cantus firmus — an existing melody used as the basis for a new polyphonic composition
- capitulations — Plural form of capitulation.
- capsulization — The act or process of capsulizing.
- 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.
- carbonneutral — pertaining to or having achieved a state in which the net amount of carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds emitted into the atmosphere is reduced to zero because it is balanced by actions to reduce or offset these emissions: Since the administration installed solar panels, the campus has become carbon neutral; a carbon-neutral brewery.
- carburization — Impregnation or reaction with carbon, especially in the manufacture of steel.
- carcinomatous — a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.