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13-letter words containing e, n, c, r, a

  • cotton mather — Cotton, 1663–1728, American clergyman and author.
  • counter image — the point or set of points in the domain of a function corresponding to a given point or set of points in the range of the function.
  • counter shaft — A counter shaft is a shaft that runs parallel to the main shaft in a gearbox, and carries the pinion wheels.
  • counter staff — people who work behind the counter of a bank, post office, etc
  • counter table — a medieval English table having a top divided into appropriately marked spaces for various denominations of money.
  • counter-argue — to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment.
  • counteractant — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
  • counteracting — Present participle of counteract.
  • counteraction — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
  • counteractive — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
  • counterattack — If you counterattack, you attack someone who has attacked you.
  • counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
  • counterchange — to change parts, qualities, etc
  • countercharge — a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser
  • counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
  • counterdemand — a demand made in response to another demand
  • countermanded — Simple past tense and past participle of countermand.
  • counterplayer — a person who makes a counterplay
  • counterscarps — Plural form of counterscarp.
  • countershafts — Plural form of countershaft.
  • counterstains — Plural form of counterstain.
  • counterstream — a stream (of matter) which travels in the opposite direction
  • countertactic — an opposing tactic
  • counterthreat — an opposing or retaliatory threat
  • countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
  • country dance — a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets and perform a series of movements, esp facing one another in a line
  • country-dance — a dance of rural English origin in which the dancers form circles or squares or in which they face each other in two rows.
  • court hearing — an official meeting held in court
  • cousin-german — the child of one's aunt or uncle
  • covent garden — a district of central London: famous for its former fruit, vegetable, and flower market, now a shopping precinct
  • covered wagon — A covered wagon is a wagon that has an arched canvas roof and is pulled by horses. Covered wagons were used by the early American settlers as they travelled across the country.
  • covert action — a secret action undertaken to influence the course of political events, as a government intelligence operation.
  • crack cocaine — Crack cocaine is a form of the drug cocaine which has been purified and made into crystals.
  • crackle china — porcelain or pottery with intentional crazing
  • craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
  • craftspersons — Plural form of craftsperson.
  • cranberry bog — a bog in which cranberry plants are cultivated.
  • cranial index — the ratio of the greatest length to the greatest width of the cranium, multiplied by 100: used in comparative anthropology
  • cranial nerve — any of the 12 paired nerves that have their origin in the brain and reach the periphery through natural openings in the skull
  • crape jasmine — a shrub, Tabernaemontana divaricata, native to India, having white flowers that are fragrant at night.
  • crapulousness — The state or quality of being crapulous.
  • credentialing — Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form: Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.
  • credentialism — a tendency to value formal qualifications, esp at the expense of competence and experience
  • credentialled — having credentials
  • credit agency — an agency that checks whether people are able to pay for goods and services they wish to buy on credit, and provides them with a credit rating
  • credit rating — Your credit rating is a judgment of how likely you are to pay money back if you borrow it or buy things on credit.
  • creep-grazing — a method of pasture management that allows young farm animals (esp lambs) to graze part of the pasture before the adults in the group
  • crenellations — the battlements on a building
  • crepe bandage — a bandage made of light cotton crepe
  • crestone peak — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,294 feet (4360 meters).
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