0%

13-letter words containing e, n, l, o, c

  • corneoscleral — Relating to the cornea and sclera of the eye.
  • cornfield ant — a small, brown ant, Lasius alienus, that lives in cornfields and feeds on honeydew of the corn-root aphid.
  • corporealness — The state or quality of being corporeal.
  • correlational — mutual relation of two or more things, parts, etc.: Studies find a positive correlation between severity of illness and nutritional status of the patients. Synonyms: similarity, correspondence, matching; parallelism, equivalence; interdependence, interrelationship, interconnection.
  • cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
  • coterminously — having the same border or covering the same area.
  • council house — In Britain, a council house is a house that is owned by a local council and that people can rent at a low cost.
  • councilmember — a member of a council, especially a legislative council.
  • councilperson — a member of a city or local legislative council.
  • counselorship — The function and rank or office of a counselor.
  • counter table — a medieval English table having a top divided into appropriately marked spaces for various denominations of money.
  • counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
  • counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
  • counterfeitly — in a counterfeit manner
  • countermelody — a secondary melody that accompanies the primary melody
  • counterplayer — a person who makes a counterplay
  • countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
  • country blues — acoustic folk blues with a guitar accompaniment
  • countrypeople — countryfolk.
  • county police — (in the US) the police of a particular county
  • covalent bond — a type of chemical bond involving the sharing of electrons between atoms in a molecule, esp the sharing of a pair of electrons by two adjacent atoms
  • cove lighting — indirect lighting directed upward from an interior cornice or the like toward a cove at the edge of the ceiling.
  • coventry bell — a perennial garden plant, Campanula trachelium, of Eurasia, having coarsely toothed leaves and bluish-purple flowers.
  • cowl neckline — a neckline of women's clothes loosely folded over and sometimes resembling a folded hood
  • crapulousness — The state or quality of being crapulous.
  • credulousness — willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullible.
  • cremorne bolt — (on a French window or the like) a pair of rods, moved by a knob mechanism, sliding into sockets in the head and sill of the opening to provide a secure fastening.
  • crenellations — the battlements on a building
  • criminal code — the body of laws regulating how crimes are to be punished
  • cross oneself — to outline the form of a cross as a Christian religious act by moving the hand from the forehead to the breast and then from one shoulder to the other
  • cross-channel — Cross-Channel travel is travel across the English Channel, especially by boat.
  • cross-selling — to sell or try to sell (similar or related products or services) to an existing customer.
  • crossectional — Of, pertaining to, or being a cross section.
  • crumple zones — parts of a motor vehicle, at the front and the rear, that are designed to crumple in a collision, thereby absorbing the impact
  • cryogenically — in a cryogenic manner
  • culdocentesis — (medicine) A diagnostic procedure in which fluid from the rectouterine pouch is extracted, via the vagina, using a needle.
  • culloden moor — a moor in NE Scotland, near Inverness: site of the battle that ended the Jacobite Rebellion 1746.
  • curling stone — a large, heavy, ellipsoidal stone or a similar object made of iron, usually having one rough side and one smooth side with a hole in the center of each for screwing in a handle by which the stone is released, for use in the game of curling.
  • cyanoacrylate — a substance with an acrylate base, usually sold in the form of a quick-setting highly adhesive glue
  • cyanoethylate — to introduce a cyano-ethyl group into
  • cyclohexanone — a colourless liquid used as a solvent for cellulose lacquers. Formula: C6H10O
  • cyclone fence — a heavy-duty, chain-link fence, usually high and often topped with barbed wire
  • cycloolefinic — of or like a cycloolefin
  • cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
  • cyproconazole — (organic compound) The conazole fungicide \u03b1-(4-chlorophenyl)-\u03b1-(1-cyclopropylethyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ethanol.
  • cytogenetical — of or related to cytogenetics
  • cytoskeletons — Plural form of cytoskeleton.
  • deacetylation — to remove the acetyl group from (an organic compound).
  • decarbonylate — to remove the carbonyl group from (an organic compound).
  • decimal point — A decimal point is the dot in front of a decimal fraction.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?