13-letter words containing e, s
- catcher's box — box1 (def 16d).
- catechistical — Pertaining to a catechism.
- categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
- caudine forks — a narrow pass in the Apennines, in S Italy, between Capua and Benevento: scene of the defeat of the Romans by the Samnites (321 bc)
- cause celebre — A cause célèbre is an issue, person, or criminal trial that has attracted a lot of public attention and discussion.
- cause offence — If you cause offence or give offence to someone, you say or do something rude which upsets or embarrasses them.
- causelessness — the quality or state of having no cause or reason
- caustic curve — a curve formed by the intersection of a caustic surface with a plane
- cauterisation — Alt form cauterization.
- cavernicolous — inhabiting caves or cavelike places
- cayenne-whist — a seaport in and the capital of French Guiana.
- ceaselessness — the quality of being uninterrupted or not stopping
- celestine iii — (Giacinto Bobone) died 1198, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1191–98.
- celiac plexus — solar plexus (def 1).
- cell division — the division of a cell into two new cells during growth or reproduction
- 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.
- centenionalis — a silver coin of ancient Rome, first issued by Diocletian as the 100th part of a solidus, later greatly debased.
- center spread — the pair of pages facing each other at the center of a magazine or newspaper, printed and made up as a single unit.
- central asian — involving or denoting the people, countries, cultures, or languages of Central Asia
- central falls — a city in NE Rhode Island.
- central islip — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- centre spread — the pair of two facing pages in the middle of a magazine, newspaper, etc, often illustrated
- centricalness — the situation or quality of being centrical
- centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
- centuries-old — hundreds of years old
- cephalopodous — of, belonging to or relating to a cephalopod
- cephalosporin — any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium
- cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
- ceremonialism — A fondness for ceremony, especially in religion; ritualism.
- ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- 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
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- cerumenolysis — (medicine) The process of softening cerumen (earwax) for removal.
- cerynean stag — a stag living in Arcadia, captured by Hercules as one of his labors.
- cesky terrier — a sturdy long-bodied short-legged variety of terrier with a wavy grey or light brown coat
- ch'en tu-hsiu — 1879–1942, Chinese intellectual, journalist, and cofounder of the Chinese Communist Party.
- chaetophorous — bearing bristles; setigerous.
- chain measure — measurement of distance using a chain 66 feet (20 meters) long, of which one link equals 7.9 inches (20.1 cm).
- 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.
- chalcostibite — a mineral, antimony copper sulfide, CuSbS 2 , occurring in lead-gray crystals.
- chalicotheres — Plural form of chalicothere.
- chamber music — Chamber music is classical music written for a small number of instruments.
- chancelleries — Plural form of chancellery.
- chandrasekhar — Subrahmanyan (ˌsʊbrəˈmænjən). 1910–95, US astronomer born in Lahore, India (now Pakistan). His work on stellar evolution led to an understanding of white dwarfs: shared the Nobel prize for physics 1983