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13-letter words containing i, a, t, r, c

  • cardiologists — Plural form of cardiologist.
  • cardiopathies — Plural form of cardiopathy.
  • caribou inuit — a member of any of the Inuit peoples who formerly inhabited the Barren Lands of N Canada
  • cariogenicity — conducive to the production or promotion of dental caries: the cariogenic factors in sweets.
  • carnegie unit — a standardized unit of measurement for evaluating courses in secondary schools in terms of college entrance requirements, representing one year's study in any subject, that subject having been taught for a minimum of 120 classroom hours to qualify.
  • carnification — the conversion of tissue into flesh or a fleshlike substance, as of lung tissue into fibrous tissue as a result of pneumonia.
  • carnot engine — an engine using a Carnot cycle of operations.
  • carotid sinus — specialized nerve end organs producing a slight dilatation of the carotid artery where it branches into the external and internal carotid arteries, responding to changes in blood pressure by mediating changes in the heartbeat rate.
  • carpet knight — a soldier who spends his life away from battle; idler
  • carpetbagging — relating to carpetbaggers or to the practice of carpetbaggers
  • carrantuohill — a mountain in SW Republic of Ireland, in Macgillicuddy's Reeks in Kerry: the highest peak in Ireland. Height: 1041 m (3414 ft)
  • carriage bolt — a round-headed bolt for timber, threaded along part of its shank, inserted into holes already drilled.
  • carrie nation — Carry or Carrie (Amelia Moore) 1846–1911, U.S. temperance leader.
  • cartelization — The act of cartelizing.
  • cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
  • cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.
  • carton-pierre — papier-mâché decorated in imitation of wood, stone, or metal, and chiefly used for ornamental statuary or decorative motifs.
  • cartoon strip — A cartoon strip is a series of drawings that tells a story.
  • cartridge pen — a pen having a removable ink reservoir that is replaced when empty
  • cash receipts — the money a business receives from its customers over a specified period
  • cash register — A cash register is a machine in a shop, pub, or restaurant that is used to add up and record how much money people pay, and in which the money is kept.
  • casing string — A casing string is a series of lengths of steel pipe which are fitted together and put into a well.
  • caster action — the tendency, caused by the design of the mounting, of a wheel to turn into its plane of rotation
  • cat distemper — distemper1 (def 1c).
  • cat's whisker — a pointed wire used to make contact with the crystal in a crystal radio receiver
  • catastrophise — Alt form catastrophize.
  • catastrophism — an old doctrine, now discarded, that the earth was created and has subsequently been shaped by sudden divine acts which have no logical connection with each other rather than by gradual evolutionary processes
  • catastrophist — the doctrine that certain vast geological changes in the earth's history were caused by catastrophes rather than gradual evolutionary processes.
  • catastrophize — (obsolete) To end a comedy.
  • categorematic — (of a word) able to stand alone as a term or subject
  • categorically — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
  • categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
  • categorizable — Capable of being categorized.
  • cathartically — of or relating to catharsis.
  • catheterizing — Present participle of catheterize.
  • caulifloweret — an individual floret from a cauliflower
  • caustic curve — a curve formed by the intersection of a caustic surface with a plane
  • cauterisation — Alt form cauterization.
  • cauterization — to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, especially for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
  • cavalry twill — a strong woollen twill fabric used for trousers, etc
  • cd-read-write — Compact Disc Rewritable
  • cd-rewritable — Compact Disc Rewritable
  • cecropia moth — a large North American saturniid moth, Hyalophora (or Samia) cecropia, with brightly coloured wings and feathery antennae
  • central asian — involving or denoting the people, countries, cultures, or languages of Central Asia
  • central india — a former political agency in central India uniting various native states and subordinate agencies: now incorporated into Madhya Pradesh.
  • central islip — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
  • centricalness — the situation or quality of being centrical
  • centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
  • centripetally — Towards a centre or axis.
  • cephalometric — Relating to cephalometrics.
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