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

  • cancellations — Plural form of cancellation.
  • canonical age — the age specified by canon law when a person becomes eligible to participate in a certain rite or hold a certain office.
  • capello index — a player rating website backed by Fabio Capello in which marks are awarded to football players in the top teams according to their performance in key skills of the game
  • carillonneurs — Plural form of carillonneur.
  • carolina wren — a large wren, Thryothorus ludovicianus, of the U.S., having a musical call.
  • cartelization — The act of cartelizing.
  • castellations — Defensive or decorative parapets with regularly spaced notches; battlements.
  • catecholamine — any of a group of hormones that are catechol derivatives, esp adrenaline and noradrenaline
  • cavernicolous — inhabiting caves or cavelike places
  • cell division — the division of a cell into two new cells during growth or reproduction
  • centenionalis — a silver coin of ancient Rome, first issued by Diocletian as the 100th part of a solidus, later greatly debased.
  • centuries-old — hundreds of years old
  • cephalization — (in the evolution of animals) development of a head by the concentration of feeding and sensory organs and nervous tissue at the anterior end
  • cephaloridine — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
  • 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.
  • ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
  • cerumenolysis — (medicine) The process of softening cerumen (earwax) for removal.
  • cerumenolytic — (pharmacology) A chemical that softens or removes cerumen (earwax).
  • 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.
  • chameleonlike — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.
  • checkout line — A checkout line is a line of customers waiting to pay at a checkout counter.
  • chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
  • chewing louse — See under louse (def 2).
  • chicken louse — a louse, Menopon pallidum (or gallinae); a parasite of poultry: order Mallophaga (bird lice)
  • child version — (system management)   In change management, a configuration item derived by altering another item (its parent version).
  • chile relleno — a Mexican dish of a green chile, usually hot, stuffed as with cheese or a meat mixture, then breaded and fried and served usually with a sauce
  • chili relleno — chile relleno
  • chiloe island — an island administered by Chile, off the W coast of South America in the Pacific Ocean: timber. Pop: 154 775 (2002, Chiloé province). Area: 8394 sq km (3240 sq miles)
  • chinese block — a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow wooden block played with a drumstick
  • chlorhexidine — an antiseptic compound used in skin cleansers, mouthwashes, etc
  • chlormerodrin — a white, bitter, odorless powder, ClHgN 2 H 11 O 2 , soluble in methanol and ethanol and slightly soluble in water, used in medicine as a diuretic.
  • chloromycetin — chloramphenicol
  • chronologized — to arrange in chronological order.
  • cinnamon teal — a small, freshwater, wild duck, Anas cyanoptera, of North and South America, having chiefly cinnamon-red plumage.
  • circumflexion — The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.
  • claymore mine — an antipersonnel mine designed to produce a direction-guided, fan-shaped pattern of fragments.
  • clear-coating — an automotive painting technique in which a coating of clear lacquer or other synthetic liquid is applied over the base color to enhance the shine and durability of the paint.
  • clearing loan — a bank loan to finance the purchase of securities which is repayable within the calendar day on which it is made.
  • clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
  • cleomenes iii — died 219? b.c.; king of Sparta (235?-220? b.c.); sought to institute sweeping social reforms
  • cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
  • climatic zone — any of the eight principal zones, roughly demarcated by lines of latitude, into which the earth can be divided on the basis of climate
  • climbing rose — any of various roses that ascend and cover a trellis, arbor, etc., chiefly by twining about the supports.
  • clinopyroxene — a member of the pyroxene group of minerals having a monoclinic crystal structure, such as augite, diopside, or jadeite
  • cliometrician — An expert at cliometrics.
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