13-letter words containing i, n, c, a, l
- crash landing — aircraft: emergency descent
- 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
- crenellations — the battlements on a building
- criminal code — the body of laws regulating how crimes are to be punished
- criminalising — Present participle of criminalise.
- criminalities — Plural form of criminality.
- criminalizing — Present participle of criminalize.
- crinicultural — of or relating to hair growth
- crossectional — Of, pertaining to, or being a cross section.
- crowd on sail — to hoist as much sail as possible
- cryogenically — in a cryogenic manner
- cryptanalysis — the study of codes and ciphers; cryptography
- cryptanalytic — Of or pertaining to cryptanalysis or cryptanalytics.
- crystallinity — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
- crystallizing — Present participle of crystallize.
- cupping glass — a glass vessel from which air can be removed by suction or heat to create a partial vacuum: formerly used in drawing blood to the surface of the skin for slow bloodletting
- curvilinearly — In a curvilinear way.
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
- cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
- cycloaddition — a type of pericyclic chemical reaction
- cycloparaffin — any of a series of saturated alicyclic hydrocarbons of the general formula CnH2n, having a closed chain of three or more carbon atoms, as cyclohexane
- cylinder head — the detachable metal casting that fits onto the top of a cylinder block. In an engine it contains part of the combustion chamber and in an overhead-valve four-stroke engine it houses the valves and their operating mechanisms
- cylinder seal — a cylindrical seal of stone, clay, or precious stone decorated with linear designs, found in the Middle East and Balkans: dating from about 6000 bc
- cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
- cylindrically — In the manner of a cylinder.
- cytochalasins — Plural form of cytochalasin.
- cytogenetical — of or related to cytogenetics
- dabbling duck — any of numerous shallow-water ducks, especially of the genus Anas, that typically feed by upending and dabbling (contrasted with diving duck).
- dactyliomancy — the use of a suspended finger-ring for divination
- dancing class — a meeting of a group of student dancers for tuition in dancing
- dataveillance — the surveillance of a person's activities by studying the data trail created by actions such as credit card purchases, mobile phone calls, and internet use
- deacetylation — to remove the acetyl group from (an organic compound).
- debit balance — the amount of money owed to a lender, etc
- decentralised — Simple past tense and past participle of decentralise.
- decentralized — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- decentralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decentralize.
- decimal point — A decimal point is the dot in front of a decimal fraction.
- declassifying — Present participle of declassify.
- declinational — Relating to declination.
- decolonialize — decolonize.
- decompilation — The act, or the result of decompiling.
- decriminalise — Alternative spelling of decriminalize.
- decriminalize — When a criminal offence is decriminalized, the law changes so that it is no longer a criminal offence.
- deculturation — to cause the loss or abandonment of culture or cultural characteristics of (a people, society, etc.).
- deduplication — (computing) The elimination of redundant duplicate data.
- delicatessens — Plural form of delicatessen.
- delirifacient — anything that causes or induces delirium