13-letter words containing i, n, c, o, t
- counterspying — the activities of a counterspy
- counterstains — Plural form of counterstain.
- counterstrike — a retaliatory strike
- countertactic — an opposing tactic
- counterthesis — A thesis that rebuts another.
- countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
- counterweighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterweigh.
- counterweight — A counterweight is an action or proposal that is intended to balance or counter other actions or proposals.
- counting room — counting house.
- countinghouse — a building, room, or office used for keeping books and transacting business
- country music — a type of 20th-century popular music based on White folk music of the southeastern US
- county family — an old family that has lived in a particular county for several generations
- county police — (in the US) the police of a particular county
- county prison — the prison of a particular county
- court hearing — an official meeting held in court
- court packing — an unsuccessful attempt by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 to appoint up to six additional justices to the Supreme Court, which had invalidated a number of his New Deal laws.
- cove lighting — indirect lighting directed upward from an interior cornice or the like toward a cove at the edge of the ceiling.
- covert action — a secret action undertaken to influence the course of political events, as a government intelligence operation.
- cranioscopist — a practitioner of cranioscopy
- crenellations — the battlements on a building
- criminologist — the study of crime and criminals: a branch of sociology.
- crop rotation — the system of growing a sequence of different crops on the same ground so as to maintain or increase its fertility
- cross-cutting — linking traditionally separate or independent parties or interests
- cross-footing — Accounting. to total figures horizontally across columns instead of vertically.
- cross-posting — the sending of an email to many forums, mailing lists, etc
- cross-section — If you refer to a cross-section of particular things or people, you mean a group of them that you think is typical or representative of all of them.
- cross-trainer — a type of athletic shoe designed to be used in more than one type of activity.
- crossectional — Of, pertaining to, or being a cross section.
- crosshatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- crotchetiness — The state or quality of being crotchety.
- crotonic acid — type of colourless acid
- cryptoxanthin — a carotenoid pigment, C40H56O, in butter, eggs, and various plants, that can be converted into vitamin A in the body
- cucking stool — stool in which suspected witches were tested
- culdocentesis — (medicine) A diagnostic procedure in which fluid from the rectouterine pouch is extracted, via the vagina, using a needle.
- cummingtonite — an amphibole mineral, magnesium iron silicate hydroxide, found in metamorphic rocks
- cuprotitanium — (metallurgy) An alloy of copper and titanium obtained by reducing a mixture of copper and rutile.
- 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.
- curling tongs — a metal scissor-like device that is heated, so that strands of hair may be twined around it in order to form curls
- current ratio — A current ratio is a measure of liquidity that is calculated by dividing current assets by current liabilities.
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- custodianship — the condition of being a custodian
- customariness — The state or quality of being customary.
- customisation — Alternative spelling of customization.
- customization — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- customs union — an association of nations which promotes free trade within the union and establishes common tariffs on trade with nonmember nations
- cut-off point — the limit at which something is no longer applicable
- cutting board — A cutting board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
- cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
- cyanobacteria — a group of photosynthetic bacteria (phylum Cyanobacteria) containing a blue photosynthetic pigment
- cycloaddition — a type of pericyclic chemical reaction