13-letter words containing i, s, o, l, n
- coresidential — relating to joint residency
- corticospinal — Of, or pertaining to, or connecting the cerebral cortex and the spinal cord.
- cosmopolitans — Plural form of cosmopolitan.
- cost analysis — an economic evaluation
- costimulation — Alternative spelling of co-stimulation.
- coterminously — having the same border or covering the same area.
- council house — In Britain, a council house is a house that is owned by a local council and that people can rent at a low cost.
- councilperson — a member of a city or local legislative council.
- counselorship — The function and rank or office of a counselor.
- counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
- crenellations — the battlements on a building
- criminologist — the study of crime and criminals: a branch of sociology.
- cross-selling — to sell or try to sell (similar or related products or services) to an existing customer.
- crossectional — Of, pertaining to, or being a cross section.
- crowd on sail — to hoist as much sail as possible
- 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.
- curling irons — a metal scissor-like device that is heated, so that strands of hair may be twined around it in order to form curls
- 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
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
- cytochalasins — Plural form of cytochalasin.
- darling downs — a plateau in NE Australia, in SE Queensland: a vast agricultural and stock-raising area
- das rheingold — an opera by Wagner (1869), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- declinometers — Plural form of declinometer.
- defloration's — the act of deflowering.
- deliberations — formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
- deliciousness — highly pleasing to the senses, especially to taste or smell: a delicious dinner; a delicious aroma.
- delimitations — Plural form of delimitation.
- deliriousness — The characteristic of being delirious.
- demolitionist — an act or instance of demolishing.
- denationalise — Alternative spelling of denationalize.
- dendrophilous — living in or on trees; arboreal.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- depersonalise — Alternative spelling of depersonalize.
- depersonalize — To depersonalize a system or a situation means to treat it as if it did not really involve people, or to treat it as if the people involved were not really important.
- derealisation — Alternative form of derealization.
- desobligeante — a type of carriage seating only one person
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
- desulfuration — to desulfurize.
- desultoriness — lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- devotionalist — a devotee
- diencephalons — Plural form of diencephalon.
- dieselization — The conversion of a petrol engine to run on diesel fuel.
- dilapidations — Plural form of dilapidation.
- dimensionally — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- dimensionless — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- dip one's lid — to raise one's hat as a greeting, etc