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13-letter words containing i, s, t

  • 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.
  • catechistical — Pertaining to a catechism.
  • categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
  • caustic curve — a curve formed by the intersection of a caustic surface with a plane
  • cauterisation — Alt form cauterization.
  • cayenne-whist — a seaport in and the capital of French Guiana.
  • celestine iii — (Giacinto Bobone) died 1198, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1191–98.
  • centenionalis — a silver coin of ancient Rome, first issued by Diocletian as the 100th part of a solidus, later greatly debased.
  • central asian — involving or denoting the people, countries, cultures, or languages of Central Asia
  • central islip — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
  • centricalness — the situation or quality of being centrical
  • centuries-old — hundreds of years old
  • ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
  • cerium metals — the metals lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, and samarium, forming a sub-group of the lanthanides
  • cesky terrier — a sturdy long-bodied short-legged variety of terrier with a wavy grey or light brown coat
  • ch'en tu-hsiu — 1879–1942, Chinese intellectual, journalist, and cofounder of the Chinese Communist Party.
  • chalcostibite — a mineral, antimony copper sulfide, CuSbS 2 , occurring in lead-gray crystals.
  • chalicotheres — Plural form of chalicothere.
  • chang tso-lin — 1873–1928, Chinese general: military ruler of Manchuria 1918–28.
  • chapman stick — an electronically amplified musical instrument with ten or twelve strings and a fretted neck, which is played by striking the strings against the frets with the fingers
  • characterised — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
  • characterises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of characterise.
  • characterizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of characterize.
  • charlatanries — Plural form of charlatanry.
  • chase mortise — a mortise having one inclined narrow side.
  • chastisements — severe criticism; a rebuke or strong reprimand.
  • chastity belt — a locking beltlike device with a loop designed to go between a woman's legs in order to prevent her from having sexual intercourse
  • cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
  • chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
  • chemistry set — equipment and chemicals that enable a child to do experiments
  • cheshire east — a unitary authority in NW England. Administrative centre: Sandbach. Pop: 358 900 (2008 est). Area: 1160 sq km (448 sq miles)
  • chester white — a variety of large, white hog
  • chesterfields — Plural form of chesterfield.
  • cheviot hills — a range of hills on the border between England and Scotland, mainly in Northumberland
  • chiaroscurist — A painter who uses light and shade rather than colour to create the illusion of volume.
  • chicago steak — a strip steak or, sometimes, a shell steak.
  • chicago style — a style of jazz flourishing in Chicago especially in the early 1920s, constituting a direct offshoot of New Orleans style, and differing from its predecessor chiefly in the diminished influence of native folk sources, the greater tension of its group improvisation, the increased emphasis on solos, and the regular use of the tenor saxophone as part of the ensemble.
  • chief justice — A Chief Justice is the most important judge of a court of law, especially a supreme court.
  • chieftainship — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
  • child custody — custody (def 4).
  • child support — If a parent pays child support, they legally have to pay money to help provide things such as food and clothing for a child with whom they no longer live.
  • child-custody — custody (def 4).
  • chilkoot pass — a mountain pass in North America between SE Alaska and NW British Columbia, over the Coast Range
  • chimney stack — A chimney stack is the brick or stone part of a chimney that is above the roof of a building.
  • chimney swift — a North American swift, Chaetura pelagica, that nests in chimneys and similar hollows
  • chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
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