13-letter words containing l, i, n, e, a, r
- clair-de-lune — a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
- clairaudience — the postulated ability to hear sounds beyond the range of normal hearing
- clairsentient — Exhibiting or pertaining to clairsentience.
- clarinettists — Plural form of clarinettist.
- 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 bank — The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
- clearing bath — any solution for removing material from the surface of a photographic image, as silver halide, metallic silver, or a dye or stain.
- clearing loan — a bank loan to finance the purchase of securities which is repayable within the calendar day on which it is made.
- clearing mark — either of a pair of landmarks or marks on a mariner's chart lying upon a line (clearing line) along which a vessel can sail to avoid navigational hazards.
- clearing sale — the auction of plant, stock, and effects of a country property, esp after the property has changed hands
- clearing-line — either of a pair of landmarks or marks on a mariner's chart lying upon a line (clearing line) along which a vessel can sail to avoid navigational hazards.
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- cliometrician — An expert at cliometrics.
- close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
- complimentary — If you are complimentary about something, you express admiration for it.
- compressional — relating to compression
- comradeliness — the quality of being comradely
- conflagrative — That produces conflagration.
- conglomeratic — of or relating to a conglomerate
- congressional — A congressional policy, action, or person relates to the United States Congress.
- connaturalize — to make connatural
- considerately — showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.
- constrainable — able to be constrained
- constrainedly — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
- containerless — having no container
- contrastively — tending to contrast; contrasting. contrastive colors.
- contraversial — Misspelling of controversial.
- contributable — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- controversial — If you describe something or someone as controversial, you mean that they are the subject of intense public argument, disagreement, or disapproval.
- convertiplane — an aircraft that can land and take off vertically by temporarily directing its propulsive thrust downwards
- coralligenous — producing coral
- core analysis — Core analysis is the process of studying a sample of rock in a laboratory.
- core handling — Core handling is the way that a core is dealt with to make sure it maintains its properties for testing.
- coreferential — (of more than one linguistic expression) designating the same individual or class
- coresidential — relating to joint residency
- cornfield ant — a small, brown ant, Lasius alienus, that lives in cornfields and feeds on honeydew of the corn-root aphid.
- correlational — mutual relation of two or more things, parts, etc.: Studies find a positive correlation between severity of illness and nutritional status of the patients. Synonyms: similarity, correspondence, matching; parallelism, equivalence; interdependence, interrelationship, interconnection.
- counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
- countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
- crackle china — porcelain or pottery with intentional crazing
- craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
- cranial index — the ratio of the greatest length to the greatest width of the cranium, multiplied by 100: used in comparative anthropology
- cranial nerve — any of the 12 paired nerves that have their origin in the brain and reach the periphery through natural openings in the skull
- 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
- criminalities — Plural form of criminality.