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13-letter words containing l, o, i, s

  • cloud physics — the science of the physical properties and processes of clouds.
  • cloud seeding — any technique of adding material to a cloud to alter its natural development, usually to increase or obtain precipitation.
  • cluster point — a point of a net having the property that the net is frequently in each neighborhood of the point.
  • coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
  • coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
  • coastal plain — a plain extending along a coast.
  • coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
  • cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
  • cobol fingers — (jargon)   /koh'bol fing'grz/ Reported from Sweden, a hypothetical disease one might get from coding in COBOL. The language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see candygrammar); thus it is alleged that programming too much in COBOL causes one's fingers to wear down to stubs by the endless typing.
  • coccobacillus — a spherelike bacillus.
  • cocos islands — a group of 27 coral islands in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Java: a Territory of Australia since 1955. Pop: 596 (2010). Area: 13 sq km (5 sq miles)
  • coextensively — To the same extent.
  • cohesive soil — sticky soil such as clay or clayey silt whose strength depends on the surface tension of capillary water
  • collateralise — Alternative spelling of collateralize.
  • colleagueship — workplace companionship
  • collectivised — Simple past tense and past participle of collectivise.
  • collectivizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collectivize.
  • collectorship — The rank or office of a collector of customs or other taxes.
  • collieshangie — a quarrel
  • collisionally — in the manner of a collision or collisions
  • colloquialism — A colloquialism is a colloquial word or phrase.
  • colloquialist — a skilled speaker
  • colonialistic — of or relating to colonialism
  • colonoscopies — Plural form of colonoscopy.
  • colourisation — Alternative spelling of colorization.
  • colposcopical — of or relating to the colposcope
  • column inches — the amount of coverage given to a story in a newspaper
  • commensalisms — a companion at table.
  • commercialese — business jargon
  • commercialise — to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
  • commercialism — Commercialism is the practice of making a lot of money from things without caring about their quality.
  • commercialist — the principles, practices, and spirit of commerce.
  • commonalities — Plural form of commonality.
  • communalistic — Pertaining to communalism.
  • communalities — the state or condition of being communal.
  • companionless — Without a companion; friendless, alone.
  • compatibilism — (philosophy) The doctrine that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.
  • compatibilist — (philosophy) Of, pertaining to or supporting compatibilism, the belief that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.
  • compendiously — of or like a compendium; containing the substance of a subject, often an exclusive subject, in a brief form; concise: a compendious history of the world.
  • complacencies — a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.
  • complaisantly — (archaic) In a complaisant manner; obligingly.
  • completionist — (in a video game) a player who attempts to complete every challenge and earn every achievement or trophy: I’m not really a completionist, so I skipped the side missions and focused on the main story quests.
  • complications — Plural form of complication.
  • compositional — Compositional refers to the way composers and artists use their skills or techniques in their work.
  • compressional — relating to compression
  • compromisable — Capable of being compromised.
  • compulsionist — a believer in compulsion, esp a believer in obligatory military service
  • comradeliness — the quality of being comradely
  • conceptualise — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
  • conceptualism — the philosophical theory that the application of general words to a variety of objects reflects the existence of some mental entity through which the application is mediated and which constitutes the meaning of the term
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