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13-letter words containing l, o, r, a

  • copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
  • cor pulmonale — pulmonary heart disease: a serious heart condition in which there is enlargement and failure of the right ventricle resulting from lung disease
  • coral springs — city in SE Fla.: pop. 118,000
  • coralliferous — bearing or containing coral
  • 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
  • corel ventura — (text, graphics)   (Previously "Ventura Publisher") The first full-featured desktop publishing program available for the IBM personal computer and compatibles. Ventura Publisher was originally distributed by Ventura, a wholy owned subsiduary of Xerox Corporation but was acquired by Corel Corporation in September 1993.
  • coresidential — relating to joint residency
  • corinth canal — a ship canal connecting the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf across the Isthmus of Corinth
  • corn marigold — an annual plant, Chrysanthemum segetum, with yellow daisy-like flower heads: a common weed of cultivated land: family Asteraceae (composites)
  • corneoscleral — Relating to the cornea and sclera of the eye.
  • cornfield ant — a small, brown ant, Lasius alienus, that lives in cornfields and feeds on honeydew of the corn-root aphid.
  • corollifloral — relating to, or belonging to, a subclass of plants known as Corolliflorae, which have gamopetalous corolla and stamens attached to the corolla
  • corpora lutea — corpus luteum
  • corporate law — law that relates to corporations and to business activities in general
  • corporational — an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. See also municipal corporation, public corporation.
  • corporealness — The state or quality of being corporeal.
  • 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.
  • correlatively — so related that each implies or complements the other.
  • corticobulbar — Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the brainstem, especially with regard to the corticobulbar tract, a white matter pathway connecting the two.
  • corticospinal — Of, or pertaining to, or connecting the cerebral cortex and the spinal cord.
  • costimulatory — Of or pertaining to co-stimulation.
  • costochondral — (anatomy) Relating to ribs and cartilage.
  • cotemporality — The state or characteristic of existing or occurring during the same period of time.
  • counter table — a medieval English table having a top divided into appropriately marked spaces for various denominations of money.
  • counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
  • counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
  • counterplayer — a person who makes a counterplay
  • countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
  • court martial — A court martial is a trial in a military court of a member of the armed forces who is charged with breaking a military law.
  • court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
  • court-martial — a court consisting of military or naval personnel appointed by a commander to try charges of offenses by soldiers, sailors, etc., against military or naval law.
  • courtesy call — a formal visit
  • coxwell chair — Cogswell chair.
  • crapulousness — The state or quality of being crapulous.
  • crash blossom — an ambiguously worded headline whose meaning can be interpreted in the wrong way, as “Missing Woman Remains Found.”. See also garden-path.
  • crassulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Crassulaceae, a family of herbaceous or shrubby flowering plants with fleshy succulent leaves, including the houseleeks and stonecrops
  • crayola books — (publication)   A humorous and/or disparaging term for the rainbow series of National Computer Security Center (NCSC) computer security standards. See also Orange Book.
  • cream-colored — yellowish-white
  • crenellations — the battlements on a building
  • creole tomato — cherry tomato.
  • criminal code — the body of laws regulating how crimes are to be punished
  • cross-channel — Cross-Channel travel is travel across the English Channel, especially by boat.
  • crosscultural — Alternative spelling of cross-cultural.
  • crossectional — Of, pertaining to, or being a cross section.
  • crowd on sail — to hoist as much sail as possible
  • crowd pleaser — a person, performance, etc., having great popular appeal.
  • crowd-pleaser — If you describe a performer, politician, or sports player as a crowd-pleaser, you mean they always please their audience. You can also describe an action or event as a crowd-pleaser.
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