13-letter words containing n, a, i
- citation form — the spoken form a word has when produced in isolation, such as when cited for purposes of illustration, as distinguished from the form it would have when produced in the normal stream of speech.
- citizens band — a two-way radio service (Citizens Radio Service) licensed by the FCC to a U.S. citizen for short-distance personal or business communications between fixed or mobile stations. Abbreviation: CB.
- citrus canker — a disease of citrus trees caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas citri, characterized by spongy eruptions on leaves and fruit.
- city dionysia — (in ancient Athens) the chief festival in honor of Dionysus, celebrated in early spring and notable for the performance of dithyrambs, tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays.
- city planning — City planning is the planning and design of all the new buildings, roads, and parks in a place in order to make them attractive and convenient for the people who live there.
- civil servant — A civil servant is a person who works in the Civil Service in Britain and some other countries, or for the local, state, or federal government in the United States.
- civilianizing — Present participle of civilianize.
- civilisations — Plural form of civilisation.
- civilizations — Plural form of civilization.
- claddagh ring — any of various elaborately designed rings, esp one in the shape of two hands embracing a heart, given as a token of lasting affection
- claim-jumping — a person who seizes another's claim of land, especially for mineral rights.
- claiming race — a race in which each owner declares beforehand the price at which his or her horse will be offered for sale after the race
- clair de lune — a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
- 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.
- clairvoyantly — In a clairvoyant way; by means of clairvoyance.
- clandestinely — characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious: Their clandestine meetings went undiscovered for two years.
- clandestinity — secrecy; the quality of being clandestine
- clarification — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
- clarinettists — Plural form of clarinettist.
- class meaning — the meaning of a grammatical category or a form class, common to all forms showing the category or to all members of the form class, as in the meaning of number common to all Latin nouns or the meaning of singular common to all Latin singular noun and verb forms.
- claymore mine — an antipersonnel mine designed to produce a direction-guided, fan-shaped pattern of fragments.
- cleaning lady — A cleaning lady is a woman who is employed to clean the rooms and furniture inside a building.
- 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.
- cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
- cliff-hanging — of, relating to, or characteristic of a cliff-hanger: a cliff-hanging vote of 20–19.
- climatic zone — any of the eight principal zones, roughly demarcated by lines of latitude, into which the earth can be divided on the basis of climate
- climatization — to acclimate to a new environment.
- climbing wall — a specially constructed wall with recessed and projecting holds to give practice in rock climbing; a feature of many sports centres
- clinodiagonal — the diagonal axis of a monoclinic crystal
- clinopinacoid — (in monoclinic crystals) the plane that is parallel to both the vertical and the inclined lateral axes
- cliometrician — An expert at cliometrics.
- close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
- club sandwich — a sandwich consisting of three or more slices of toast or bread with a filling
- cns stimulant — A CNS stimulant is any substance that stimulates the central nervous system.
- co-ordination — Co-ordination means organizing the activities of two or more groups so that they work together efficiently and know what the others are doing.
- coach station — A coach station is an area or a building which coaches leave from or arrive at on regular journeys.
- coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- coalification — the compression, over time, of plant matter into coal
- coarsegrained — having a coarse texture
- coastal plain — a plain extending along a coast.