13-letter words containing n, a, r, c, o, s
- countershafts — Plural form of countershaft.
- counterstains — Plural form of counterstain.
- counterstream — a stream (of matter) which travels in the opposite direction
- cousin-german — the child of one's aunt or uncle
- craftspersons — Plural form of craftsperson.
- cranioscopist — a practitioner of cranioscopy
- crapulousness — The state or quality of being crapulous.
- crenellations — the battlements on a building
- crestone peak — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,294 feet (4360 meters).
- crop spraying — the spraying of crops with insecticide, fungicide, etc
- cross-channel — Cross-Channel travel is travel across the English Channel, especially by boat.
- cross-examine — When a lawyer cross-examines someone during a trial or hearing, he or she questions them about the evidence that they have already given.
- cross-grained — (of timber) having the fibres arranged irregularly or in a direction that deviates from the axis of the piece
- cross-trainer — a type of athletic shoe designed to be used in more than one type of activity.
- crossectional — Of, pertaining to, or being a cross section.
- crosshatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- crow-pheasant — a large coucal, Centropus sinensis, of Asia, having black and brown plumage and a long tail.
- crowd on sail — to hoist as much sail as possible
- cryptoanalyst — Alternative form of cryptanalyst.
- customariness — The state or quality of being customary.
- cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
- cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
- decisionmaker — One who makes decisions.
- deconsecrated — (of a church) having been transferred to secular use
- deconsecrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deconsecrate.
- demochristian — a member or supporter of a Christian democratic party or movement
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- depreciations — Plural form of depreciation.
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- discoloration — the act or fact of discoloring or the state of being discolored.
- discordianism — (recreation) /dis-kor'di-*n-ism/ The veneration of Eris, also known as Discordia; widely popular among hackers. Discordianism was popularised by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson's novel "Illuminatus!" as a sort of self-subverting Dada-Zen for Westerners - it should on no account be taken seriously but is far more serious than most jokes. Consider, for example, the Fifth Commandment of the Pentabarf, from "Principia Discordia": "A Discordian is Prohibited of Believing What he Reads." Discordianism is usually connected with an elaborate conspiracy theory/joke involving millennia-long warfare between the anarcho-surrealist partisans of Eris and a malevolent, authoritarian secret society called the Illuminati. See Religion, Church of the SubGenius, and ha ha only serious.
- discount card — a card that entitles the holder to buy goods from a seller at a discount
- discount rate — the rate of interest charged in discounting commercial paper.
- discretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- discriminator — a person or thing that discriminates.
- divarications — Plural form of divarication.
- doctrinairism — Doctrinaire attitudes generally.
- documentaries — Plural form of documentary.
- documentarist — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- dodecahedrons — Plural form of dodecahedron.
- dual controls — If a vehicle used by a driving instructor has dual controls, it has pedals on the passenger's side as well as on the driver's side to allow the driving instructor to brake should the learner try to move off when it is dangerous to do so
- early closing — shop closure at earlier hour
- elasmobranchs — Plural form of elasmobranch.
- eleanor cross — any of the crosses erected at each place where the body of Eleanor of Castile (1246–90, Edward I's Spanish wife) rested between Nottingham (where she died) and London (where she is buried)
- encroachments — Plural form of encroachment.
- encrustations — Plural form of encrustation.
- endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
- entomostracan — any small crustacean of the group (formerly subclass) Entomostraca, including the branchiopods, ostracods, and copepods
- escort agency — an agency where people, esp young women, may be hired to accompany someone for entertainment, etc
- exacerbations — Plural form of exacerbation.