13-letter words containing n, e, o, c, s
- closed stance — a batting stance in which the front foot is positioned closer to the inside of the batter's box than the back foot.
- closed-minded — having a mind firmly unreceptive to new ideas or arguments: It's hard to argue with, much less convince, a closed-minded person.
- closing error — the amount by which a closed traverse fails to satisfy the requirements of a true mathematical figure, as the length of line joining the true and computed position of the same point.
- closing price — On the stock exchange, the closing price of a share is its price at the end of a day's business.
- cloud seeding — any technique of adding material to a cloud to alter its natural development, usually to increase or obtain precipitation.
- cloudlessness — Absence of clouds.
- cluster point — a point of a net having the property that the net is frequently in each neighborhood of the point.
- co-presidency — the state or act of being co-president
- co-respondent — a person cited in divorce proceedings, who is alleged to have committed adultery with the respondent
- coarsegrained — having a coarse texture
- coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
- 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.
- cocarcinogens — Plural form of cocarcinogen.
- cochairperson — a person who cochairs an organization
- code position — (character) An integer that a coded character set maps to a character. A code position is normally stored or transmitted by applying a character encoding to turn it into a byte string.
- codeswitching — Alternative form of code-switching.
- coelenterates — Plural form of coelenterate.
- coextensively — To the same extent.
- coleman stove — a portable kerosene camp stove
- collectedness — The state or quality of being collected.
- collieshangie — a quarrel
- colonoscopies — Plural form of colonoscopy.
- colored stone — any gemstone, colored or colorless, other than a diamond.
- colorfastness — The characteristic of being colorfast.
- colorlessness — The state of being colorless.
- column inches — the amount of coverage given to a story in a newspaper
- combativeness — The state of being combative.
- commandership — a person who commands.
- commencements — Plural form of commencement.
- commendations — the act of commending; recommendation; praise: commendation for a job well done.
- commensalisms — a companion at table.
- commensurable — having a common factor
- commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
- commensurated — Simple past tense and past participle of commensurate.
- commensurates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commensurate.
- commentations — Plural form of commentation.
- commiserating — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- commiseration — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- commissioners — a person commissioned to act officially; member of a commission.
- committedness — The state or condition of being committed; commitment.
- common scoter — a sea duck of northern regions, Melanitta nigra. The male plumage is black with white patches around the head and eyes
- common sennit — flat sennit.
- commonalities — Plural form of commonality.
- commonwealths — Plural form of commonwealth.
- communalities — the state or condition of being communal.
- compactedness — the state of being compacted
- companies act — (in Britain) any of various laws that govern the formation, dissolution, and management of companies
- companion set — a set of fire irons on a stand
- companionless — Without a companion; friendless, alone.
- company store — a retail store operated by a company for the convenience of the employees, who are required to buy from the store.