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13-letter words containing n, e, s, t, c

  • country store — a general store, especially in a rural or resort area.
  • countryperson — Someone who is from a countryside background.
  • courteousness — having or showing good manners; polite.
  • coveteousness — Alternative spelling of covetousness.
  • craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
  • craftspersons — Plural form of craftsperson.
  • credentialism — a tendency to value formal qualifications, esp at the expense of competence and experience
  • crenellations — the battlements on a building
  • crescent moon — the moon seen as a crescent when waxing or waning
  • crest coronet — coronet (def 6).
  • crest-coronet — a small crown.
  • crestone peak — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,294 feet (4360 meters).
  • criminalities — Plural form of criminality.
  • crisis center — a central facility, telephone answering service, etc., where people may obtain informed help or advice in a personal crisis.
  • crisis centre — a place providing help to victims of crime, natural disasters, etc
  • cross-current — A cross-current is a current in a river or sea that flows across another current.
  • cross-section — If you refer to a cross-section of particular things or people, you mean a group of them that you think is typical or representative of all of them.
  • cross-trainer — a type of athletic shoe designed to be used in more than one type of activity.
  • crosscurrents — Plural form of crosscurrent.
  • crossectional — Of, pertaining to, or being a cross section.
  • crotchetiness — The state or quality of being crotchety.
  • crow-pheasant — a large coucal, Centropus sinensis, of Asia, having black and brown plumage and a long tail.
  • culdocentesis — (medicine) A diagnostic procedure in which fluid from the rectouterine pouch is extracted, via the vagina, using a needle.
  • curling stone — a large, heavy, ellipsoidal stone or a similar object made of iron, usually having one rough side and one smooth side with a hole in the center of each for screwing in a handle by which the stone is released, for use in the game of curling.
  • customariness — The state or quality of being customary.
  • cut and paste — a technique used in word processing by which a section of text can be moved within a document
  • cut-and-paste — assembled or produced from various existing bits and pieces: The book purports to be a history but is just a cut-and-paste job of old essays and newspaper clippings.
  • cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
  • cyberneticist — Someone who studies cybernetics.
  • cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
  • cystathionine — an amino acid, C 7 H 14 O 4 N 2 S, that is an intermediate in the transfer of sulfur from methionine to cysteine.
  • cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
  • cytoskeletons — Plural form of cytoskeleton.
  • dance hostess — a woman who hosts a ball at her house
  • decahistidine — An oligopeptide consisting of ten histidine moieties.
  • decapitations — Plural form of decapitation.
  • deceitfulness — given to deceiving: A deceitful person cannot keep friends for long.
  • decentralised — Simple past tense and past participle of decentralise.
  • decentralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decentralize.
  • deceptiveness — apt or tending to deceive: The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.
  • decision time — a time at which an important decision must be taken
  • decision tree — a treelike diagram illustrating the choices available to a decision maker, each possible decision and its estimated outcome being shown as a separate branch of the tree
  • declinometers — Plural form of declinometer.
  • decompensated — Simple past tense and past participle of decompensate.
  • decompensates — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
  • decomposition — Decomposition is the process of decay that takes place when a living thing changes chemically after dying.
  • decongestants — Plural form of decongestant.
  • deconsecrated — (of a church) having been transferred to secular use
  • deconsecrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deconsecrate.
  • deconstructed — having no formal structure
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