13-letter words containing n, o, t, i, c
- chloromycetin — chloramphenicol
- chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
- chromoprotein — any of a group of conjugated proteins, such as haemoglobin, in which the protein is joined to a coloured compound, such as a metal-containing porphyrin
- chthonophagia — (disease) A disease characterized by the impulsive consumption of dirt, observed in some parts of the southern United States as well as the West Indies.
- chylification — the process of turning into chyle
- chymification — the process of turning into chyme
- cicatrization — Physiology. to heal by inducing the formation of a cicatrix.
- cinematograph — a combined camera, printer, and projector
- cinnamon teal — a small, freshwater, wild duck, Anas cyanoptera, of North and South America, having chiefly cinnamon-red plumage.
- circumduction — the action of turning anything on its axis
- circumvention — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
- 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.
- 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.
- civilisations — Plural form of civilisation.
- civilizations — Plural form of civilization.
- clairvoyantly — In a clairvoyant way; by means of clairvoyance.
- clarification — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
- 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.
- cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
- 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.
- cliometrician — An expert at cliometrics.
- clonogenicity — (uncountable) The ability of a cell to form clones.
- close-fitting — Close-fitting clothes fit tightly and show the shape of your body.
- closing costs — fees paid when buying a house
- cloth binding — a type of binding in which a book is bound in stiff boards covered with cloth
- cluster point — a point of a net having the property that the net is frequently in each neighborhood of the point.
- 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.
- co-production — a film, play, television programme, etc, produced by two or more people or organizations
- coach station — A coach station is an area or a building which coaches leave from or arrive at on regular journeys.
- 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
- coastal plain — a plain extending along a coast.
- coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
- coat-trailing — provocative or contentious writing, speech, behavior, etc.
- cobelligerent — a country fighting in a war on the side of another country
- cocaine habit — an addiction to cocaine
- coconspirator — a fellow conspirator
- cocontraction — The simultaneous contraction of two muscles.
- cocultivation — the act of cultivating jointly
- 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.
- codeclination — the astronomical coordinate complementary to the declination
- codeswitching — Alternative form of code-switching.
- coeducational — A coeducational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
- coextensively — To the same extent.
- cognitive map — a mental map of one's environment
- cognomination — the process of giving a cognomen
- coin-operated — (of a machine) operated by the insertion of a coin
- coinheritance — joint inheritance
- cointegration — (mathematics) The condition of two non-stationary time series whose linear combination is stationary.