13-letter words containing o, e, c, u
- consequent on — following as a result of
- consequential — Consequential means the same as consequent.
- consimilitude — the quality of resembling or of being mutually alike
- constituently — serving to compose or make up a thing; component: the constituent parts of a motor.
- constructible — to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
- consuetudinal — According to custom; customary; usual.
- consumer unit — A consumer unit is a particular type of distribution board that controls and distributes electrical energy, especially in domestic premises.
- consumeristic — characterized by consumerism
- consumptively — In a consumptive manner.
- contentiously — tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome: a contentious crew.
- contextualise — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
- contextualism — (in motion-picture criticism) the theory that all incidents in a film must be viewed in the social, political, and cultural context with which the film concerns itself and in which it was made.
- contextualist — (in motion-picture criticism) the theory that all incidents in a film must be viewed in the social, political, and cultural context with which the film concerns itself and in which it was made.
- contextuality — (uncountable) The condition of being contextual.
- contextualize — to state the social, grammatical, or other context of; put into context
- continuatives — Plural form of continuative.
- continuedness — the state of being continued
- contour sheet — a bed sheet designed to fit snugly over a mattress or the like, often having elastic material to hold down the corners.
- contributable — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- contribute to — to have a share in bringing about (a result); be partly responsible for
- convolvuluses — Plural form of convolvulus.
- cookie cutter — A cookie cutter is a tool that is used for cutting cookies into a particular shape before you bake them.
- cookie-cutter — having the same configuration or look as many others of a given kind; identical: rows of cookie-cutter houses.
- coolidge tube — a cathode ray tube, used for x-ray production, in which a beam of thermoelectrons is produced by heating a wire cathode.
- cor pulmonale — pulmonary heart disease: a serious heart condition in which there is enlargement and failure of the right ventricle resulting from lung disease
- coralliferous — bearing or containing coral
- coralligenous — producing coral
- core business — the business activity that is main source of a company's profits and success, usually the activity that the company was originally set up to carry out
- core subjects — three foundation subjects (English, mathematics, and science) that are compulsory throughout each key stage in the National Curriculum
- corel ventura — (text, graphics) (Previously "Ventura Publisher") The first full-featured desktop publishing program available for the IBM personal computer and compatibles. Ventura Publisher was originally distributed by Ventura, a wholy owned subsiduary of Xerox Corporation but was acquired by Corel Corporation in September 1993.
- coronaviruses — Plural form of coronavirus.
- corpora lutea — corpus luteum
- corpus luteum — a yellow glandular mass of tissue that forms in a Graafian follicle following release of an ovum. It secretes progesterone, a hormone necessary to maintain pregnancy
- cosmeceutical — a cosmetic that has, or is claimed to have, pharmaceutical properties
- cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
- costume drama — any theatrical production, film, television presentation, etc, in which the performers wear the costumes of a former age
- costume party — A costume party or costume ball is a party at which the guests try to look like famous people or people from history, from stories, or from particular professions.
- costume piece — any theatrical production, film, television presentation, etc, in which the performers wear the costumes of a former age
- coterminously — having the same border or covering the same area.
- cotes-du-nord — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
- cottage tulip — a late-flowering type of tulip, usually having pointed or elongated flowers.
- cough and die — (jargon) barf. Connotes that the program is throwing its hands up by design rather than because of a bug or oversight. "The parser saw a control-A in its input where it was looking for a printable, so it coughed and died." Compare die, die horribly, scream and die.
- cough mixture — Cough mixture is the same as cough medicine.
- coulomb field — the electrostatic field around an electrically charged body or particle
- council house — In Britain, a council house is a house that is owned by a local council and that people can rent at a low cost.
- councilmember — a member of a council, especially a legislative council.
- councilperson — a member of a city or local legislative council.
- counselorship — The function and rank or office of a counselor.
- countenancing — appearance, especially the look or expression of the face: a sad countenance.
- counter check — a check available at a bank for the use of depositors in making withdrawals, orig. kept in supply on a counter