13-letter words containing o, l, i, c
- clarificatory — Of or pertaining to clarification.
- class society — a society in which class distinctions are influential
- clavichordist — Someone who plays the clavichord.
- claymore mine — an antipersonnel mine designed to produce a direction-guided, fan-shaped pattern of fragments.
- 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.
- clearing loan — a bank loan to finance the purchase of securities which is repayable within the calendar day on which it is made.
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- cleistogamous — having small, unopened, self-pollinating flowers, usually in addition to the showier flowers
- cleistothecia — (in certain ascomycetous fungi) a closed, globose ascocarp from which the ascospores are released only by its rupture or decay.
- cleomenes iii — died 219? b.c.; king of Sparta (235?-220? b.c.); sought to institute sweeping social reforms
- cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
- click through — to navigate around (a website) using the links provided to move onto different pages
- click-through — the act of clicking on an advertisement or other link to go to another website, especially a retail site: The store gets lots of clickthroughs from social media.
- cliff swallow — an American swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, that has a square-tipped tail and builds nests of mud on cliffs, walls, etc
- 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.
- climatography — an account of a region's climate
- climatologist — A climatologist is someone who studies climates.
- climbing iron — either of a pair of metal frames with spikes that may be strapped over footgear, on the inside of the leg to aid in climbing trees, public utility poles, etc.
- climbing rose — any of various roses that ascend and cover a trellis, arbor, etc., chiefly by twining about the supports.
- clinodiagonal — the diagonal axis of a monoclinic crystal
- clinopinacoid — (in monoclinic crystals) the plane that is parallel to both the vertical and the inclined lateral axes
- clinopyroxene — a member of the pyroxene group of minerals having a monoclinic crystal structure, such as augite, diopside, or jadeite
- cliometrician — An expert at cliometrics.
- clippety-clop — the sound struck by the hoofs of a horse trotting on pavement, or any staccato, rhythmic sound resembling it.
- clistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- clistothecium — cleistothecium.
- clonogenicity — (uncountable) The ability of a cell to form clones.
- close-fitting — Close-fitting clothes fit tightly and show the shape of your body.
- close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
- 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 costs — fees paid when buying a house
- 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.
- cloth binding — a type of binding in which a book is bound in stiff boards covered with cloth
- cloud physics — the science of the physical properties and processes of clouds.
- cloud seeding — any technique of adding material to a cloud to alter its natural development, usually to increase or obtain precipitation.
- cluster point — a point of a net having the property that the net is frequently in each neighborhood of the point.
- co-curricular — related but only complementary to the official curriculum, as a civic or service activity outside the classroom.
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
- coagulability — The ability to coagulate, of being coagulable.
- 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.
- coaxial cable — a cable consisting of an inner insulated core of stranded or solid wire surrounded by an outer insulated flexible wire braid, used esp as a transmission line for radio-frequency signals
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- cobelligerent — a country fighting in a war on the side of another country