13-letter words containing o, n, s, t, r
- brown mustard — black mustard. See under mustard (def 2).
- bunko steerer — a swindler, especially a person who lures another to a gambling game to be cheated.
- by contraries — contrary to what is expected
- carbon offset — a compensatory measure made by an individual or company for carbon emissions, usually through sponsoring activities or projects which increase carbon dioxide absorption, such as tree planting
- carbon tissue — a sheet of paper coated with pigmented gelatine, used in the carbon process
- carbon-tissue — paper faced with a preparation of carbon or other material, used between two sheets of plain paper in order to reproduce on the lower sheet that which is written or typed on the upper.
- carbonisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of carbonization.
- carcinologist — a person who specializes in carcinology
- carcinomatous — a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
- carotid sinus — specialized nerve end organs producing a slight dilatation of the carotid artery where it branches into the external and internal carotid arteries, responding to changes in blood pressure by mediating changes in the heartbeat rate.
- cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
- cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.
- cartoon strip — A cartoon strip is a series of drawings that tells a story.
- casement door — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
- caster action — the tendency, caused by the design of the mounting, of a wheel to turn into its plane of rotation
- cauterisation — Alt form cauterization.
- centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
- centuries-old — hundreds of years old
- ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
- chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
- chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
- chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
- cluster point — a point of a net having the property that the net is frequently in each neighborhood of the point.
- co-respondent — a person cited in divorce proceedings, who is alleged to have committed adultery with the respondent
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- coconspirator — a fellow conspirator
- coelenterates — Plural form of coelenterate.
- colored stone — any gemstone, colored or colorless, other than a diamond.
- colorfastness — The characteristic of being colorfast.
- colourisation — Alternative spelling of colorization.
- combinatorics — a branch of mathematics dealing with combinations and permutations
- commensurated — Simple past tense and past participle of commensurate.
- commensurates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commensurate.
- commiserating — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- commiseration — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- common scoter — a sea duck of northern regions, Melanitta nigra. The male plumage is black with white patches around the head and eyes
- communicators — Plural form of communicator.
- company store — a retail store operated by a company for the convenience of the employees, who are required to buy from the store.
- compare notes — to exchange opinions
- compass north — magnetic north, as indicated on a particular compass at a given moment.
- computerising — Present participle of computerise.
- concelebrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of concelebrate.
- concentrators — Plural form of concentrator.
- concertedness — the state of being concerted
- concertmaster — The concertmaster of an orchestra is the most senior violin player, who acts as a deputy to the conductor.
- conductorship — The position of conductor of an orchestra.
- confectioners — Plural form of confectioner.
- confirmations — Plural form of confirmation.
- conformations — Plural form of conformation.