13-letter words containing o, s, e, l, t
- country blues — acoustic folk blues with a guitar accompaniment
- court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
- courtesy call — a formal visit
- crenellations — the battlements on a building
- cross-fertile — capable of cross-fertilization or of being cross-fertilized
- cross-sterile — incapable of reproducing due to hybridization.
- cross-utilize — to make use of in an additional or different way.
- crosscut file — a file having two intersecting rows of teeth
- crossectional — Of, pertaining to, or being a cross section.
- crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
- culdocentesis — (medicine) A diagnostic procedure in which fluid from the rectouterine pouch is extracted, via the vagina, using a needle.
- culture shock — Culture shock is a feeling of anxiety, loneliness, and confusion that people sometimes experience when they first arrive in another country.
- cultus coolee — a purposeless or recreational stroll or ride.
- culver's root — a tall North American scrophulariaceous plant, Veronicastrum virginicum, having spikes of small white or purple flowers
- 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.
- customer flow — Customer flow is the movement of customers around a store.
- cyclosilicate — any silicate in which the SiO 4 tetrahedra are linked to form rings.
- cytoskeletons — Plural form of cytoskeleton.
- dalton system — a method of progressive education whereby students contract to carry through on their own responsibility the year's work as divided up into monthly assignments.
- dame's violet — a Eurasian hairy perennial plant, Hesperis matronalis, cultivated in gardens for its mauve or white fragrant flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- declinometers — Plural form of declinometer.
- defloration's — the act of deflowering.
- deleteriously — In a deleterious manner; harmfully.
- deliberations — formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
- delimitations — Plural form of delimitation.
- demolitionist — an act or instance of demolishing.
- demythologise — to divest of mythological or legendary attributes or forms, as in order to permit clearer appraisal and understanding: to demythologize the music dramas of Richard Wagner for modern listeners.
- denationalise — Alternative spelling of denationalize.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- depoliticised — Simple past tense and past participle of depoliticise.
- depoliticizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depoliticize.
- derealisation — Alternative form of derealization.
- dermatologies — Plural form of dermatology.
- dermatologist — A dermatologist is a doctor who specializes in the study of skin and the treatment of skin diseases.
- dermatoplasty — any surgical operation on the skin, esp skin grafting
- dermoskeleton — (anatomy) An exoskeleton.
- desert cooler — (in India) a cooling device in which air is driven by an electric fan through wet grass
- desert locust — a migratory locust, Schistocerca gregaria, of North Africa and Asia, associated with the plagues described in the Old Testament.
- deserticolous — living or growing in a desert.
- desobligeante — a type of carriage seating only one person
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
- desulfuration — to desulfurize.
- desultoriness — lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- devotionalist — a devotee
- dextroglucose — dextrose
- diabetologist — a person who studies diabetes
- dialypetalous — (of flowers) having distinct petals
- dieselization — The conversion of a petrol engine to run on diesel fuel.
- directionless — the act or an instance of directing.