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13-letter words containing o, t, a, r

  • cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
  • cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.
  • cartographers — Plural form of cartographer.
  • carton-pierre — papier-mâché decorated in imitation of wood, stone, or metal, and chiefly used for ornamental statuary or decorative motifs.
  • 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.
  • cash customer — a purchaser who pays cash rather than by check, credit card, or charge account.
  • caster action — the tendency, caused by the design of the mounting, of a wheel to turn into its plane of rotation
  • castle howard — a mansion near York in Yorkshire: designed in 1700 by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor; the grounds include the Temple of the Four Winds and a mausoleum
  • castro valley — a town in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
  • catalog verse — verse made by compiling long lists of everyday objects, names, or events, united by a common theme and often didactic in tone.
  • catastrophise — Alt form catastrophize.
  • catastrophism — an old doctrine, now discarded, that the earth was created and has subsequently been shaped by sudden divine acts which have no logical connection with each other rather than by gradual evolutionary processes
  • catastrophist — the doctrine that certain vast geological changes in the earth's history were caused by catastrophes rather than gradual evolutionary processes.
  • catastrophize — (obsolete) To end a comedy.
  • catcher's box — box1 (def 16d).
  • categorematic — (of a word) able to stand alone as a term or subject
  • categorically — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
  • categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
  • categorizable — Capable of being categorized.
  • cathodography — the process or practice of taking photographs using cathode rays
  • caulifloweret — an individual floret from a cauliflower
  • cauterisation — Alt form cauterization.
  • cauterization — to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, especially for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
  • caveat emptor — Caveat emptor means 'let the buyer beware', and is a warning to someone buying something that it is their responsibility to identify and accept any faults in it.
  • cecropia moth — a large North American saturniid moth, Hyalophora (or Samia) cecropia, with brightly coloured wings and feathery antennae
  • center around — to have as a central point, focus of attention, etc.
  • central karoo — an arid plateau of S central South Africa, in Cape Province, separated from the Little Karoo to the southwest by the Swartberg range. Average height: 750 m (2500 ft)
  • centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
  • cephalometric — Relating to cephalometrics.
  • cephalothorax — the anterior part of many crustaceans and some other arthropods consisting of a united head and thorax
  • ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
  • certification — a document attesting the truth of a fact or statement
  • certificatory — Serving to certify something.
  • chaetophorous — bearing bristles; setigerous.
  • chain reactor — reactor (def 4).
  • chalicotheres — Plural form of chalicothere.
  • chapter house — A chapter house is the building or set of rooms in the grounds of a cathedral where the members of the clergy hold their meetings.
  • charles abbot — Charles Greeley, 1872–1973, U.S. astrophysicist.
  • charlottetown — a port in SE Canada, capital of the province of Prince Edward Island. Pop: 34 562 (2011)
  • chart-topping — very popular; coming top in the charts
  • chase mortise — a mortise having one inclined narrow side.
  • cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
  • chemautotroph — an organism, such as a bacterium, that obtains its energy from inorganic reactions using simple compounds, such as ammonia or hydrogen sulphide
  • cherry tomato — a miniature tomato not much bigger than a cherry
  • chiaroscurist — A painter who uses light and shade rather than colour to create the illusion of volume.
  • chirographist — a person who studies or who is knowledgeable about handwriting styles
  • chiromantical — Of or pertaining to chiromancy.
  • chiropractics — The practice of a chiropractor.
  • chiropractors — Plural form of chiropractor.
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