13-letter words containing r, e, i, n, l
- clinker-built — (of a boat or ship) having a hull constructed with each plank overlapping that below
- 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.
- close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
- 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.
- cluster point — a point of a net having the property that the net is frequently in each neighborhood of the point.
- cobelligerent — a country fighting in a war on the side of another country
- cobol fingers — (jargon) /koh'bol fing'grz/ Reported from Sweden, a hypothetical disease one might get from coding in COBOL. The language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see candygrammar); thus it is alleged that programming too much in COBOL causes one's fingers to wear down to stubs by the endless typing.
- coeur de lion — Richard I, meaning “lionhearted.”.
- commuter line — a railway line that mainly serves commuters
- complimentary — If you are complimentary about something, you express admiration for it.
- compressional — relating to compression
- comradeliness — the quality of being comradely
- conflagrative — That produces conflagration.
- conglomeratic — of or relating to a conglomerate
- congressional — A congressional policy, action, or person relates to the United States Congress.
- connaturalize — to make connatural
- considerately — showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.
- consideringly — in a considering manner
- constrainable — able to be constrained
- constrainedly — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
- constructible — to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
- containerless — having no container
- contrastively — tending to contrast; contrasting. contrastive colors.
- contraversial — Misspelling of controversial.
- contributable — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- controversial — If you describe something or someone as controversial, you mean that they are the subject of intense public argument, disagreement, or disapproval.
- convertiplane — an aircraft that can land and take off vertically by temporarily directing its propulsive thrust downwards
- cooling tower — A cooling tower is a very large, round, high building which is used to cool water from factories or power stations.
- coralligenous — producing coral
- core analysis — Core analysis is the process of studying a sample of rock in a laboratory.
- core handling — Core handling is the way that a core is dealt with to make sure it maintains its properties for testing.
- coreferential — (of more than one linguistic expression) designating the same individual or class
- coreligionist — an adherent of the same religion as another
- coresidential — relating to joint residency
- cornfield ant — a small, brown ant, Lasius alienus, that lives in cornfields and feeds on honeydew of the corn-root aphid.
- correlational — mutual relation of two or more things, parts, etc.: Studies find a positive correlation between severity of illness and nutritional status of the patients. Synonyms: similarity, correspondence, matching; parallelism, equivalence; interdependence, interrelationship, interconnection.
- coterminously — having the same border or covering the same area.
- 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.
- counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
- counterfeitly — in a counterfeit manner
- countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
- crackle china — porcelain or pottery with intentional crazing
- craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
- cranial index — the ratio of the greatest length to the greatest width of the cranium, multiplied by 100: used in comparative anthropology
- cranial nerve — any of the 12 paired nerves that have their origin in the brain and reach the periphery through natural openings in the skull
- credentialing — Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form: Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.