13-letter words containing r, e, l, c, t
- control freak — If you say that someone is a control freak, you mean that they want to be in control of every situation they find themselves in.
- control panel — the part of a machine or piece of equipment that houses the controls
- control tower — A control tower is a building at an airport from which instructions are given to aircraft when they are taking off or landing. You can also refer to the people who work in a control tower as the control tower.
- controllables — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- 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
- conveyor belt — A conveyor belt or a conveyor is a continuously-moving strip of rubber or metal which is used in factories for moving objects along so that they can be dealt with as quickly as possible.
- cooling tower — A cooling tower is a very large, round, high building which is used to cool water from factories or power stations.
- cooperatively — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
- coreferential — (of more than one linguistic expression) designating the same individual or class
- corel ventura — (text, graphics) (Previously "Ventura Publisher") The first full-featured desktop publishing program available for the IBM personal computer and compatibles. Ventura Publisher was originally distributed by Ventura, a wholy owned subsiduary of Xerox Corporation but was acquired by Corel Corporation in September 1993.
- 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.
- corpora lutea — corpus luteum
- corporate law — law that relates to corporations and to business activities in general
- corpus luteum — a yellow glandular mass of tissue that forms in a Graafian follicle following release of an ovum. It secretes progesterone, a hormone necessary to maintain pregnancy
- 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.
- correlatively — so related that each implies or complements the other.
- cotemporality — The state or characteristic of existing or occurring during the same period of time.
- coterminously — having the same border or covering the same area.
- counter table — a medieval English table having a top divided into appropriately marked spaces for various denominations of money.
- counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
- counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
- counterfeitly — in a counterfeit manner
- countermelody — a secondary melody that accompanies the primary melody
- counterplayer — a person who makes a counterplay
- countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
- country blues — acoustic folk blues with a guitar accompaniment
- countrypeople — countryfolk.
- court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
- courtesy call — a formal visit
- coventry bell — a perennial garden plant, Campanula trachelium, of Eurasia, having coarsely toothed leaves and bluish-purple flowers.
- cradle scythe — cradle (def 4b).
- craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
- 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.
- credentialism — a tendency to value formal qualifications, esp at the expense of competence and experience
- credentialled — having credentials
- credibilities — the quality of being believable or worthy of trust: After all those lies, his credibility was at a low ebb.
- creditability — bringing or deserving credit, honor, reputation, or esteem.
- cremorne bolt — (on a French window or the like) a pair of rods, moved by a knob mechanism, sliding into sockets in the head and sill of the opening to provide a secure fastening.
- crenellations — the battlements on a building
- creole tomato — cherry tomato.
- cricket table — a three-legged table of the Jacobean period.
- criminalities — Plural form of criminality.
- criticalities — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- 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.