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13-letter words containing r, e, l, i, c

  • countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
  • coxwell chair — Cogswell chair.
  • crack a smile — to break into a smile
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • crenellations — the battlements on a building
  • cricket table — a three-legged table of the Jacobean period.
  • criminal code — the body of laws regulating how crimes are to be punished
  • criminalities — Plural form of criminality.
  • cripple creek — a village in central Colorado: gold-mining centre since 1891, once the richest in the world
  • 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-selling — to sell or try to sell (similar or related products or services) to an existing customer.
  • 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.
  • cruzeiro real — a former monetary unit of Brazil, which was replaced by the real
  • cryogenically — in a cryogenic manner
  • cryptoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
  • culture fluid — the fluid used as a medium for growing microorganisms
  • culture trait — any trait of human activity acquired in social life and transmitted by communication.
  • 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.
  • current yield — the yield of a bond or similar asset, expressed as a ratio of the annual interest payment to the clean price
  • curvilinearly — In a curvilinear way.
  • cyberbullying — Cyberbullying is the use of the Internet to frighten or upset someone, usually by sending them unpleasant messages.
  • cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
  • cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
  • cyberthriller — A thriller whose plot hinges on cyberspace.
  • cylinder desk — a desk having a cylinder front, usually a tambour but occasionally of solid wood.
  • cylinder head — the detachable metal casting that fits onto the top of a cylinder block. In an engine it contains part of the combustion chamber and in an overhead-valve four-stroke engine it houses the valves and their operating mechanisms
  • cylinder seal — a cylindrical seal of stone, clay, or precious stone decorated with linear designs, found in the Middle East and Balkans: dating from about 6000 bc
  • cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
  • decentralised — Simple past tense and past participle of decentralise.
  • decentralized — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
  • decentralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decentralize.
  • declaratively — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
  • declinometers — Plural form of declinometer.
  • decriminalise — Alternative spelling of decriminalize.
  • decriminalize — When a criminal offence is decriminalized, the law changes so that it is no longer a criminal offence.
  • deculturalize — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
  • deculturation — to cause the loss or abandonment of culture or cultural characteristics of (a people, society, etc.).
  • delirifacient — anything that causes or induces delirium
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