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13-letter words containing r, o, t, c, e

  • cross-fertile — capable of cross-fertilization or of being cross-fertilized
  • cross-section — If you refer to a cross-section of particular things or people, you mean a group of them that you think is typical or representative of all of them.
  • cross-sterile — incapable of reproducing due to hybridization.
  • cross-trainer — a type of athletic shoe designed to be used in more than one type of activity.
  • cross-utilize — to make use of in an additional or different way.
  • crosscurrents — Plural form of crosscurrent.
  • crosscut file — a file having two intersecting rows of teeth
  • crossectional — Of, pertaining to, or being a cross section.
  • crotch rocket — a high-speed, high-performance motorcycle characterized by an aerodynamic body shape which requires or encourages the driver to lean forward
  • crotchetiness — The state or quality of being crotchety.
  • crow-pheasant — a large coucal, Centropus sinensis, of Asia, having black and brown plumage and a long tail.
  • crowd trouble — bad behaviour by fans at a sports match
  • crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
  • cryotherapies — Plural form of cryotherapy.
  • 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.
  • cryptographer — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
  • cucumber root — Indian cucumber root.
  • culture shock — Culture shock is a feeling of anxiety, loneliness, and confusion that people sometimes experience when they first arrive in another country.
  • 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.
  • currant borer — the larva of a clearwing moth, Ramosia tipuliformis, that bores into the stems of currants.
  • current ratio — A current ratio is a measure of liquidity that is calculated by dividing current assets by current liabilities.
  • customariness — The state or quality of being customary.
  • customer base — A business's customer base is all its regular customers, considered as a group.
  • customer care — the work of looking after customers and ensuring their satisfaction with one's business and its goods or services
  • customer data — Customer data is information held on file about customers by a store or other business, usually including names, contact details, and buying habits.
  • customer flow — Customer flow is the movement of customers around a store.
  • cut-and-cover — designating a method of constructing a tunnel by excavating a cutting to the required depth and then backfilling the excavation over the tunnel roof
  • cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
  • cyanoacrylate — a substance with an acrylate base, usually sold in the form of a quick-setting highly adhesive glue
  • cyanobacteria — a group of photosynthetic bacteria (phylum Cyanobacteria) containing a blue photosynthetic pigment
  • cycle drought — A scarcity of cycles. It may be due to a cycle crunch, but it could also occur because part of the computer is temporarily not working, leaving fewer cycles to go around. "The high moby is down, so we're running with only half the usual amount of memory. There will be a cycle drought until it's fixed."
  • cysticercosis — a parasitic infection of tissue by the larval form of the pork tapeworm, Taenia Solium, contracted through the ingestion of food or water contaminated by faeces, or by eating infected pork
  • cytochemistry — the chemistry of living cells
  • cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
  • dame's rocket — a Eurasian plant, Hesperis matronalis, of the mustard family, having loose clusters of four-petalled purple or white fragrant flowers.
  • dark reaction — the stage of photosynthesis involving the reduction of carbon dioxide and the dissociation of water, using chemical energy stored in ATP: does not require the presence of light
  • decarbonating — Present participle of decarbonate.
  • decarbonation — to remove carbon dioxide from.
  • decarbonylate — to remove the carbonyl group from (an organic compound).
  • decarboxylate — to take away a carboxyl group from (an organic compound) or (of an organic compound) to lose a carboxyl group
  • decelerometer — an instrument for measuring deceleration
  • decerebration — Surgery. to remove the cerebrum.
  • dechorionated — (biology) From which the chorion has been removed.
  • decision tree — a treelike diagram illustrating the choices available to a decision maker, each possible decision and its estimated outcome being shown as a separate branch of the tree
  • declinometers — Plural form of declinometer.
  • deconcentrate — to make or become less concentrated
  • deconsecrated — (of a church) having been transferred to secular use
  • deconsecrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deconsecrate.
  • deconstructed — having no formal structure
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