13-letter words containing r, s
- centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
- centuries-old — hundreds of years old
- cephalosporin — any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium
- cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
- ceremonialism — A fondness for ceremony, especially in religion; ritualism.
- ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- ceremoniously — If someone does something ceremoniously, they do it in an extremely formal way.
- cerium metals — the metals lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, and samarium, forming a sub-group of the lanthanides
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- cerumenolysis — (medicine) The process of softening cerumen (earwax) for removal.
- cerynean stag — a stag living in Arcadia, captured by Hercules as one of his labors.
- cesky terrier — a sturdy long-bodied short-legged variety of terrier with a wavy grey or light brown coat
- chaetophorous — bearing bristles; setigerous.
- chain measure — measurement of distance using a chain 66 feet (20 meters) long, of which one link equals 7.9 inches (20.1 cm).
- chairmanships — Plural form of chairmanship.
- chalicotheres — Plural form of chalicothere.
- chamber music — Chamber music is classical music written for a small number of instruments.
- chancelleries — Plural form of chancellery.
- chandrasekhar — Subrahmanyan (ˌsʊbrəˈmænjən). 1910–95, US astronomer born in Lahore, India (now Pakistan). His work on stellar evolution led to an understanding of white dwarfs: shared the Nobel prize for physics 1983
- chaperoneship — State or position of chaperone.
- 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.
- character set — a set of characters to display on a computer screen or be printed out that are all of the same design
- characterised — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
- characterises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of characterise.
- characterizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of characterize.
- characterless — If you describe something as characterless, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting.
- charing cross — a district of London, in the city of Westminster: the modern cross (1863) in front of Charing Cross railway station replaces the one erected by Edward I (1290), the last of twelve marking the route of the funeral procession of his queen, Eleanor
- charlatanries — Plural form of charlatanry.
- charles abbot — Charles Greeley, 1872–1973, U.S. astrophysicist.
- charles fries — Charles Carpenter, 1887–1967, U.S. linguist.
- charles lever — Charles James ("Cornelius O'Dowd") 1806–72, Irish novelist and essayist.
- charles louis — (Karl Ludwig Johann) 1771–1847, archduke of Austria.
- charles lyell — Sir Charles, 1797–1875, English geologist.
- charles swart — Charles Robberts [rob-erts] /ˈrɒb ərts/ (Show IPA), 1894–1982, South African statesman: president 1961–67.
- charles's law — the statement that for a body of ideal gas at constant pressure the volume is directly proportional to the absolute temperature
- charley horse — People sometimes refer to a cramp in the muscles of their leg or arm as a charley horse.
- charlier shoe — special light horseshoe
- charnel house — A charnel house is a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored.
- chase mortise — a mortise having one inclined narrow side.
- chasse gardee — a private hunting preserve.
- checkerblooms — Plural form of checkerbloom.
- cheerlessness — The state or characteristic of being cheerless.
- cheese grater — an implement for grating cheese
- cheese spread — a processed cheese of smooth and spreadable consistency.
- cheeseburgers — Plural form of cheeseburger.
- cheesemongers — Plural form of cheesemonger.
- cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
- chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
- chemistry set — equipment and chemicals that enable a child to do experiments
- chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery