13-letter words containing s, a, n, c, r, l
- corticospinal — Of, or pertaining to, or connecting the cerebral cortex and the spinal cord.
- costochondral — (anatomy) Relating to ribs and cartilage.
- counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
- counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
- craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
- crapulousness — The state or quality of being crapulous.
- crash landing — aircraft: emergency descent
- credentialism — a tendency to value formal qualifications, esp at the expense of competence and experience
- crenellations — the battlements on a building
- criminalising — Present participle of criminalise.
- criminalities — Plural form of criminality.
- cross-channel — Cross-Channel travel is travel across the English Channel, especially by boat.
- crossectional — Of, pertaining to, or being a cross section.
- crowd on sail — to hoist as much sail as possible
- cryptanalysis — the study of codes and ciphers; cryptography
- cryptoanalyst — Alternative form of cryptanalyst.
- crystallinity — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
- crystallizing — Present participle of crystallize.
- 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.
- 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.
- decentralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decentralize.
- decriminalise — Alternative spelling of decriminalize.
- dental caries — cavity formation in teeth caused by bacteria that attach to teeth and form acids in the presence of sucrose, other sugars, and refined starches; tooth decay.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- desacralizing — Present participle of desacralize.
- desk calendar — a loose-leaf calendar containing one or two pages for each day, with spaces for notes.
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- discoloration — the act or fact of discoloring or the state of being discolored.
- discriminable — capable of being discriminated or distinguished.
- discriminably — So as to be discriminable; distinguishably.
- distractingly — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- dual controls — If a vehicle used by a driving instructor has dual controls, it has pedals on the passenger's side as well as on the driver's side to allow the driving instructor to brake should the learner try to move off when it is dangerous to do so
- early closing — shop closure at earlier hour
- easter candle — a tall candle, symbolizing Christ, that is sometimes blessed and placed on the gospel side of an altar on Holy Saturday and kept burning until Ascension Day.
- elasmobranchs — Plural form of elasmobranch.
- eleanor cross — any of the crosses erected at each place where the body of Eleanor of Castile (1246–90, Edward I's Spanish wife) rested between Nottingham (where she died) and London (where she is buried)
- empiricalness — Quality of being empirical.
- excrescential — Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence.
- extrinsically — In an extrinsic manner.
- fat electrons — (electronics, humour) Old-time hacker David Cargill's theory on the cause of computer glitches. Your typical electricity company draws its line current out of the big generators with a pair of coil taps located near the top of the dynamo. When the normal tap brushes get dirty, they take them off line to clean them up, and use special auxiliary taps on the *bottom* of the coil. Now, this is a problem, because when they do that they get not ordinary or "thin" electrons, but the fat sloppy electrons that are heavier and so settle to the bottom of the generator. These flow down ordinary wires just fine, but when they have to turn a sharp corner (as in an integrated-circuit via), they're apt to get stuck. This is what causes computer glitches. Compare bogon, magic smoke.
- fluorocarbons — Plural form of fluorocarbon.
- flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
- fractionalise — Alt form fractionalize.
- fractionalism — the state of being separate or inharmonious
- fractionalist — an advocate or supporter of fractionalism
- gastronomical — the art or science of good eating.
- general costs — the general expenses of running a business