13-letter words containing s, e, i, o
- class society — a society in which class distinctions are influential
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- cleistogamous — having small, unopened, self-pollinating flowers, usually in addition to the showier flowers
- cleistothecia — (in certain ascomycetous fungi) a closed, globose ascocarp from which the ascospores are released only by its rupture or decay.
- cleomenes iii — died 219? b.c.; king of Sparta (235?-220? b.c.); sought to institute sweeping social reforms
- cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
- climbing rose — any of various roses that ascend and cover a trellis, arbor, etc., chiefly by twining about the supports.
- clistothecium — cleistothecium.
- close-fitting — Close-fitting clothes fit tightly and show the shape of your body.
- close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
- closed-minded — having a mind firmly unreceptive to new ideas or arguments: It's hard to argue with, much less convince, a closed-minded person.
- closing error — the amount by which a closed traverse fails to satisfy the requirements of a true mathematical figure, as the length of line joining the true and computed position of the same point.
- closing price — On the stock exchange, the closing price of a share is its price at the end of a day's business.
- cloud seeding — any technique of adding material to a cloud to alter its natural development, usually to increase or obtain precipitation.
- cluster point — a point of a net having the property that the net is frequently in each neighborhood of the point.
- co-presidency — the state or act of being co-president
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- coarsegrained — having a coarse texture
- coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- cobol fingers — (jargon) /koh'bol fing'grz/ Reported from Sweden, a hypothetical disease one might get from coding in COBOL. The language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see candygrammar); thus it is alleged that programming too much in COBOL causes one's fingers to wear down to stubs by the endless typing.
- cocarcinogens — Plural form of cocarcinogen.
- cochairperson — a person who cochairs an organization
- code position — (character) An integer that a coded character set maps to a character. A code position is normally stored or transmitted by applying a character encoding to turn it into a byte string.
- codeswitching — Alternative form of code-switching.
- coextensively — To the same extent.
- cohesive soil — sticky soil such as clay or clayey silt whose strength depends on the surface tension of capillary water
- collateralise — Alternative spelling of collateralize.
- colleagueship — workplace companionship
- collectivised — Simple past tense and past participle of collectivise.
- collectivizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collectivize.
- collectorship — The rank or office of a collector of customs or other taxes.
- collieshangie — a quarrel
- colonoscopies — Plural form of colonoscopy.
- column inches — the amount of coverage given to a story in a newspaper
- combativeness — The state of being combative.
- come to grips — to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
- commandership — a person who commands.
- commendations — the act of commending; recommendation; praise: commendation for a job well done.
- commensalisms — a companion at table.
- commentations — Plural form of commentation.
- commercialese — business jargon
- commercialise — to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
- commercialism — Commercialism is the practice of making a lot of money from things without caring about their quality.
- commercialist — the principles, practices, and spirit of commerce.
- commiserating — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- commiseration — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- commiserative — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- commissioners — a person commissioned to act officially; member of a commission.
- committedness — The state or condition of being committed; commitment.