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13-letter words containing s, e, o, u, l

  • communalities — the state or condition of being communal.
  • compendiously — of or like a compendium; containing the substance of a subject, often an exclusive subject, in a brief form; concise: a compendious history of the world.
  • compound lens — a lens consisting of more than one component lens
  • conceptualise — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
  • conceptualism — the philosophical theory that the application of general words to a variety of objects reflects the existence of some mental entity through which the application is mediated and which constitutes the meaning of the term
  • conceptualist — any of several doctrines existing as a compromise between realism and nominalism and regarding universals as concepts. Compare nominalism, realism (def 5).
  • conchylaceous — Of or relating to shells; resembling a shell.
  • concupiscible — characterized or driven by sexual desire
  • congratulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of congratulate.
  • consanguineal — having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood.
  • consecutively — following one another in uninterrupted succession or order; successive: six consecutive numbers, such as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
  • consequential — Consequential means the same as consequent.
  • consimilitude — the quality of resembling or of being mutually alike
  • constituently — serving to compose or make up a thing; component: the constituent parts of a motor.
  • constructible — to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
  • consuetudinal — According to custom; customary; usual.
  • consumptively — In a consumptive manner.
  • contentiously — tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome: a contentious crew.
  • contextualise — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
  • contextualism — (in motion-picture criticism) the theory that all incidents in a film must be viewed in the social, political, and cultural context with which the film concerns itself and in which it was made.
  • contextualist — (in motion-picture criticism) the theory that all incidents in a film must be viewed in the social, political, and cultural context with which the film concerns itself and in which it was made.
  • convolvuluses — Plural form of convolvulus.
  • coralliferous — bearing or containing coral
  • coralligenous — producing coral
  • corpus luteum — a yellow glandular mass of tissue that forms in a Graafian follicle following release of an ovum. It secretes progesterone, a hormone necessary to maintain pregnancy
  • cosmeceutical — a cosmetic that has, or is claimed to have, pharmaceutical properties
  • cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
  • coterminously — having the same border or covering the same area.
  • council house — In Britain, a council house is a house that is owned by a local council and that people can rent at a low cost.
  • councilperson — a member of a city or local legislative council.
  • counselorship — The function and rank or office of a counselor.
  • counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
  • counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
  • country blues — acoustic folk blues with a guitar accompaniment
  • court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
  • courtesy call — a formal visit
  • crapulousness — The state or quality of being crapulous.
  • crassulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Crassulaceae, a family of herbaceous or shrubby flowering plants with fleshy succulent leaves, including the houseleeks and stonecrops
  • credulousness — willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullible.
  • cross-utilize — to make use of in an additional or different way.
  • crosscut file — a file having two intersecting rows of teeth
  • crumple zones — parts of a motor vehicle, at the front and the rear, that are designed to crumple in a collision, thereby absorbing the impact
  • crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
  • cuckooflowers — Plural form of cuckooflower.
  • culdocentesis — (medicine) A diagnostic procedure in which fluid from the rectouterine pouch is extracted, via the vagina, using a needle.
  • culture shock — Culture shock is a feeling of anxiety, loneliness, and confusion that people sometimes experience when they first arrive in another country.
  • cultus coolee — a purposeless or recreational stroll or ride.
  • 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.
  • customer flow — Customer flow is the movement of customers around a store.
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