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13-letter words containing s, e, r, o

  • counterstains — Plural form of counterstain.
  • counterstream — a stream (of matter) which travels in the opposite direction
  • counterstrike — a retaliatory strike
  • counterstroke — a counterattack
  • countertenors — Plural form of countertenor.
  • counterthesis — A thesis that rebuts another.
  • counterthrust — an opposing or retaliatory thrust, esp in warfare or combat sports
  • counterweighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterweigh.
  • country blues — acoustic folk blues with a guitar accompaniment
  • country house — A country house is a large, often attractive, house in the country, usually one that is or was owned by a rich or noble family.
  • country store — a general store, especially in a rural or resort area.
  • countryperson — Someone who is from a countryside background.
  • court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
  • courteousness — having or showing good manners; polite.
  • courtesy call — a formal visit
  • courtesy card — a privilege card
  • cousin-german — the child of one's aunt or uncle
  • cover version — A cover version of a song is a version of it recorded by a singer or band who did not originally perform the song.
  • coversed sine — obsolete function in trigonometry
  • craftspersons — Plural form of craftsperson.
  • 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.
  • crenellations — the battlements on a building
  • creosote bush — a shrub, Larrea (or Covillea) tridentata of the western US and Mexico, that has resinous leaves with an odour resembling creosote, and can live for many thousands of years: family Zygophyllaceae
  • crescent moon — the moon seen as a crescent when waxing or waning
  • crest coronet — coronet (def 6).
  • crest-coronet — a small crown.
  • crestone peak — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,294 feet (4360 meters).
  • criminousness — the quality or state of being criminous
  • crookes space — a dark region near the cathode in some low-pressure gas-discharge tubes
  • cross bedding — layering within one or more beds in a series of rock strata that does not run parallel to the plane of stratification
  • cross oneself — to outline the form of a cross as a Christian religious act by moving the hand from the forehead to the breast and then from one shoulder to the other
  • cross the bar — to die
  • cross-benches — (in the UK parliament) an area for members who are not allied to a particular party
  • cross-channel — Cross-Channel travel is travel across the English Channel, especially by boat.
  • cross-current — A cross-current is a current in a river or sea that flows across another current.
  • cross-dresser — to dress in clothing typically worn by members of the opposite sex.
  • cross-examine — When a lawyer cross-examines someone during a trial or hearing, he or she questions them about the evidence that they have already given.
  • cross-fertile — capable of cross-fertilization or of being cross-fertilized
  • cross-grained — (of timber) having the fibres arranged irregularly or in a direction that deviates from the axis of the piece
  • cross-purpose — a contrary aim or purpose
  • 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-selling — to sell or try to sell (similar or related products or services) to an existing customer.
  • 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.
  • crossbenchers — Plural form of crossbencher.
  • crossbreeding — Present participle of crossbreed.
  • crosschecking — Present participle of crosscheck.
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