13-letter words containing s, o, u, c, a, r
- costume party — A costume party or costume ball is a party at which the guests try to look like famous people or people from history, from stories, or from particular professions.
- count towards — If something counts towards or counts toward an achievement or right, it is included as one of the things that give you the right to it.
- counter shaft — A counter shaft is a shaft that runs parallel to the main shaft in a gearbox, and carries the pinion wheels.
- counter staff — people who work behind the counter of a bank, post office, etc
- counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
- counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
- counterscarps — Plural form of counterscarp.
- countershafts — Plural form of countershaft.
- counterstains — Plural form of counterstain.
- counterstream — a stream (of matter) which travels in the opposite direction
- court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
- courtesy call — a formal visit
- courtesy card — a privilege card
- cousin-german — the child of one's aunt or uncle
- 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
- crosscultural — Alternative spelling of cross-cultural.
- crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
- cuckoo wrasse — a fish, Labrus mixtus
- cupid's arrow — one of the arrows that Cupid is supposed to fire from his bow, which cause the person struck to fall in love
- custom-tailor — to modify to fit a specific use or need; tailor-make.
- customariness — The state or quality of being customary.
- customer base — A business's customer base is all its regular customers, considered as a group.
- customer care — the work of looking after customers and ensuring their satisfaction with one's business and its goods or services
- customer data — Customer data is information held on file about customers by a store or other business, usually including names, contact details, and buying habits.
- cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- discount card — a card that entitles the holder to buy goods from a seller at a discount
- discount rate — the rate of interest charged in discounting commercial paper.
- documentaries — Plural form of documentary.
- documentarist — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- dolichosaurus — any of various extinct Cretaceous aquatic reptiles that had long necks and bodies and well-developed limbs
- 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
- eccremocarpus — any plant of the evergreen climbing genus Eccremocarpus, esp E. scaber, grown for its decorative pinnate foliage and bright orange-red bell flowers: family Bignoniaceae
- encrustations — Plural form of encrustation.
- false colours — a flag to which one is not entitled, flown esp in order to deceive
- feature shock — (jargon) (From Alvin Toffler's "Future Shock") A user's confusion when confronted with a package that has too many features and poor introductory material.
- fibromuscular — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to both fibrous and muscular tissue.
- fibrovascular — composed of fibrous and conductive tissue, as in the vascular systems of higher plants: a fibrovascular bundle.
- fluorocarbons — Plural form of fluorocarbon.
- fluoroplastic — any of the plastics, as Teflon, in which hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon chains are replaced by fluorine atoms.
- focal seizure — an epileptic manifestation arising from a localized anomaly in the brain, as a small tumor or scar, and usually involving a single motor or sensory mechanism but occasionally spreading to other areas and causing convulsions and loss of consciousness.
- formularistic — relating to formularization
- fractiousness — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- fractocumulus — low ragged slightly bulbous cloud, often appearing below nimbostratus clouds during rain
- fractostratus — low ragged layered cloud often appearing below nimbostratus clouds during rain
- frumentaceous — of the nature of or resembling wheat or other grain.
- functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
- furaciousness — the quality of being furacious or thievish