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

  • 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
  • craftspersons — Plural form of craftsperson.
  • 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).
  • cross the bar — to die
  • cross-current — A cross-current is a current in a river or sea that flows across another current.
  • cross-fertile — capable of cross-fertilization or of being cross-fertilized
  • 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-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.
  • crosscurrents — Plural form of crosscurrent.
  • crosscut file — a file having two intersecting rows of teeth
  • crossectional — Of, pertaining to, or being a cross section.
  • crotchetiness — The state or quality of being crotchety.
  • crow-pheasant — a large coucal, Centropus sinensis, of Asia, having black and brown plumage and a long tail.
  • crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
  • cryotherapies — Plural form of cryotherapy.
  • culture shock — Culture shock is a feeling of anxiety, loneliness, and confusion that people sometimes experience when they first arrive in another country.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • customer flow — Customer flow is the movement of customers around a store.
  • cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
  • cysticercosis — a parasitic infection of tissue by the larval form of the pork tapeworm, Taenia Solium, contracted through the ingestion of food or water contaminated by faeces, or by eating infected pork
  • cytochemistry — the chemistry of living cells
  • cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
  • daguerrotypes — Plural form of daguerrotype, a misspelling of daguerreotype.
  • dame's rocket — a Eurasian plant, Hesperis matronalis, of the mustard family, having loose clusters of four-petalled purple or white fragrant flowers.
  • death tourist — a seriously ill person who seeks to terminate his or her own life by travelling to a country where medically assisted suicide is legal
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