13-letter words containing t, e, s, c
- countershafts — Plural form of countershaft.
- countersigned — a sign used in reply to another sign.
- countersniper — designed to act against or eliminate snipers
- counterspying — the activities of a counterspy
- 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.
- countinghouse — a building, room, or office used for keeping books and transacting business
- 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
- coveteousness — Alternative spelling of covetousness.
- cracker state — a nickname for Georgia
- cradle scythe — cradle (def 4b).
- craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
- craftspersons — Plural form of craftsperson.
- credentialism — a tendency to value formal qualifications, esp at the expense of competence and experience
- credibilities — the quality of being believable or worthy of trust: After all those lies, his credibility was at a low ebb.
- 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
- crepe suzette — an orange-flavoured pancake flambéed in a liqueur or brandy
- crescent moon — the moon seen as a crescent when waxing or waning
- crest coronet — coronet (def 6).
- crest-coronet — a small crown.
- crested swift — any of several birds of the family Hemiprocnidae, of southeast Asia and the East Indies, related to the true swifts but differing in having erectile crests and the habit of perching in trees.
- crestone peak — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,294 feet (4360 meters).
- criminalities — Plural form of criminality.
- crisis center — a central facility, telephone answering service, etc., where people may obtain informed help or advice in a personal crisis.
- crisis centre — a place providing help to victims of crime, natural disasters, etc
- criticalities — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- 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.