13-letter words containing t, r, i, c, s
- 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
- 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.
- criminalities — Plural form of criminality.
- criminologist — the study of crime and criminals: a branch of sociology.
- 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
- critical mass — In physics, the critical mass of a substance is the minimum amount of it that is needed for a nuclear chain reaction.
- criticalities — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- crock of shit — a quantity or source of lies or nonsense
- cross-cutting — linking traditionally separate or independent parties or interests
- cross-fertile — capable of cross-fertilization or of being cross-fertilized
- cross-footing — Accounting. to total figures horizontally across columns instead of vertically.
- cross-posting — the sending of an email to many forums, mailing lists, etc
- 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.
- crosscut file — a file having two intersecting rows of teeth
- crossectional — Of, pertaining to, or being a cross section.
- crosshatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- crotchetiness — The state or quality of being crotchety.
- cruiserweight — A cruiserweight is another name for a light heavyweight.
- cryobiologist — A biologist who specializes in cryobiology.
- cryotherapies — Plural form of cryotherapy.
- cryptanalysis — the study of codes and ciphers; cryptography
- cryptesthesia — allegedly paranormal perception, as clairvoyance or clairaudience.
- cryptoclastic — (of minerals and rocks) composed of microscopic fragments
- crystal habit — the external shape of a crystal
- crystallinity — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
- crystallizing — Present participle of crystallize.
- crystalloidal — Relating to a crystalloid.
- culturalistic — Of or relating to culturalism.
- 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.
- curling tongs — a metal scissor-like device that is heated, so that strands of hair may be twined around it in order to form curls
- custom-tailor — to modify to fit a specific use or need; tailor-make.
- customariness — The state or quality of being customary.
- cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
- cyberactivism — Activism facilitated by the Internet.
- cyberneticist — Someone who studies cybernetics.
- cybersecurity — the state of being safe from electronic crime and the measures taken to achieve this
- cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
- cyclostrophic — pertaining to atmospheric motion in which the centripetal acceleration exactly balances the horizontal pressure force.
- 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
- data security — the protection of data stored on computers
- decentralised — Simple past tense and past participle of decentralise.
- decentralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decentralize.
- decision tree — a treelike diagram illustrating the choices available to a decision maker, each possible decision and its estimated outcome being shown as a separate branch of the tree