13-letter words containing t, u, r, n
- center around — to have as a central point, focus of attention, etc.
- centre ground — the nominal space in the political spectrum that is neither right or left
- centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
- centrifugence — the property of being centrifugal
- centuries-old — hundreds of years old
- century plant — an agave, Agave americana, native to tropical America but naturalized elsewhere, having very large spiny greyish leaves and greenish flowers on a tall fleshy stalk. It blooms only once in its life, after 10 to 30 years (formerly thought to flower after a century)
- cerumenolytic — (pharmacology) A chemical that softens or removes cerumen (earwax).
- cetane number — a measure of the quality of a diesel fuel expressed as the percentage of cetane in a mixture of cetane and 1-methylnapthalene of the same quality as the given fuel
- chateaubriand — François René (frɑ̃swa rəne), Vicomte de Chateaubriand. 1768–1848, French writer and statesman: a precursor of the romantic movement in France; his works include Le Génie du Christianisme (1802) and Mémoires d'outre-tombe (1849–50)
- chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
- chrysanthemum — A chrysanthemum is a large garden flower with many long, thin petals.
- circular-knit — noting, pertaining to, or made of a fabric made by circular knitting.
- circumambient — surrounding
- circumduction — the action of turning anything on its axis
- circumstanced — simple past tense and past participle of circumstance.
- circumstances — someone's financial situation
- circumventing — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
- circumvention — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
- citrus canker — a disease of citrus trees caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas citri, characterized by spongy eruptions on leaves and fruit.
- clinker-built — (of a boat or ship) having a hull constructed with each plank overlapping that below
- cluster point — a point of a net having the property that the net is frequently in each neighborhood of the point.
- co-production — a film, play, television programme, etc, produced by two or more people or organizations
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- coconut cream — Also called cream of coconut. a creamy white liquid skimmed from the top of coconut milk that has been made by soaking grated coconut meat in water, used in East Indian cookery, mixed drinks, etc.
- coconut water — the watery, drinkable liquid inside an immature coconut.
- collar button — the button used to fasten the collar down on a garment
- colourisation — Alternative spelling of colorization.
- column vector — a collection of numbers, as the components of a vector, written vertically.
- commensurated — Simple past tense and past participle of commensurate.
- commensurates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commensurate.
- communautaire — supporting the principles of the European Community (now the European Union)
- communicators — Plural form of communicator.
- communicatory — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
- communitarian — a member of a communist community
- commuter line — a railway line that mainly serves commuters
- commuter town — a town that is home mainly to commuters
- computer nerd — someone who is inordinately preoccupied with using computers, at the expense of ordinary social skills
- computerising — Present participle of computerise.
- computerizing — Present participle of computerize.
- concertgebouw — a concert hall in Amsterdam, inaugurated in 1888: the Concertgebouw Orchestra established in 1888, has been independent of the hall since World War II
- concrete noun — a noun that refers to a material object, as for example horse
- concurrent ml — (language) (CML) A concurrent extension of SML/NJ written by J. Reppy at Cornell University in 1990. CML supports dynamic thread creation and synchronous message passing on typed channels. Threads are implemented using first-class continuations. First-class synchronous operations allow users to tailor their synchronisation abstractions for their application. CML also supports both stream I/O and low-level I/O in an integrated fashion. E-mail: <[email protected]> (bugs).
- conductimetry — the science of measuring the conductivity of solutions.
- conductorship — The position of conductor of an orchestra.
- confabulatory — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
- configurating — to give a configuration, form, or design to.
- configuration — A configuration is an arrangement of a group of things.
- configurative — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
- conglutinator — an agent that conglutinates
- congratulable — worthy of congratulation