13-letter words containing u, l, e, s
- calcariferous — having a spur or spurs
- calf's tongue — a molding having pendent, tonguelike members in relief against a flat or molded surface.
- campus police — police officers, security guards or students employed by a college or university to patrol the campus and to protect students, staff, and visitors
- candlesnuffer — an implement, or person, that extinguishes candle flames
- capsule range — a small range of clothes by a particular designer, intended to be representative of the full range
- capsule shell — A capsule shell is an outer skin in which a medicinal substance is contained.
- carillonneurs — Plural form of carillonneur.
- carnivalesque — characteristic of, suitable for, or like a carnival
- cassivelaunus — 1st century bc, British chieftain, king of the Catuvellauni tribe, who organized resistance to Caesar's invasion of Britain (54 bc)
- casual worker — a person who has temporary, as opposed to permanent or regular, employment
- cause celebre — A cause célèbre is an issue, person, or criminal trial that has attracted a lot of public attention and discussion.
- causelessness — the quality or state of having no cause or reason
- cavernicolous — inhabiting caves or cavelike places
- celiac plexus — solar plexus (def 1).
- cellar fungus — a fungus, Coniophora puteana, that causes dry rot in timber.
- celluliferous — making or consisting of small cells
- cellulose-gum — a white, water-soluble polymer derived from cellulose, used as a coating and sizing for paper and textiles, a stabilizer for various foods, and an appetite suppressor.
- celsius scale — a scale of temperature in which 0° represents the melting point of ice and 100° represents the boiling point of water
- cement slurry — Cement slurry is a mixture of Portland cement, water, and additives.
- centuries-old — hundreds of years old
- cephalopodous — of, belonging to or relating to a cephalopod
- ceremoniously — If someone does something ceremoniously, they do it in an extremely formal way.
- cerium metals — the metals lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, and samarium, forming a sub-group of the lanthanides
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- cerumenolysis — (medicine) The process of softening cerumen (earwax) for removal.
- chaise longue — A chaise longue is a kind of sofa with only one arm and usually a back along half its length.
- chaise lounge — A chaise lounge is the same as a chaise longue.
- changefulness — Propensity to change.
- charles louis — (Karl Ludwig Johann) 1771–1847, archduke of Austria.
- charnel house — A charnel house is a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored.
- chattel house — (esp in Barbados) a movable wooden dwelling, usually set on a foundation of loose stones on rented land
- chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
- chestnut clam — Astarte (def 2).
- chestnut coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 1 3/16 to 1 5/8 inch (3 to 4 cm).
- chewing louse — See under louse (def 2).
- chicken louse — a louse, Menopon pallidum (or gallinae); a parasite of poultry: order Mallophaga (bird lice)
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- circumlocutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumlocute.
- circumspectly — watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior.
- circumstellar — surrounding, or revolving around, a star
- clair-obscure — chiaroscuro.
- clamorousness — The state or quality of being clamorous.
- clare-obscure — chiaroscuro.
- classic blues — a type of city blues performed by a female singer accompanied by a small group
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- cleistogamous — having small, unopened, self-pollinating flowers, usually in addition to the showier flowers
- clistothecium — cleistothecium.
- close-mouthed — Someone who is close-mouthed about something does not say much about it.
- closed source — intellectual property, esp computer source code, that is not made available to the general public by its creators