13-letter words containing u, n, c, e
- capsule range — a small range of clothes by a particular designer, intended to be representative of the full range
- car insurance — financial protection against loss as a result of an automobile accident or theft
- carbon tissue — a sheet of paper coated with pigmented gelatine, used in the carbon process
- carbon-tissue — paper faced with a preparation of carbon or other material, used between two sheets of plain paper in order to reproduce on the lower sheet that which is written or typed on the upper.
- carboniferous — yielding coal or carbon
- carbonneutral — pertaining to or having achieved a state in which the net amount of carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds emitted into the atmosphere is reduced to zero because it is balanced by actions to reduce or offset these emissions: Since the administration installed solar panels, the campus has become carbon neutral; a carbon-neutral brewery.
- carillonneurs — Plural form of carillonneur.
- carnegie unit — a standardized unit of measurement for evaluating courses in secondary schools in terms of college entrance requirements, representing one year's study in any subject, that subject having been taught for a minimum of 120 classroom hours to qualify.
- carnivalesque — characteristic of, suitable for, or like a carnival
- carpal tunnel — forearm to hand
- carpetmuncher — Alternative form of carpet muncher.
- cassivelaunus — 1st century bc, British chieftain, king of the Catuvellauni tribe, who organized resistance to Caesar's invasion of Britain (54 bc)
- cat and mouse — Also called cat and rat. a children's game in which players in a circle keep a player from moving into or out of the circle and permit a second player to move into or out of the circle to escape the pursuing first player.
- cat-and-mouse — denoting a fight or contest in which participants attempt to confuse or deceive each other in a cruel or teasing way, esp before a final act of cruelty or unkindness
- catch the sun — to become slightly sunburnt
- catechumenate — Ecclesiastical. a person under instruction in the rudiments of Christianity, as in the early church; a neophyte.
- caudine forks — a narrow pass in the Apennines, in S Italy, between Capua and Benevento: scene of the defeat of the Romans by the Samnites (321 bc)
- cause offence — If you cause offence or give offence to someone, you say or do something rude which upsets or embarrasses them.
- causelessness — the quality or state of having no cause or reason
- cauterisation — Alt form cauterization.
- cauterization — to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, especially for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
- caution money — a sum of money deposited as security for good conduct, against possible debts, etc
- cavernicolous — inhabiting caves or cavelike places
- cellar fungus — a fungus, Coniophora puteana, that causes dry rot in timber.
- cement slurry — Cement slurry is a mixture of Portland cement, water, and additives.
- 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)
- ceremoniously — If someone does something ceremoniously, they do it in an extremely formal way.
- cerulean blue — a light-blue to strong greenish-blue color.
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- cerumenolysis — (medicine) The process of softening cerumen (earwax) for removal.
- 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
- ch'en tu-hsiu — 1879–1942, Chinese intellectual, journalist, and cofounder of the Chinese Communist Party.
- chain measure — measurement of distance using a chain 66 feet (20 meters) long, of which one link equals 7.9 inches (20.1 cm).
- 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.
- charnel house — A charnel house is a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored.
- 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)
- checkout line — A checkout line is a line of customers waiting to pay at a checkout counter.
- 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)
- chickenburger — A hot sandwich made of a patty of chicken in a bun, often with other ingredients.