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13-letter words containing te

  • cassette deck — a machine that is used for listening to cassettes and sometimes also for recording them
  • cassette tape — a recording made on magnetic tape inside a plastic container, to be inserted into a tape deck
  • cassette-tape — Also called cassette tape. a compact case containing a length of magnetic tape that runs between two small reels: used for recording or playback of audio or video in a tape recorder, cassette deck, video camera, or VCR, and for storage of data by some small computer systems. See also audiocassette, videocassette.
  • castellations — Defensive or decorative parapets with regularly spaced notches; battlements.
  • caster action — the tendency, caused by the design of the mounting, of a wheel to turn into its plane of rotation
  • cat distemper — distemper1 (def 1c).
  • catechistical — Pertaining to a catechism.
  • catechization — The act of catechizing.
  • catecholamine — any of a group of hormones that are catechol derivatives, esp adrenaline and noradrenaline
  • catechumenate — Ecclesiastical. a person under instruction in the rudiments of Christianity, as in the early church; a neophyte.
  • categorematic — (of a word) able to stand alone as a term or subject
  • categorically — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
  • categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
  • categorizable — Capable of being categorized.
  • catheterizing — Present participle of catheterize.
  • 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.
  • cd-read-write — Compact Disc Rewritable
  • centenionalis — a silver coin of ancient Rome, first issued by Diocletian as the 100th part of a solidus, later greatly debased.
  • center around — to have as a central point, focus of attention, etc.
  • center spread — the pair of pages facing each other at the center of a magazine or newspaper, printed and made up as a single unit.
  • centerfielder — (baseball) A player in the centerfield position.
  • cesky terrier — a sturdy long-bodied short-legged variety of terrier with a wavy grey or light brown coat
  • chain printer — a line printer in which the type is on a continuous chain, used to print computer output
  • chalcostibite — a mineral, antimony copper sulfide, CuSbS 2 , occurring in lead-gray crystals.
  • changing-note — cambiata.
  • chapter house — A chapter house is the building or set of rooms in the grounds of a cathedral where the members of the clergy hold their meetings.
  • character key — key
  • character set — a set of characters to display on a computer screen or be printed out that are all of the same design
  • characterised — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
  • characterises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of characterise.
  • characterized — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
  • characterizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of characterize.
  • characterless — If you describe something as characterless, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting.
  • charlottetown — a port in SE Canada, capital of the province of Prince Edward Island. Pop: 34 562 (2011)
  • charter party — charter (def 5).
  • charter plane — a plane that has been chartered
  • charter train — a train that has been chartered
  • chateau d'eau — an architecturally treated fountain or cistern.
  • 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)
  • chattel house — (esp in Barbados) a movable wooden dwelling, usually set on a foundation of loose stones on rented land
  • cheese grater — an implement for grating cheese
  • chester white — a variety of large, white hog
  • chesterfields — Plural form of chesterfield.
  • chicago steak — a strip steak or, sometimes, a shell steak.
  • chinese white — white zinc oxide, formerly used in paints
  • chlorargyrite — a mineral, the naturally occurring form of silver chloride, formed in the oxidation process of silver
  • chocolate bar — a block of chocolate
  • chocolate-box — Chocolate-box places or images are very pretty but in a boring or conventional way.
  • choker-setter — (in logging) a worker whose job is to fasten a choker to logs.
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