13-letter words containing to
- bulwer-lytton — Edward George Earle Lytton1st Baron Lytton of Knebworth 1803-73; Eng. novelist & playwright: father of Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton
- busto arsizio — a city in Lombardy, N Italy.
- buttoned-down — conventional or conservative
- cache storage — cache (def 3).
- cainotophobia — Alternative form of cainophobia.
- calf's tongue — a molding having pendent, tonguelike members in relief against a flat or molded surface.
- call to order — to request to be quiet, as to start (a meeting)
- camping stool — a stool which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
- camping stove — a portable stove powered by butane gas canisters, designed to be used for cooking while camping
- canton enamel — Chinese enamelware similar to Limoges.
- canton ginger — preserved or crystallized ginger of fine quality.
- cantonization — the process of dividing into cantons
- capital stock — the par value of the total share capital that a company is authorized to issue
- carcinomatous — a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
- carlton table — an English writing table of c1800, having curved rear corners and a top with drawers surmounted by a U -shaped section of drawers and cabinets, topped by a brass or ormolu gallery surrounding three sides of the writing area.
- carrot-topped — having red hair
- carry too far — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- cartographers — Plural form of cartographer.
- carton-pierre — papier-mâché decorated in imitation of wood, stone, or metal, and chiefly used for ornamental statuary or decorative motifs.
- cartoon strip — A cartoon strip is a series of drawings that tells a story.
- cash customer — a purchaser who pays cash rather than by check, credit card, or charge account.
- catatonically — in a catatonic or exceedingly rigid manner
- caveat emptor — Caveat emptor means 'let the buyer beware', and is a warning to someone buying something that it is their responsibility to identify and accept any faults in it.
- certificatory — Serving to certify something.
- chaetophorous — bearing bristles; setigerous.
- chain reactor — reactor (def 4).
- changing tone — cambiata.
- charlottetown — a port in SE Canada, capital of the province of Prince Edward Island. Pop: 34 562 (2011)
- chart-topping — very popular; coming top in the charts
- chemautotroph — an organism, such as a bacterium, that obtains its energy from inorganic reactions using simple compounds, such as ammonia or hydrogen sulphide
- chemoreceptor — a sensory receptor in a biological cell membrane to which an external molecule binds to generate a smell or taste sensation
- cherry tomato — a miniature tomato not much bigger than a cherry
- child custody — custody (def 4).
- child-custody — custody (def 4).
- chiropractors — Plural form of chiropractor.
- chloroacetone — a colorless, lachrymatory, poisonous liquid, C 3 H 5 ClO, used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of insecticides and perfumes.
- cholesteatoma — A destructive and expanding keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear and/or mastoid process.
- chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
- chrestomathic — (of teaching or learning) That has a practical use.
- chromatograms — Plural form of chromatogram.
- chromatograph — a piece of equipment that provides the outcome of a chromatographic test
- chromatolysis — the dissolution of stained material, such as chromatin in injured cells
- chromatolytic — relating to chromatolysis
- chromatophile — Also, chromophilic, chromophilous [kroh-mof-uh-luh s] /kroʊˈmɒf ə ləs/ (Show IPA), chromatophilic, chromatophilous. staining readily.
- chromatophore — a cell in the skin of frogs, chameleons, etc, in which pigment is concentrated or dispersed, causing the animal to change colour
- cinematograph — a combined camera, printer, and projector
- circumductory — relating to circumduction
- claim to fame — Someone's claim to fame is something quite important or interesting that they have done or that is connected with them.
- clarificatory — Of or pertaining to clarification.
- cleaner tooth — a saw tooth for cleaning loose chips from a kerf.