13-letter words that end in n
- cell division — the division of a cell into two new cells during growth or reproduction
- central asian — involving or denoting the people, countries, cultures, or languages of Central Asia
- cephalization — (in the evolution of animals) development of a head by the concentration of feeding and sensory organs and nervous tissue at the anterior end
- cephalosporin — any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium
- certification — a document attesting the truth of a fact or statement
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- chamber organ — a small compact organ used esp for the authentic performance of preclassical music
- chang tso-lin — 1873–1928, Chinese general: military ruler of Manchuria 1918–28.
- charlottetown — a port in SE Canada, capital of the province of Prince Edward Island. Pop: 34 562 (2011)
- charter train — a train that has been chartered
- checkweighman — a representative elected by coal miners to check the findings of the mine owner's weighman where miners are paid by the weight of coal mined.
- chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
- cheval screen — a fire screen, usually with a cloth panel, having supports at the ends and mounted on legs.
- chicken divan — a casserole of boned chicken breast, broccoli or asparagus spears, and cheese sauce
- child version — (system management) In change management, a configuration item derived by altering another item (its parent version).
- chinling shan — Qinling Shan
- chlormerodrin — a white, bitter, odorless powder, ClHgN 2 H 11 O 2 , soluble in methanol and ethanol and slightly soluble in water, used in medicine as a diuretic.
- chlorocruorin — an oxygen-carrying substance that is found in the tissues of members of the division Annelida that is green in colour when oxygen is not present
- chloromycetin — chloramphenicol
- christ within — (in Quakerism) the light of Christ in the soul of every person, considered as a guiding force.
- chromoprotein — any of a group of conjugated proteins, such as haemoglobin, in which the protein is joined to a coloured compound, such as a metal-containing porphyrin
- chun doo hwan — born 1931, South Korean political leader: president 1980–88.
- chylification — the process of turning into chyle
- chymification — the process of turning into chyme
- cicatrization — Physiology. to heal by inducing the formation of a cicatrix.
- cinnamon fern — a large, New World fern (Osmunda cinnamomea, family Osmundaceae) having sterile green fronds and other fronds that bear spores and turn a cinnamon color as the spores mature
- ciprofloxacin — a broad-spectrum antibiotic used against Gram-negative bacteria. It is effective against anthrax
- circumduction — the action of turning anything on its axis
- circumflexion — The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.
- circumvention — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
- clamp down on — a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
- clarification — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
- clearing loan — a bank loan to finance the purchase of securities which is repayable within the calendar day on which it is made.
- climatization — to acclimate to a new environment.
- climbing fern — any of several chiefly tropical, vinelike ferns of the genus Lygodium, having climbing or trailing stems.
- climbing iron — either of a pair of metal frames with spikes that may be strapped over footgear, on the inside of the leg to aid in climbing trees, public utility poles, etc.
- cliometrician — An expert at cliometrics.
- closed season — The closed season is the period of the year when it is prohibited to kill certain types of animal or fish.
- co-ordination — Co-ordination means organizing the activities of two or more groups so that they work together efficiently and know what the others are doing.
- co-production — a film, play, television programme, etc, produced by two or more people or organizations
- coach station — A coach station is an area or a building which coaches leave from or arrive at on regular journeys.
- coalification — the compression, over time, of plant matter into coal
- coastal plain — a plain extending along a coast.
- cochairperson — a person who cochairs an organization
- cocontraction — The simultaneous contraction of two muscles.
- cocultivation — the act of cultivating jointly
- code napoleon — the civil code of France, promulgated between 1804 and 1810, comprising the main body of French civil law
- code position — (character) An integer that a coded character set maps to a character. A code position is normally stored or transmitted by applying a character encoding to turn it into a byte string.
- codeclination — the astronomical coordinate complementary to the declination
- coeur de lion — Richard I, meaning “lionhearted.”.