13-letter words containing a, l, c, n, t
- camping stool — a stool which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
- canaliculated — Canaliculate.
- cancellariate — the office of chancellor
- cancellations — Plural form of cancellation.
- candlelighter — a person whose task it is to light candles
- cannibalistic — Cannibalistic people and practices are connected with cannibalism.
- cantilevering — Present participle of cantilever.
- canton enamel — Chinese enamelware similar to Limoges.
- capital gains — Capital gains are the profits that you make when you buy something and then sell it again at a higher price.
- capitulations — Plural form of capitulation.
- capstan lathe — a lathe for repetitive work, having a rotatable turret resembling a capstan to hold tools for successive operations
- capstan table — drum table.
- capsulization — The act or process of capsulizing.
- captivatingly — to attract and hold the attention or interest of, as by beauty or excellence; enchant: Her blue eyes and red hair captivated him.
- 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.
- carbonylation — the introduction of a carbonyl group into a compound through chemical reaction
- carboxylation — a chemical reaction that introduces a carboxyl group into a molecule or compound, forming a carboxylic acid or a carboxylate
- carcinologist — a person who specializes in carcinology
- card clothing — a very sturdy fabric with a leather or rubber fillet imbedded with wire teeth for disentangling and cleaning textile fibers, used to cover the rollers or flats of a carding machine.
- cardinalitial — relating to a cardinal or cardinalship
- cardinalities — Plural form of cardinality.
- 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.
- carpal tunnel — forearm to hand
- carrantuohill — a mountain in SW Republic of Ireland, in Macgillicuddy's Reeks in Kerry: the highest peak in Ireland. Height: 1041 m (3414 ft)
- carte blanche — If someone gives you carte blanche, they give you the authority to do whatever you think is right.
- cartelization — The act of cartelizing.
- cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
- cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.
- castellations — Defensive or decorative parapets with regularly spaced notches; battlements.
- casting wheel — a wheel having on its circumference molds for receiving molten metal.
- casualisation — (economics) The process by which employment shifts from a preponderance of full-time and permanent or contract positions to higher levels of casual positions.
- casualization — the altering of working practices so that regular workers are re-employed on a casual or short-term basis
- catatonically — in a catatonic or exceedingly rigid manner
- catch oneself — to hold oneself back abruptly from saying or doing something
- catecholamine — any of a group of hormones that are catechol derivatives, esp adrenaline and noradrenaline
- centenionalis — a silver coin of ancient Rome, first issued by Diocletian as the 100th part of a solidus, later greatly debased.
- central angle — an angle whose vertex is at the centre of a circle
- central asian — involving or denoting the people, countries, cultures, or languages of Central Asia
- central falls — a city in NE Rhode Island.
- central india — a former political agency in central India uniting various native states and subordinate agencies: now incorporated into Madhya Pradesh.
- central islip — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- central karoo — an arid plateau of S central South Africa, in Cape Province, separated from the Little Karoo to the southwest by the Swartberg range. Average height: 750 m (2500 ft)
- centricalness — the situation or quality of being centrical
- centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
- centripetally — Towards a centre or axis.
- centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
- 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)
- 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
- ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- chang tso-lin — 1873–1928, Chinese general: military ruler of Manchuria 1918–28.