13-letter words that end in se
- chinese anise — star anise.
- chinese-anise — Also called Chinese anise. a shrub or small tree, Illicium verum, of China, having white flowers that turn purple and bearing anise-scented, star-shaped clusters of carminative fruit.
- civil defense — Civil defense is the organization and training of the ordinary people in a country so that they can help the armed forces, medical services, or police force, for example if the country is attacked by an enemy.
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- climbing rose — any of various roses that ascend and cover a trellis, arbor, etc., chiefly by twining about the supports.
- clothes horse — A clothes horse is a folding frame used inside someone's house to hang washing on while it dries.
- clothes-horse — Informal. a person whose chief interest and pleasure is dressing fashionably.
- cocarboxylase — thiamine pyrophosphate
- collateralise — Alternative spelling of collateralize.
- commercialese — business jargon
- commercialise — to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
- conceptualise — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- contextualise — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
- council house — In Britain, a council house is a house that is owned by a local council and that people can rent at a low cost.
- countinghouse — a building, room, or office used for keeping books and transacting business
- country house — A country house is a large, often attractive, house in the country, usually one that is or was owned by a rich or noble family.
- cross-purpose — a contrary aim or purpose
- cuckoo wrasse — a fish, Labrus mixtus
- customer base — A business's customer base is all its regular customers, considered as a group.
- cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
- damson cheese — thick damson jam
- decarboxylase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of carbon dioxide from a compound
- decriminalise — Alternative spelling of decriminalize.
- defamiliarise — Alternative spelling of defamiliarize.
- degree course — an education course that awards degrees to those who complete it successfully
- dehydrogenase — an enzyme, such as any of the respiratory enzymes, that activates oxidation-reduction reactions by transferring hydrogen from substrate to acceptor
- demasculinise — Alternative spelling of demasculinize.
- dematerialise — Alternative spelling of dematerialize.
- demythologise — to divest of mythological or legendary attributes or forms, as in order to permit clearer appraisal and understanding: to demythologize the music dramas of Richard Wagner for modern listeners.
- denationalise — Alternative spelling of denationalize.
- depersonalise — Alternative spelling of depersonalize.
- dextroglucose — dextrose
- dinitrogenase — (enzyme) One of two enzymes which, together with ATP, catalyze the reduction of molecular nitrogen into ammonia.
- dispatch case — attaché case.
- document case — a flat, portable case, often of leather, for carrying papers, documents etc.
- dog's disease — influenza.
- dressing case — a small piece of luggage for carrying toilet articles, medicine, etc.
- dutch disease — the deindustrialization of an economy as a result of the discovery of a natural resource, as that which occurred in Holland with the exploitation of North Sea gas, which raised the value of the Dutch currency, making its exports uncompetitive and causing its industry to decline
- east timorese — of or relating to East Timor or its inhabitants
- empyreumatise — to render empyreumatic
- endopeptidase — An enzyme that breaks peptide bonds other than terminal ones in a peptide chain.
- entrepreneuse — a female entrepreneur
- escape clause — clause that releases sb from a contract
- farmer cheese — a cheese made by pressing together the soft white curds of whole milk or partly skimmed milk, similar in texture to dry cottage cheese.
- fashion house — an establishment in which fashionable clothes are designed, made, and sold
- fashion sense — instinct for what is stylish
- fifth disease — Pathology. a mild infection, most often seen in children or young adults, caused by a small virus ((the human parvovirus B19)) and marked by a blotchy rash on the cheeks, arms, and legs.
- finite clause — a clause with a finite verb in its predicate.
- for the worse — into a less desirable or inferior state or condition
- forcing house — a place where growth or maturity (as of fruit, animals, etc) is artificially hastened