13-Letter Words Starting with C

Like a loud brass band that's out of practice

""The practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous insects.""

""Domination of the head in animal life as expressed in the physical structure; localization of important organs or parts in or near the head, in animal development.""

""Any of a class of chemical substances, some of which have therapeutically useful antibacterial activity, whose structure contains a beta-lactam ring fused to a six-membered ring containing a sulfur and a nitrogen atom. The first of the series, cephalosporin C, was discovered by G. Brotzu in 1955 in the culture broth of a Cephalosporium species found off the coast of Sardinia. Other cephalosporins have been found to be produced by species of soil bacteria (actinomycetes). Many semisynthetic analogs have been tested for antibacterial effect, and several of them have found use as important clinically useful antibacterial agents, some of which may be taken orally for treatment of bacterial infections. The cephalosporins are the second class of beta-lactam antibiotic to be discovered, the first being the penicillins and more recent classes being the thienamycins and sulfazecins. The cephamycins are a variant of cephalosporins with a methoxyl group on the beta-lactam ring, rendering them more resistant to penicillinases. Among the cephalosporins which have been found clinically useful are cephalexin, cephaloridine, and cephalothin.cephalosporin C, was discovered by G. Brotzu in 1955 in the culture broth of a Cephalosporium species found off the coast of Sardinia. Other cephalosporins have been found to be produced by species of soil bacteria (actinomycetes). Many semisynthetic analogs have been tested for antibacterial effect, and several of them have found use as important clinically useful antiba

A blood glycoprotein to which copper is bound during transport and storage.

(Chemistry) an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds

""A conjugated protein, such as hemoglobin, that contains a pigmented prosthetic group, such as heme.""

""CHAIRPERSON the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; -- same as chair{3} or chairman{1}, but used to achieve a sex-neutral register.chair{3} or chairman{1}, but used to achieve a sex-neutral register.""

Capacity of under-standing

Grasp - knowledge

Perception

'Sages leave your --s' (carol)

Thinker's forte

Long and thoughtful observation

Mechanism blocked by church (wordplay)

Gubbins the church brought in for limiting population

See ACTH .

See cycloalkane .