13-letter words containing a, c, i, d, m
- ceramic oxide — a compound of oxygen with nonorganic material: recently discovered to act as a high-temperature superconductor
- chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
- christmas day — Christmas Day is the 25th of December, when Christmas is celebrated.
- christmastide — the festival season from Christmas to after New Year's Day.
- cinco de mayo — May 5, anniversary of the victory of Mexico over French forces at Puebla in 1862: observed by Mexicans and Mexican-Americans
- cinnamic acid — a white crystalline water-insoluble weak organic acid existing in two isomeric forms; 3-phenylpropenoic acid. The trans- form occurs naturally and its esters are used in perfumery. Formula: C6H5CH:CHCOOH
- circumstanced — simple past tense and past participle of circumstance.
- ciudad madero — city in Tamaulipas state, EC Mexico: suburb of Tampico: pop. 160,000
- come in handy — If something comes in handy, it is useful in a particular situation.
- commandeering — Present participle of commandeer.
- commandership — a person who commands.
- commendations — the act of commending; recommendation; praise: commendation for a job well done.
- commodifiable — to turn into a commodity; make commercial.
- companionhood — companionship
- complicatedly — composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
- comradeliness — the quality of being comradely
- condemnations — Plural form of condemnation.
- contrabandism — the practice of trading contraband goods
- copperheadism — U.S. History. (during the Civil War) the advocacy of peace negotiations to restore the Union to its prewar condition, with continued slavery in the South.
- corn marigold — an annual plant, Chrysanthemum segetum, with yellow daisy-like flower heads: a common weed of cultivated land: family Asteraceae (composites)
- credentialism — a tendency to value formal qualifications, esp at the expense of competence and experience
- criminal code — the body of laws regulating how crimes are to be punished
- cyclamic acid — a white crystalline solid, C 6 H 13 NSO 3 , the salts of which are referred to as cyclamates: used as an acidulant.
- dactyliomancy — the use of a suspended finger-ring for divination
- damnification — That which causes damage or loss.
- decamethonium — a drug that is used to relax or loosen the muscles
- decimal place — the position of a digit after the decimal point, each successive position to the right having a denominator of an increased power of ten
- decimal point — A decimal point is the dot in front of a decimal fraction.
- decisionmaker — One who makes decisions.
- decompilation — The act, or the result of decompiling.
- decontaminate — To decontaminate something means to remove all germs or dangerous substances from it.
- decriminalise — Alternative spelling of decriminalize.
- decriminalize — When a criminal offence is decriminalized, the law changes so that it is no longer a criminal offence.
- demagogically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a demagogue.
- demasculinise — Alternative spelling of demasculinize.
- demasculinize — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
- demochristian — a member or supporter of a Christian democratic party or movement
- democratizing — Present participle of democratize.
- demographical — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
- demonological — the study of demons or of beliefs about demons.
- dermatotropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- deromanticize — to remove the romantic, ideal, or heroic aura from.
- diametrically — If you say that two things are diametrically opposed, you are emphasizing that they are completely different from each other.
- diaphragmatic — of the diaphragm.
- dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
- dicyandiamide — a white, crystalline, rather sparingly water-soluble solid, C 2 H 4 N 4 , produced from cyanamide by polymerization: used in the manufacture of plastics and pharmaceuticals.
- diffractogram — An image produced by a diffractometer.
- dipsomaniacal — Pertaining to or suffering from dipsomania.
- direct cinema — a rigorous form of cinéma vérité, especially as practiced by some American cinematographers in the late 1950s, in which only indigenous sound is used.
- direct-mailer — a person or firm engaged in direct-mail advertising.