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13-letter words containing a, c, n, d

  • anti-dogmatic — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
  • anticipatedly — In an anticipated manner; in advance.
  • antidesiccant — a substance applied to plants to prevent moisture loss during transplantation
  • antidiuretics — Plural form of antidiuretic.
  • antipesticide — opposed to the use of pesticides
  • antispasmodic — preventing or arresting spasms, esp in smooth muscle
  • antisudorific — an antiperspirant.
  • appendiculate — having appendicles
  • arachnoiditis — an inflammation of the arachnoid membrane
  • archidiaconal — of or relating to an archdeacon or his office
  • archimandrite — the head of a monastery or a group of monasteries
  • aridification — the process by which a humid region becomes increasingly dry, as by climatic change or human interference with the ecology.
  • arsenous acid — a toxic white powder, As2O3, used to make other arsenic compounds, insecticides, and preservatives; white arsenic
  • arthroconidia — Plural form of arthroconidium.
  • arundinaceous — resembling a reed
  • ascension day — the 40th day after Easter, when the Ascension of Christ into heaven is celebrated
  • ascensiontide — the ten days from Ascension Day to the day before Whit Sunday
  • astrodynamics — the study of the motion of natural and artificial bodies in space
  • at a discount — below the regular price
  • audaciousness — Risky or daring behaviour.
  • audience room — a room for holding formal interviews or hearings.
  • authenticated — Prove or show (something, esp. a claim or an artistic work) to be true or genuine.
  • back and fill — to manoeuvre the sails by alternately filling and emptying them of wind to navigate in a narrow place
  • back-end load — the final charges of commission and expenses made by an investment trust, insurance policy, etc, when the investor is paid out
  • backgrounders — Plural form of backgrounder.
  • backgrounding — Present participle of background.
  • backpedalling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
  • backwardation — the difference between the spot price for a commodity, including rent and interest, and the forward price
  • badminton cup — a long refreshing drink of claret with soda water and sugar
  • balanced diet — a diet consisting of the proper quantities and proportions of foods needed to maintain health or growth.
  • balanced fund — a mutual fund made up of both stocks and bonds
  • balanced line — a transmission line in which the oppositely directed components are symmetrical with respect to each other and to the ground.
  • balanced step — any of a series of staircase winders so planned that they are nearly as wide at the inside of the stair as the adjacent fliers.
  • balanced tree — (algorithm)   An optimisation of a tree which aims to keep equal numbers of items on each subtree of each node so as to minimise the maximum path from the root to any leaf node. As items are inserted and deleted, the tree is restructured to keep the nodes balanced and the search paths uniform. Such an algorithm is appropriate where the overheads of the reorganisation on update are outweighed by the benefits of faster search. A B-tree is a kind of balanced tree that can have more than two subtrees at each node (i.e. one that is not restricted to being a binary tree).
  • ballet dancer — a man or woman who takes part in ballet dancing, usually professionally
  • band spectrum — a spectrum consisting of a number of bands of closely spaced lines that are associated with emission or absorption of radiation by molecules
  • bandicoot rat — any of three burrowing rats of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia, of S and SE Asia: family Muridae
  • bank discount — interest on a loan deducted from the principal amount when the loan is made and based on the loan's face value
  • barefacedness — The state or quality of being barefaced.
  • barnacle code — (programming, humour)   Any piece of code (usually a static method) that has been appended to a class where it doesn't logically belong, due to a lack of anywhere else to put it.
  • benedictional — a book of benedictions or blessings
  • berchtesgaden — a town in Germany, in SE Bavaria: site of the fortified mountain retreat of Adolf Hitler. Pop: 7667 (2003 est)
  • beyond recall — If something is beyond recall, it is no longer possible to remember how it was or to bring it back to its original condition.
  • bib and brace — a work garment consisting of trousers and an upper front part supported by straps over the shoulders
  • biconditional — (of a proposition) asserting that the existence or occurrence of one thing or event depends on, and is dependent on, the existence or occurrence of another, as “A if and only if B.”.
  • bidenticulate — having two small teeth or toothlike processes.
  • bidirectional — (of a printhead) capable of printing from left to right and from right to left
  • big enchilada — enchilada (def 2).
  • bird-watching — Bird-watching is the activity of watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
  • black and tan — a mixture of stout or porter and ale
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