13-letter words containing a, c, r, o, d
- bird of peace — a dove.
- block diagram — a diagram showing the interconnections between the parts of an industrial process
- bloody caesar — a drink consisting of vodka, juice made from clams and tomatoes, and usually Worcester sauce and hot pepper sauce
- boarding card — A boarding card is a card which a passenger must have when boarding a plane or a boat.
- body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
- boron carbide — a black extremely hard inert substance having a high capture cross section for thermal neutrons. It is used as an abrasive, refractory, and in control rods in nuclear reactors. Formula: B4C
- bounce around — to spring back from a surface in a lively manner: The ball bounced off the wall.
- boundary scan — The use of scan registers to capture state from device input and output pins. IEEE Standard 1149.1-1990 describes the international standard implementation (sometimes called JTAG after the Joint Test Action Group which began the standardisation work).
- brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
- braggadocious — boastful
- breech-loader — a firearm that is loaded at the breech
- breechloading — loaded at the breech.
- broad hatchet — a hatchet with a broad cutting edge.
- cacodyl group — the univalent group (CH 3) 2 As−, derived from arsine.
- call to order — to request to be quiet, as to start (a meeting)
- candleholders — Plural form of candleholder.
- cannon fodder — If someone in authority regards people they are in charge of as cannon fodder, they do not care if these people are harmed or lost in the course of their work.
- cape coloured — (formerly, in South Africa) a racial classification under apartheid for people of mixed ethnic origin
- cape marigold — any composite plant of the genus Dimorphotheca, having variously colored, daisylike flowers.
- carbo-loading — Informal. carbohydrate loading.
- carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
- carbolic acid — Carbolic acid or carbolic is a liquid that is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic.
- carbolic-acid — Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
- carbon credit — Carbon credits are an allowance that certain companies have, permitting them to burn a certain amount of fossil fuels.
- carbon dating — Carbon dating is a system of calculating the age of a very old object by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon it contains.
- carbonic acid — a weak acid formed when carbon dioxide combines with water: obtained only in aqueous solutions, never in the pure state. Formula: H2CO3
- 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.
- card walloper — (jargon) An EDP programmer who grinds out batch programs that do things like print people's paychecks. Compare code grinder. See also punched card, eighty-column mind.
- cardiographic — (physiology) Of or pertaining to, or produced by, a cardiograph.
- cardiological — the study of the heart and its functions in health and disease.
- cardiologists — Plural form of cardiologist.
- cardiomegalia — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- cardiopathies — Plural form of cardiopathy.
- cardioversion — restoring the rhythm of the heart to normal by applying direct-current electrical shock.
- carias andino — Tiburcio [tee-voor-syaw] /tiˈvur syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1968, Honduran lawyer, soldier, and statesman: president 1933–49.
- carotid sinus — specialized nerve end organs producing a slight dilatation of the carotid artery where it branches into the external and internal carotid arteries, responding to changes in blood pressure by mediating changes in the heartbeat rate.
- carrot-topped — having red hair
- carry forward — to transfer (a balance) to the next page, column, etc
- carte du jour — a menu listing dishes available on a particular day
- casement door — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
- castle howard — a mansion near York in Yorkshire: designed in 1700 by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor; the grounds include the Temple of the Four Winds and a mausoleum
- cathodography — the process or practice of taking photographs using cathode rays
- caudine forks — a narrow pass in the Apennines, in S Italy, between Capua and Benevento: scene of the defeat of the Romans by the Samnites (321 bc)
- cedarwood oil — an aromatic oil obtained from the wood of the red cedar and used in the manufacture of soaps, perfumes, and insecticides.
- center around — to have as a central point, focus of attention, etc.
- cephaloridine — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
- ceramic oxide — a compound of oxygen with nonorganic material: recently discovered to act as a high-temperature superconductor
- chandernagore — a port in E India, in S West Bengal on the Hooghly River: a former French settlement (1686–1950). Pop: 162 166 (2001)
- cheddar gorge — a pass through the Mendip Hills renowned for its stalactitic caverns and rare limestone flora
- chicago ridge — a town in NE Illinois.