13-letter words containing a, c, u, t, i
- culturalistic — Of or relating to culturalism.
- culture trait — any trait of human activity acquired in social life and transmitted by communication.
- cuprotitanium — (metallurgy) An alloy of copper and titanium obtained by reducing a mixture of copper and rutile.
- current ratio — A current ratio is a measure of liquidity that is calculated by dividing current assets by current liabilities.
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- custodianship — the condition of being a custodian
- custom-tailor — to modify to fit a specific use or need; tailor-make.
- customariness — The state or quality of being customary.
- customisation — Alternative spelling of customization.
- customization — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- cut and dried — If you say that a situation or solution is cut and dried, you mean that it is clear and definite.
- cut-and-dried — prepared or settled in advance; not needing much thought or discussion: a cut-and-dried decision.
- cutting board — A cutting board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
- data security — the protection of data stored on computers
- debit account — a bank account which allows you to buy goods or services with money that you have put into the account
- decamethonium — a drug that is used to relax or loosen the muscles
- deculturalize — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
- deculturation — to cause the loss or abandonment of culture or cultural characteristics of (a people, society, etc.).
- deduplication — (computing) The elimination of redundant duplicate data.
- denticulation — a denticulate structure
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- denunciations — Plural form of denunciation.
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- direct labour — work that is an essential part of a production process or the provision of a service
- disaccustomed — Simple past tense and past participle of disaccustom.
- disarticulate — Separate (bones) at the joints.
- disceptatious — disputable
- discount card — a card that entitles the holder to buy goods from a seller at a discount
- discount rate — the rate of interest charged in discounting commercial paper.
- disfunctional — dysfunction.
- diverticulate — of or relating to a diverticulum
- dna computing — (architecture) The use of DNA molecules to encode computational problems. Standard operations of molecular biology can then be used to solve some NP-hard search problems in parallel using a very large number of molecules. The exponential scaling of NP-hard problems still remains, so this method will require a huge amount of DNA to solve large problems.
- documentalist — a specialist in documentation; a person working strictly with information and record-keeping.
- documentarian — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- documentaries — Plural form of documentary.
- documentarily — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- documentarist — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- documentarize — to put in the form of a documentary
- documentation — the use of documentary evidence.
- documentative — Of or pertaining to documents or documentation.
- domical vault — cloistered vault.
- double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
- double-action — (of a firearm) requiring only one pull of the trigger to cock and fire it.
- dramaturgical — the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
- dualistically — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- duplicability — The quality of being duplicable.
- dutch auction — a method of auction consisting in the offer of a property at a price above the actual value and then at gradually reduced prices until a buyer is found.
- 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
- dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- dzibilchaltun — a large, ancient Mayan ceremonial and commercial center near Mérida, Mexico, founded perhaps as early as 3000 b.c. and in continuous use until the 16th century.