13-letter words containing a, d, e, r, s
- coresidential — relating to joint residency
- costardmonger — a costermonger
- costume drama — any theatrical production, film, television presentation, etc, in which the performers wear the costumes of a former age
- côtes-d'armor — a department of W France, on the N coast of Brittany. Capital: St Brieuc. Pop: 553 969 (2003 est). Area: 6878 sq km (2656 sq miles)
- courtesy card — a privilege card
- cradle scythe — cradle (def 4b).
- credentialism — a tendency to value formal qualifications, esp at the expense of competence and experience
- cross-grained — (of timber) having the fibres arranged irregularly or in a direction that deviates from the axis of the piece
- crowd pleaser — a person, performance, etc., having great popular appeal.
- crowd-pleaser — If you describe a performer, politician, or sports player as a crowd-pleaser, you mean they always please their audience. You can also describe an action or event as a crowd-pleaser.
- custard apple — a West Indian tree, Annona reticulata: family Annonaceae
- custard cream — a biscuit consisting of two layers with a filling of vanilla-flavoured paste
- customer data — Customer data is information held on file about customers by a store or other business, usually including names, contact details, and buying habits.
- cylinder seal — a cylindrical seal of stone, clay, or precious stone decorated with linear designs, found in the Middle East and Balkans: dating from about 6000 bc
- cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
- daguerrotypes — Plural form of daguerrotype, a misspelling of daguerreotype.
- damage survey — an inspection by an insurance company of something that has been damaged and for which an insurance claim has been made, in order to determine the extent and cause of damage
- dame's rocket — a Eurasian plant, Hesperis matronalis, of the mustard family, having loose clusters of four-petalled purple or white fragrant flowers.
- danger signal — any type of signal that indicates danger
- dangerousness — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- dangleberries — Plural form of dangleberry.
- danse macabre — dance of death
- danseur noble — a male dancer suited for certain heroic, or noble, roles by virtue of his exceptional grace, technique, and strength
- dar es salaam — the chief port of Tanzania, on the Indian Ocean: capital of German East Africa (1891–1916); capital of Tanzania until 1983 when it was officially replaced by Dodoma, though still retaining some functions; university (1963). Pop: 2 683 000 (2005 est)
- dare i say it — You use 'dare I say it' when you know that what you are going to say will disappoint or annoy someone.
- das rheingold — an opera by Wagner (1869), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- dasht-e-kavir — large salt-desert plateau in NC Iran: c. 18,000 sq mi (46,620 sq km)
- dastardliness — The state or quality of being dastardly.
- data security — the protection of data stored on computers
- data transfer — (data) Copying or moving data from one place to another, typically via some kind of network (e.g. Asynchronous Transfer Mode, File Transfer Protocol) or local data connection (bus, SCSI, IDE, SATA).
- days of grace — days permitted by custom for payment of a promissory note, bill of exchange, etc, after it falls due
- death futures — life insurance policies of terminally ill people that are bought speculatively for a lump sum by a company, enabling it to collect the proceeds of the policies when the sufferers die
- death tourist — a seriously ill person who seeks to terminate his or her own life by travelling to a country where medically assisted suicide is legal
- decarboxylase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of carbon dioxide from a compound
- decentralised — Simple past tense and past participle of decentralise.
- decentralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decentralize.
- decisionmaker — One who makes decisions.
- deconsecrated — (of a church) having been transferred to secular use
- deconsecrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deconsecrate.
- decriminalise — Alternative spelling of decriminalize.
- deep-sea core — an intact sample of sediment extracted from the ocean floor by drilling with a long hollow tube.
- defamiliarise — Alternative spelling of defamiliarize.
- defenestrated — Simple past tense and past participle of defenestrate.
- defenestrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defenestrate.
- defloration's — the act of deflowering.
- deforestation — to divest or clear of forests or trees: Poor planning deforested the area in ten years.
- dehydrogenase — an enzyme, such as any of the respiratory enzymes, that activates oxidation-reduction reactions by transferring hydrogen from substrate to acceptor
- deliberations — formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
- dematerialise — Alternative spelling of dematerialize.
- demilitarizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demilitarize.