13-letter words containing a, s, c, e, n, d
- domesticating — Present participle of domesticate.
- domestication — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- dresden china — porcelain ware produced at Meissen, Germany, near Dresden, after 1710.
- dressing case — a small piece of luggage for carrying toilet articles, medicine, etc.
- dressing sack — a woman's dressing gown.
- dynamic scope — (language) In a dynamically scoped language, e.g. most versions of Lisp, an identifier can be referred to, not only in the block where it is declared, but also in any function or procedure called from within that block, even if the called procedure is declared outside the block. This can be implemented as a simple stack of (identifier, value) pairs, accessed by searching down from the top of stack for the most recent instance of a given identifier. The opposite is lexical scope. A common implementation of dynamic scope is shallow binding.
- easter candle — a tall candle, symbolizing Christ, that is sometimes blessed and placed on the gospel side of an altar on Holy Saturday and kept burning until Ascension Day.
- educationists — Plural form of educationist.
- encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
- endocommensal — a commensal living within the body of the host organism
- endonucleases — Plural form of endonuclease.
- endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
- eudaemonistic — Of or pertaining to eudaemonism.
- excandescence — The state of being excandescent, of glowing with heat.
- excess demand — a situation in which the market demand for a commodity is greater than its market supply, thus causing its market price to rise
- fictionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fictionalise.
- finisher card — (in manufacturing fibers) the last card in the carding process, for converting stock into roving.
- gentisic acid — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, C 7 H 6 O 4 , used chiefly in the form of its sodium salt as an analgesic and diaphoretic.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- grand duchess — the wife or widow of a grand duke.
- haemodynamics — a branch of physiology that deals with the circulation of the blood
- hand-stitched — stitched by hand rather than by a machine
- handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
- henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
- hero sandwich — a large sandwich, usually consisting of a small loaf of bread or long roll cut in half lengthwise and containing a variety of ingredients, as meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes.
- identicalness — The state or quality of being identical.
- idiomaticness — Idiomaticity.
- incandescence — the emission of visible light by a body, caused by its high temperature. Compare luminescence.
- incandescents — Plural form of incandescent.
- incense cedar — any of several coniferous trees of the genus Libocedrus (or Calocedrus), especially L. decurrens, of the western U.S., growing to a height of 150 feet (50 meters).
- incondensable — not condensable; incapable of being condensed.
- inconsiderate — without due regard for the rights or feelings of others: It was inconsiderate of him to keep us waiting.
- indescribable — not describable; too extraordinary for description: a scene of indescribable confusion; indescribable euphoria.
- indescribably — not describable; too extraordinary for description: a scene of indescribable confusion; indescribable euphoria.
- indissociable — Unable to be dissociated.
- indisturbance — Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose.
- indoctrinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indoctrinate.
- juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
- list enhanced — (operating system, tool) An MS-DOS file browsing utility written by Vern Buerg in 1983. A former mainframe systems programmer, Buerg wrote DOS utilities when he began using an IBM PC and missed the file-scanning ability he had on mainframes. The software became an instant success, and his list utility was in use on an estimated 5 million PCs.
- long-distance — of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
- magnetic disk — Also called disk, hard disk. a rigid disk coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
- maiden castle — an ancient fortification in Dorsetshire, England, first erected c250 b.c. over the remains of Neolithic and Bronze Age settlements of c2000–c1500 b.c.
- maiden speech — the first speech made in a legislature by a newly elected member.
- mean distance — the arithmetic mean of the greatest and least distances of a planet from the sun, used in stating the size of an orbit; the semimajor axis.
- medicamentous — of or relating to medicaments
- mendes-france — Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1907–1982, French statesman and economist: premier 1954–55.
- mercer island — a city in W central Washington, on Mercer Island in Lake Washington, east of Seattle.
- merchandisers — Plural form of merchandiser.
- merchandising — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merry dancers — the aurora borealis