13-letter words containing c, a, d, e, t
- fluid-extract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
- friction head — (in a hydraulic system) the part of a head of water or of another liquid that represents the energy that the system dissipates through friction with the sides of conduits or channels and through heating from turbulent flow.
- gaidhealtachd — the area of Scotland in which Scottish Gaelic is the vernacular speech
- galactosidase — An enzyme, such as lactase, that is involved in the hydrolytic breakdown of a galactoside.
- garden center — a store that sells gardening supplies, as seeds, plants, fertilizer, and tools.
- garden centre — A garden centre is a large shop, usually with an outdoor area, where you can buy things for your garden such as plants and gardening tools.
- 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.
- get-well card — a greeting card sent to a person who is unwell, expressing a wish for a speedy recovery
- gnathic index — Craniometry. the ratio of the distance from basion to prosthion to the distance from basion to nasion, expressed in percent of the latter.
- grade cricket — competitive cricket, in which cricket club teams are arranged in grades
- grammaticized — Simple past tense and past participle of grammaticize.
- greeting card — card1 (def 4).
- ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
- half-educated — having undergone education: educated people.
- hand-stitched — stitched by hand rather than by a machine
- hatchet-faced — having a face with narrow dimensions and sharp features
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
- heptadecanoic — as in heptadecanoic acid, a saturated fatty acid, aka margaric acid
- heroin addict — sb dependent on heroin
- hexactinellid — a type of sponge characterized by their (usually) six siliceous spicules or rays
- hexadactylism — Sexdactyly.
- hexadactylous — hexadactylic
- homestead act — a special act of Congress (1862) that made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment, usually in lots of 160 acres, to be used as farms.
- homoscedastic — having the same variance.
- humped cattle — any of several breeds of domestic cattle developed from the Indian species Bos indicus and characterized by a hump of fat and muscle over the shoulders.
- hunt and peck — a slow and inefficient method of typing by looking for each key separately before striking it: used by untrained typists.
- hunt-and-peck — a method of typing while looking at the keyboard, usually using only the forefingers to press the keys
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- hyperdactylia — the presence of extra fingers or toes.
- ideal crystal — a crystal in which there are no defects or impurities
- identicalness — The state or quality of being identical.
- identity card — a card for identifying the bearer, giving name, address, and other personal data.
- ideogrammatic — Of or pertaining to ideograms.
- idiomaticness — Idiomaticity.
- impredicative — (of a definition) given in terms that require quantification over a range that includes that which is to be defined, as having all the properties of a great general where one of the properties as ascribed must be that property itself
- impredictable — (nonstandard) unpredictable.
- in attendance — If someone is in attendance at a place or an event, they are there.
- inarticulated — Not articulated; not connected by a joint.
- incandescents — Plural form of incandescent.
- incapacitated — unable to act, respond, or the like (often used euphemistically when one is busy or otherwise occupied): He can't come to the phone now—he's incapacitated.
- incidentaloma — an abnormal lesion or tumor detected by chance during a medical imaging test, physical examination, or surgery.
- inconsiderate — without due regard for the rights or feelings of others: It was inconsiderate of him to keep us waiting.
- indeterminacy — the condition or quality of being indeterminate; indetermination.
- indisturbance — Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose.
- indoctrinated — to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., especially to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.
- indoctrinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indoctrinate.
- ineducability — Inability to be educated.
- interchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- intercondylar — Anatomy. the smooth surface area at the end of a bone, forming part of a joint.
- interpandemic — occurring between two pandemics