13-letter words containing c, a, d, e
- alphabet code — a list of easily distinguishable words, each representing a letter of the alphabet, used in radio and telephonic communications.
- altered chord — a chord in which one or more notes are chromatically changed by the introduction of accidentals
- american bond — a brickwork bond having a course of headers between five or six courses of stretchers.
- amygdalaceous — similar to or derived from the almond
- andean condor — either of two large, New World vultures of the family Cathartidae, Gymnogyps californianus (California condor) or Vultur gryphus (Andean condor) the largest flying birds in the Western Hemisphere: the California condor is almost extinct; the Andean condor is greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- androcentrism — centered on, emphasizing, or dominated by males or masculine interests: an androcentric society; an androcentric religion.
- androdioecism — the state of being androdioecious
- anecdotically — in an anecdotical manner
- anti-academic — of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements.
- anticipatedly — In an anticipated manner; in advance.
- antidesiccant — a substance applied to plants to prevent moisture loss during transplantation
- antidiuretics — Plural form of antidiuretic.
- antipesticide — opposed to the use of pesticides
- aperiodically — In an aperiodic way.
- aperture card — a punched-card mounting for microfilmed pages.
- appendiculate — having appendicles
- apple orchard — an orchard planted with apple trees
- apple-cheeked — having rosy cheeks; ruddy
- approval code — An approval code is a PIN or other verification code needed to authorize a payment going through the cash register.
- archduchesses — Plural form of archduchess.
- archimandrite — the head of a monastery or a group of monasteries
- architectured — Designed (according to a form of architecture, or as if by an architect).
- armistice day — the anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended World War I, on Nov 11, 1918, now kept on Remembrance Sunday
- armored cable — an electric cable having a metal protective covering
- armored scale — any of a family (Diaspididae) of scale insects characterized by a hard, waxy secretion that covers the body: many armored scales are serious pests of trees and shrubs
- arsenous acid — a toxic white powder, As2O3, used to make other arsenic compounds, insecticides, and preservatives; white arsenic
- arundinaceous — resembling a reed
- ascension day — the 40th day after Easter, when the Ascension of Christ into heaven is celebrated
- ascensiontide — the ten days from Ascension Day to the day before Whit Sunday
- assembly code — assembly language
- audaciousness — Risky or daring behaviour.
- audience room — a room for holding formal interviews or hearings.
- audiocassette — a cassette containing audiotape
- authenticated — Prove or show (something, esp. a claim or an artistic work) to be true or genuine.
- auto-destruct — self-destruct.
- autoschediasm — anything done with little forethought or preparation
- autoschediaze — to do or act with little forethought or preparation
- ayurvedically — As a practitioner of Ayurveda; in an Ayurvedic way.
- baal merodach — Marduk.
- back-end load — the final charges of commission and expenses made by an investment trust, insurance policy, etc, when the investor is paid out
- backgrounders — Plural form of backgrounder.
- backpedalling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
- bacteriocidal — Alternative spelling of bactericidal.
- balanced diet — a diet consisting of the proper quantities and proportions of foods needed to maintain health or growth.
- balanced fund — a mutual fund made up of both stocks and bonds
- balanced line — a transmission line in which the oppositely directed components are symmetrical with respect to each other and to the ground.
- balanced step — any of a series of staircase winders so planned that they are nearly as wide at the inside of the stair as the adjacent fliers.
- balanced tree — (algorithm) An optimisation of a tree which aims to keep equal numbers of items on each subtree of each node so as to minimise the maximum path from the root to any leaf node. As items are inserted and deleted, the tree is restructured to keep the nodes balanced and the search paths uniform. Such an algorithm is appropriate where the overheads of the reorganisation on update are outweighed by the benefits of faster search. A B-tree is a kind of balanced tree that can have more than two subtrees at each node (i.e. one that is not restricted to being a binary tree).
- ballet dancer — a man or woman who takes part in ballet dancing, usually professionally
- baltic shield — the wide area of ancient rock in Scandinavia