13-letter words containing c, a, l, n, d, r
- Île-de-france — a region of N France, in the Paris Basin: part of the duchy of France in the 10th century
- inarticulated — Not articulated; not connected by a joint.
- 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.
- 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.
- invalid chair — a chair specially designed for an invalid to sit in
- ladino clover — a giant variety of white clover, Trifolium repens lodigense, used for pasture and hay.
- land contract — a contract for the purchase and sale of land.
- landing clerk — a representative of a shipping line who boards its incoming passenger ships to give passengers information and advice.
- landing craft — any of various flat-bottomed vessels designed to move troops and equipment close to shore.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- macrodiagonal — the longer of two diagonals
- many-coloured — having many colours
- mercer island — a city in W central Washington, on Mercer Island in Lake Washington, east of Seattle.
- mitochondrial — (cytology) Of, or relating to mitochondria.
- multibranched — Having more than one branch.
- natural child — Law. an illegitimate child; one born of illicit intercourse. (especially in Louisiana) an illegitimate child who has been lawfully acknowledged by its father.
- nitrolic acid — any of several weak acids formed when nitrous acid reacts with a nitroparaffin
- non-juridical — of or relating to the administration of justice.
- nonperiodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
- nonrecordable — Not recordable.
- old provencal — the Provençal language as found in documents from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OPr.
- ordinal scale — a scale on which data is shown simply in order of magnitude since there is no standard of measurement of differences: for instance, a squash ladder is an ordinal scale since one can say only that one person is better than another, but not by how much
- perpendicular — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- pick-and-roll — an offensive maneuver in which a player interposes himself or herself between a teammate with the ball and a defender, then cuts quickly toward the basket for a pass from the same teammate.
- playing cards — cards used in playing various games, arranged in decks of four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs): a standard deck has 52 cards
- preadolescent — of or relating to preadolescence or a preadolescent.
- predicamental — of or relating to a predicament or situation
- radio control — remote control by means of radio signals from a transmitter
- radio silence — the absence, usually deliberately maintained, of radio transmissions
- radiolocation — the method or process of determining the position and velocity of an object by radar.
- recommendable — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
- recommendably — in a way that is recommendable
- reconsolidate — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
- reminder call — an automated service which you can set up in advance to make a telephone call to you at a fixed time for the purpose of reminding you of something important
- road-blocking — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
- rock and roll — a style of popular music that derives in part from blues and folk music and is marked by a heavily accented beat and a simple, repetitive phrase structure.
- rock-and-roll — a style of popular music that derives in part from blues and folk music and is marked by a heavily accented beat and a simple, repetitive phrase structure.
- romantic lead — a person who plays the main character in a romantic film or play
- scale drawing — illustration made in proportion
- scalenohedral — a hemihedral crystal form of 8 or 12 faces, each face being a scalene triangle.
- scalenohedron — a hemihedral crystal form of 8 or 12 faces, each face being a scalene triangle.
- scandalmonger — a person who spreads scandal or gossip.
- scotland yard — a short street in central London, England: formerly the site of the London police headquarters, which were removed 1890 to a Thames embankment (New Scotland Yard, ).
- ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
- slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
- standard cell — a primary electric cell, as the Weston cell, that produces an accurately known constant voltage: used in scientific measurements.
- supercalender — a roll or set of rolls for giving a high, smooth finish to paper.