13-letter words containing c, a, r, d, i, e
- documentaries — Plural form of documentary.
- documentarily — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- documentarist — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- documentarize — to put in the form of a documentary
- domiciliaries — of or relating to a domicile, or place of residence.
- downhill race — a competitive event in which skiers are timed in a downhill run
- 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 range — the range of signal amplitudes over which an electronic communications channel can operate within acceptable limits of distortion. The range is determined by system noise at the lower end and by the onset of overload at the upper end
- earned income — income from wages, salaries, fees, or the like, accruing from labor or services performed by the earner.
- enantiodromic — relating to enantiodromia
- endobronchial — (anatomy) Pertaining to the lining of the bronchi.
- endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
- epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
- eta reduction — eta conversion
- exercise yard — a piece of enclosed ground in a prison on which inmates can exercise in order to get fit and to remain healthy
- exotic dancer — a striptease dancer or belly dancer
- expert advice — advice given by someone who has studied a subject thoroughly or who is very skilled at a particular job
- extrajudicial — (of a sentence) not legally authorized.
- family credit — (formerly, in Britain) a means-tested allowance paid to low-earning families with one or more dependent children and one or both parents in work: replaced by Working Families' Tax Credit in 1999
- finisher card — (in manufacturing fibers) the last card in the carding process, for converting stock into roving.
- fireside chat — an informal address by a political leader over radio or television, especially as given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt beginning in 1933.
- firewall code — 1. The code you put in a system (say, a telephone switch) to make sure that the users can't do any damage. Since users always want to be able to do everything but never want to suffer for any mistakes, the construction of a firewall is a question not only of defensive coding but also of interface presentation, so that users don't even get curious about those corners of a system where they can burn themselves. 2. Any sanity check inserted to catch a can't happen error. Wise programmers often change code to fix a bug twice: once to fix the bug, and once to insert a firewall which would have arrested the bug before it did quite as much damage.
- fitted carpet — wall-to-wall carpeting
- 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.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- glyceric acid — a colorless, syrupy liquid, C 3 H 6 O 4 , obtained by oxidizing glycerol.
- good riddance — the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
- grade cricket — competitive cricket, in which cricket club teams are arranged in grades
- grammaticized — Simple past tense and past participle of grammaticize.
- grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
- gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
- greeting card — card1 (def 4).
- handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
- 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.
- heroin addict — sb dependent on heroin
- hydroaerobics — aerobic exercises performed in water, as in a swimming pool.
- hydrocephalic — of or relating to hydrocephalus.
- hyperdactylia — the presence of extra fingers or toes.
- ideal crystal — a crystal in which there are no defects or impurities
- identity card — a card for identifying the bearer, giving name, address, and other personal data.
- ideogrammatic — Of or pertaining to ideograms.
- ideographical — Alternative form of ideographic.
- ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
- ile de france — a former province in N France, including Paris and the region around it.
- Île-de-france — a region of N France, in the Paris Basin: part of the duchy of France in the 10th century
- 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