13-letter words containing c, d, r, o
- spheroidicity — a spheroidal state or form.
- spider orchid — any of several European orchids of the genus Ophrys, esp O. sphegodes, having a flower with yellow, green, or pink sepals and a broad brown velvety lip
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
- spotted crake — a Eurasian rail, Porzana porzana, of swamps and marshes, having a buff speckled plumage and dark brown wings
- standard coin — a coin having value in bullion at least equal to its face value.
- standard cost — a predetermined cost of material, labor, etc., based on specifications prepared from time-and-motion studies, accounting records, and the like.
- standing crop — the totality of living things in an ecosystem at a given time.
- steroidogenic — of or pertaining to steroidogenesis
- stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
- sugar orchard — sugarbush (def 2).
- supercollider — a very large colliding-beam machine in which superconducting magnets create millions of megavolts of energy.
- synchondrosis — the joining of two bones by cartilage
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- tape recorder — an electrical device for recording or playing back sound, video, or data on magnetic tape.
- telerecording — the recording of television signals on tape or, more usually, on film
- tetrachloride — a chloride containing four atoms of chlorine.
- the decameron — title of collection of stories written in Italian in the early Renaissance by Boccaccio
- the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
- the-decameron — a collection of 100 tales (1353) by Boccaccio.
- thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
- thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
- thiocarbamide — thiourea.
- thirty-second — next after the thirty-first; being the ordinal number for 32.
- thomas decker — Thomas, 1572?–1632? English dramatist.
- thoracic duct — the main trunk of the lymphatic system, passing along the spinal column in the thoracic cavity, and conveying a large amount of lymph and chyle into the venous circulation.
- thoroughpaced — trained to go through all the possible paces, as a horse.
- three old cat — three-a-cat.
- thyroidectomy — excision of all or a part of the thyroid gland.
- ticket holder — a person who has a valid ticket for an event or for a journey on public transport
- to hold court — If someone holds court in a place, they are surrounded by a lot of people who are paying them a lot of attention because they are interesting or famous.
- tour de force — an exceptional achievement by an artist, author, or the like, that is unlikely to be equaled by that person or anyone else; stroke of genius: Herman Melville's Moby Dick was a tour de force.
- traction load — the solid material that is carried along the bed of a river
- tractor drive — a mechanism that feeds paper through a printer, using studs on a rotating wheel that engage with holes along the side of the paper
- trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
- tricorporated — having three bodies and one head
- trinucleotide — three linked nucleotides; triplet.
- turbo-charged — A turbo-charged engine or vehicle is fitted with a turbo.
- un-cloistered — secluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life.
- uncategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
- uncompromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
- unconjectured — not hypothesized
- unconsecrated — to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
- unconsidering — not reflective or thoughtful
- unconstrained — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
- unconstricted — to draw or press in; cause to contract or shrink; compress.
- unconstructed — (of clothing) made with little or no padding, interfacing, or lining, so as to fit loosely or softly on the body.
- uncoordinated — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- under a cloud — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- under control — being managed