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13-letter words containing c, d

  • child cruelty — cruelty directed against children
  • child custody — custody (def 4).
  • child process — (operating system)   A process created by another process (the parent process). Each process may create many child processes but will have only one parent process, except for the very first process which has no parent. The first process, called init in Unix, is started by the kernel at boot time and never terminates. A child process inherits most of its attributes, such as open files, from its parent. In fact in Unix, a child process is created (using fork) as a copy of the parent. The chid process can then overlay itself with a different program (using exec) as required.
  • child prodigy — A child prodigy is a child with a very great talent.
  • child rearing — the activity of rearing children
  • child support — If a parent pays child support, they legally have to pay money to help provide things such as food and clothing for a child with whom they no longer live.
  • child version — (system management)   In change management, a configuration item derived by altering another item (its parent version).
  • child welfare — social work and services aimed at insuring the welfare of children
  • child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
  • child-custody — custody (def 4).
  • childlessness — The state of being childless.
  • childlikeness — the character of being like a child
  • childrenswear — clothing for children
  • chilli powder — Chilli powder is a very hot-tasting powder made mainly from dried chillies. It is used in cooking.
  • chiloe island — an island administered by Chile, off the W coast of South America in the Pacific Ocean: timber. Pop: 154 775 (2002, Chiloé province). Area: 8394 sq km (3240 sq miles)
  • chlamydomonas — a green, fresh water alga of the class Chlorophyceae that is flagellate and made up of a single cell
  • chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
  • chlorhexidine — an antiseptic compound used in skin cleansers, mouthwashes, etc
  • chlormerodrin — a white, bitter, odorless powder, ClHgN 2 H 11 O 2 , soluble in methanol and ethanol and slightly soluble in water, used in medicine as a diuretic.
  • chlorobromide — a chlorine and bromine compound joined to a metal
  • chlorous acid — an unstable acid that is a strong oxidizing agent. Formula: HClO2
  • chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
  • chopped liver — cooked liver chopped with onions and hard-boiled eggs and seasoned.
  • chopped steak — ground, cooked beef, usually served as a main course.
  • choreographed — You describe an activity involving several people as choreographed when it is arranged but is intended to appear natural.
  • chowderheaded — like a chowderhead; foolish
  • chrisom child — a baptized child that dies in its first month.
  • christiansand — former name of Kristiansand.
  • christmas day — Christmas Day is the 25th of December, when Christmas is celebrated.
  • christmastide — the festival season from Christmas to after New Year's Day.
  • chromhidrosis — the secretion of pigmented sweat.
  • chromic oxide — a bright-green crystalline powder, Cr 2 O 3 , insoluble in water: used in metallurgy and as the pigment chrome green.
  • chronologized — to arrange in chronological order.
  • chuckleheaded — a stupid person; blockhead.
  • chun doo hwan — born 1931, South Korean political leader: president 1980–88.
  • church of god — any of numerous Protestant denominations that stress personal conversion, sanctification, the imminent return of Jesus Christ, baptism by immersion, and, among some, speaking in tongues.
  • church parade — a parade by servicemen or members of a uniformed organization for the purposes of attending religious services
  • churchwardens — Plural form of churchwarden.
  • churn molding — a molding decorated with chevrons.
  • cicada killer — a black or rust-colored digger wasp, Sphecius speciosis, with a yellow-banded abdomen, that preys on cicadas.
  • cider vinegar — a type of vinegar produced by the acetification of cider
  • cigarette end — the part of a cigarette that is held in the mouth and that remains unsmoked after it is finished
  • cinco de mayo — May 5, anniversary of the victory of Mexico over French forces at Puebla in 1862: observed by Mexicans and Mexican-Americans
  • cinnamic acid — a white crystalline water-insoluble weak organic acid existing in two isomeric forms; 3-phenylpropenoic acid. The trans- form occurs naturally and its esters are used in perfumery. Formula: C6H5CH:CHCOOH
  • circuit board — A circuit board is the same as a printed circuit board.
  • circuit judge — a judge presiding over a county court or crown court
  • circuit rider — (formerly) a minister of religion who preached from place to place along an established circuit
  • circumduction — the action of turning anything on its axis
  • circumductory — relating to circumduction
  • circumscribed — to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map.
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