13-letter words containing c, h, a, d
- diaphoretical — Alternative form of diaphoretic.
- diaphragmatic — of the diaphragm.
- dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
- dictatorships — Plural form of dictatorship.
- dieffenbachia — any of various plants belonging to the genus Dieffenbachia, of the arum family, native to tropical America, often cultivated as houseplants for their decorative foliage.
- diencephalons — Plural form of diencephalon.
- diethylacetal — acetal (def 1).
- digital watch — a watch that displays the time in numerical digits rather than by hands on a dial.
- digraphically — in a digraphic manner
- diotheletical — relating to ditheletism, the doctrine that Christ had two wills
- disaccharides — Plural form of disaccharide.
- dischargeable — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- discographies — Plural form of discography.
- disenchanting — Present participle of disenchant.
- disfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of disfranchise.
- disfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfranchise.
- dispatch boat — a small, fast boat used for delivering dispatches.
- dispatch case — attaché case.
- dodecahedrane — (organic compound) One of the Platonic hydrocarbons, C20H20, having the carbon atoms at the vertices of a regular dodecahedron.
- dodecahedrons — Plural form of dodecahedron.
- dodecaphonism — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
- dodecaphonist — a user of the twelve-tone system of serial music
- dolichocephal — a person with a head much longer than it is broad
- dolichocranic — dolichocephalic.
- dolichosaurus — any of various extinct Cretaceous aquatic reptiles that had long necks and bodies and well-developed limbs
- donald cherry — Donald Eugene ("Don") 1936–95, U.S. jazz trumpeter.
- downhill race — a competitive event in which skiers are timed in a downhill run
- dreamcatchers — Plural form of dreamcatcher.
- dresden china — porcelain ware produced at Meissen, Germany, near Dresden, after 1710.
- driving chain — a roller chain that transmits power from one toothed wheel to another
- drop a stitch — to allow a loop of wool to fall off a knitting needle accidentally while knitting
- dual monarchy — the kingdom of Austria-Hungary 1867–1918.
- dual-attached — The form of FDDI interface where a device is connected to both FDDI token-passing rings, so that uninterrupted operation continues in the event of a failure of either of the rings. All connections to the main FDDI rings are dual-attached. Typically, a small number of critical infrastructure devices such as routers and concentrators are dual-attached, whereas host computers are normally single-attached or dual-homed to a router or concentrator. For example, a ring could be formed between a single router and two concentrators (all dual-attached) then all other components that need to be fault-tolerant (typically file servers) can be dual-homed to both concentrators.
- dutch auction — a method of auction consisting in the offer of a property at a price above the actual value and then at gradually reduced prices until a buyer is found.
- dutch courage — courage inspired by drunkenness or drinking liquor.
- dutch disease — the deindustrialization of an economy as a result of the discovery of a natural resource, as that which occurred in Holland with the exploitation of North Sea gas, which raised the value of the Dutch currency, making its exports uncompetitive and causing its industry to decline
- dyothelitical — relating to dyotheletism
- dzibilchaltun — a large, ancient Mayan ceremonial and commercial center near Mérida, Mexico, founded perhaps as early as 3000 b.c. and in continuous use until the 16th century.
- edam (cheese) — a mild, yellow cheese, made in a round mold and usually having a coating of red paraffin
- enchondromata — Plural form of enchondroma.
- endobronchial — (anatomy) Pertaining to the lining of the bronchi.
- endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
- epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
- ethanoic acid — acetic acid
- fidus achates — a faithful friend or companion
- 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.
- folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
- freedom march — an organized march protesting a government's restriction of or lack of support for civil rights, especially such a march in support of racial integration in the U.S. in the 1960s.
- french canada — the areas of Canada, esp in the province of Quebec, where French Canadians predominate