13-letter words containing c, i, d, e, r
- circuit rider — (formerly) a minister of religion who preached from place to place along an established circuit
- circumscribed — to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map.
- circumstanced — simple past tense and past participle of circumstance.
- ciudad juarez — a city in N Mexico, in Chihuahua state on the Río Grande, opposite El Paso, Texas. Pop: 1 469 000 (2005 est)
- ciudad madero — city in Tamaulipas state, EC Mexico: suburb of Tampico: pop. 160,000
- clair de lune — a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
- clair-de-lune — a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
- clairaudience — the postulated ability to hear sounds beyond the range of normal hearing
- clear-sighted — If you describe someone as clear-sighted, you admire them because they are able to understand situations well and to make sensible judgments and decisions about them.
- cliff dweller — (usually initial capital letter) a member of a prehistoric people of the southwestern U.S., who were ancestors of the Pueblo Indians and built shelters in caves or on the ledges of cliffs.
- cliff-dweller — a member of a prehistoric people of the southwestern US who built shelters on the ledges of cliffs or in caves
- close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
- co-presidency — the state or act of being co-president
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- coarsegrained — having a coarse texture
- cod-liver oil — Cod liver oil is a thick yellow oil which is given as a medicine, especially to children, because it is full of vitamins A and D.
- coeur de lion — Richard I, meaning “lionhearted.”.
- coffin dodger — an old person
- coin-operated — (of a machine) operated by the insertion of a coin
- college radio — radio broadcasting from stations affiliated with a college or university, often at a frequency below 92 MHz FM.
- commandeering — Present participle of commandeer.
- commandership — a person who commands.
- comorbidities — Plural form of comorbidity.
- comprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- computer disk — a computer data storage device such as a hard drive or floppy disk
- comradeliness — the quality of being comradely
- conductimetry — the science of measuring the conductivity of solutions.
- confederacies — Plural form of confederacy.
- confederating — Present participle of confederate.
- confederation — A confederation is an organization or group consisting of smaller groups or states, especially one that exists for business or political purposes.
- confederative — of confederates or a confederation
- confirmedness — The quality of being confirmed.
- conidiophores — Plural form of conidiophore.
- conservatized — Simple past tense and past participle of conservatize.
- considerately — showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.
- consideration — Consideration is careful thought about something.
- considerative — considerate
- consideringly — in a considering manner
- constrainedly — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
- containerised — Simple past tense and past participle of containerise.
- containerized — Simple past tense and past participle of containerize.
- contemporised — to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.
- contemporized — Simple past tense and past participle of contemporize.
- contradictive — tending or inclined to contradict; involving contradiction; contradictory.
- copolymerized — Polymerized, along with another compound, to form a copolymer.
- copperheadism — U.S. History. (during the Civil War) the advocacy of peace negotiations to restore the Union to its prewar condition, with continued slavery in the South.
- cordocentesis — the extraction of a sample of blood from the umbilical cord during pregnancy
- core handling — Core handling is the way that a core is dealt with to make sure it maintains its properties for testing.
- coresidential — relating to joint residency
- cornfield ant — a small, brown ant, Lasius alienus, that lives in cornfields and feeds on honeydew of the corn-root aphid.