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13-letter words containing c, n, i, d, o

  • biconditional — (of a proposition) asserting that the existence or occurrence of one thing or event depends on, and is dependent on, the existence or occurrence of another, as “A if and only if B.”.
  • bidirectional — (of a printhead) capable of printing from left to right and from right to left
  • black diamond — coal (sense 1)
  • bloodcurdling — terrifying; horrifying
  • boarding card — A boarding card is a card which a passenger must have when boarding a plane or a boat.
  • body piercing — the practice of making holes in the navel , nipples, etc so that jewellery can be worn in them
  • body stocking — A body stocking is a piece of clothing that covers the whole of someone's body and fits tightly. Body stockings are often worn by dancers.
  • boron carbide — a black extremely hard inert substance having a high capture cross section for thermal neutrons. It is used as an abrasive, refractory, and in control rods in nuclear reactors. Formula: B4C
  • brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
  • breechloading — loaded at the breech.
  • butanoic acid — kind of acid
  • cable molding — a molding in the form of a rope.
  • capello index — a player rating website backed by Fabio Capello in which marks are awarded to football players in the top teams according to their performance in key skills of the game
  • capsaicinoids — Plural form of capsaicinoid.
  • carbo-loading — Informal. carbohydrate loading.
  • carbon credit — Carbon credits are an allowance that certain companies have, permitting them to burn a certain amount of fossil fuels.
  • carbon dating — Carbon dating is a system of calculating the age of a very old object by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon it contains.
  • carbonic acid — a weak acid formed when carbon dioxide combines with water: obtained only in aqueous solutions, never in the pure state. Formula: H2CO3
  • card clothing — a very sturdy fabric with a leather or rubber fillet imbedded with wire teeth for disentangling and cleaning textile fibers, used to cover the rollers or flats of a carding machine.
  • cardioversion — restoring the rhythm of the heart to normal by applying direct-current electrical shock.
  • carias andino — Tiburcio [tee-voor-syaw] /tiˈvur syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1968, Honduran lawyer, soldier, and statesman: president 1933–49.
  • carotid sinus — specialized nerve end organs producing a slight dilatation of the carotid artery where it branches into the external and internal carotid arteries, responding to changes in blood pressure by mediating changes in the heartbeat rate.
  • cased edition — a hardback book sold in a protective box that is open at one edge so that you can see the spine of the book
  • cash discount — a discount granted to a purchaser who pays before a stipulated date
  • cash holdings — the assets that you hold in ready cash, as opposed to property, shares, bonds, etc
  • caudine forks — a narrow pass in the Apennines, in S Italy, between Capua and Benevento: scene of the defeat of the Romans by the Samnites (321 bc)
  • cell division — the division of a cell into two new cells during growth or reproduction
  • centuries-old — hundreds of years old
  • cephaloridine — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
  • chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
  • child version — (system management)   In change management, a configuration item derived by altering another item (its parent version).
  • 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)
  • 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.
  • chronologized — to arrange in chronological order.
  • churn molding — a molding decorated with chevrons.
  • cinco de mayo — May 5, anniversary of the victory of Mexico over French forces at Puebla in 1862: observed by Mexicans and Mexican-Americans
  • circumduction — the action of turning anything on its axis
  • city dionysia — (in ancient Athens) the chief festival in honor of Dionysus, celebrated in early spring and notable for the performance of dithyrambs, tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays.
  • clinodiagonal — the diagonal axis of a monoclinic crystal
  • clinopinacoid — (in monoclinic crystals) the plane that is parallel to both the vertical and the inclined lateral axes
  • close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
  • closed-minded — having a mind firmly unreceptive to new ideas or arguments: It's hard to argue with, much less convince, a closed-minded person.
  • cloth binding — a type of binding in which a book is bound in stiff boards covered with cloth
  • cloud seeding — any technique of adding material to a cloud to alter its natural development, usually to increase or obtain precipitation.
  • co-ordination — Co-ordination means organizing the activities of two or more groups so that they work together efficiently and know what the others are doing.
  • co-presidency — the state or act of being co-president
  • co-production — a film, play, television programme, etc, produced by two or more people or organizations
  • coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
  • coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
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