13-letter words containing c, o, d, e, n, u
- double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
- double-action — (of a firearm) requiring only one pull of the trigger to cock and fire it.
- double-nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
- echo sounding — the determining of depth of water by means of a device (echo sounder) that measures the time required for a sound wave to be reflected from the bottom: a similar process (echo ranging) is used to measure the distance to an underwater object
- educationally — pertaining to education.
- educationists — Plural form of educationist.
- endonucleases — Plural form of endonuclease.
- eta reduction — eta conversion
- eudaemonistic — Of or pertaining to eudaemonism.
- eudicotyledon — any plant belonging to one of the two major groups of flowering plants, comprising over 60 per cent of all plants, normally having net-veined leaves and two cotyledons in the seed
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- ground cherry — Also called husk tomato. any of several plants belonging to the genus Physalis, of the nightshade family, the several species bearing an edible berry enclosed in an enlarged calyx.
- ground effect — the improvement to the aerodynamic qualities of a low-slung motor vehicle resulting from a cushion of air beneath it
- ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
- ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
- gynodioecious — having female flowers on one plant and hermaphrodite flowers on another plant of the same species.
- here document — (operating system) Data included in a Unix shell script or Perl script using the "<<" syntax.
- horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
- in due course — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- in the clouds — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- inconcludable — Impossible to conclude; unfinishable.
- incredulously — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- indolebutyric — as in indolebutyric acid, a synthetic plant growth regulator
- inductothermy — the production of fever by means of electromagnetic induction.
- inner product — Also called dot product, scalar product. the quantity obtained by multiplying the corresponding coordinates of each of two vectors and adding the products, equal to the product of the magnitudes of the vectors and the cosine of the angle between them.
- introducement — (obsolete) introduction.
- judiciousness — The state of being judicious.
- juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
- language code — (human language, standard) A set of standard names and abbreviations maintained by ISO for identifying human languages, natural and invented, past and present. Each language has a list of English and French names and an ISO 639-2 three-letter code. Some also have an ISO 639-1 two-letter code. The list even includes the Klingon language from the Star Trek science fiction series. There are also country codes.
- leucitohedron — a trapezohedron
- ludicrousness — The state or quality of being ludicrous.
- malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
- malleoincudal — Of or relating to both the malleus and the incus.
- many-coloured — having many colours
- medicamentous — of or relating to medicaments
- misconfigured — Simple past tense and past participle of misconfigure.
- miscounselled — having bad or incorrect counselling
- mispronounced — Said wrongly.
- mock pendulum — a false pendulum bob attached to the balances of certain timepieces and visible through a slot in the dial or case.
- mononucleated — having a single nucleus
- neuroectoderm — (anatomy) The region of the ectoderm of an embryo that develops into the central nervous system and other nervous tissue.
- neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
- niche product — sth of specific or limited consumer interest
- non-conducive — tending to produce; contributive; helpful; favorable (usually followed by to): Good eating habits are conducive to good health.
- non-credulous — marked by or arising from credulity: a credulous rumor.
- non-deciduous — shedding the leaves annually, as certain trees and shrubs.
- non-deductive — based on deduction from accepted premises, as in deductive argument; deductive reasoning.
- non-education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- non-euclidean — differing from the postulates of Euclid or based upon postulates other than those of Euclid.
- non-inductive — not inductive: a noninductive resistance.