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

  • diaphoretical — Alternative form of diaphoretic.
  • diazo process — a method for printing on paper treated with a diazo compound that disintegrates upon exposure to light and developing the unexposed areas by the use of diazo dyes.
  • dictatorially — In a dictatorial manner.
  • dictatorships — Plural form of dictatorship.
  • diffeomorphic — (mathematics) Having a diffeomorphism.
  • diffractogram — An image produced by a diffractometer.
  • dioristically — in a dioristic manner
  • diplock court — in Northern Ireland, a court of law designed to try cases linked with terrorism. In order to prevent the intimidation of jurors, the court consists of a single judge and no jury
  • diprotic acid — any acid with two hydrogen atoms in its molecule that are capable of being released or ionized in water, such as sulphuric acid and carbonic acid
  • direct action — any action seeking to achieve an immediate or direct result, especially an action against an established authority or powerful institution, as a strike or picketing.
  • direct labour — work that is an essential part of a production process or the provision of a service
  • direct method — a technique of foreign-language teaching in which only the target language is used, little instruction is given concerning formal rules of grammar, and language use is often elicited in situational contexts.
  • direct motion — the movement of a celestial body (as seen from the earth) from east to west across the sky
  • direct object — a word or group of words representing the person or thing upon which the action of a verb is performed or toward which it is directed: in English, generally coming after the verb, without a preposition. In He saw it the pronoun it is the direct object of saw.
  • directionally — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
  • directionless — the act or an instance of directing.
  • directorially — In terms of film direction.
  • directorships — Plural form of directorship.
  • discographies — Plural form of discography.
  • discoloration — the act or fact of discoloring or the state of being discolored.
  • discomforting — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
  • disconcerting — disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
  • disconcertion — to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
  • disconfirming — Not confirming.
  • disconformity — Geology. the surface of a division between parallel rock strata, indicating interruption of sedimentation: a type of unconformity.
  • discordianism — (recreation)   /dis-kor'di-*n-ism/ The veneration of Eris, also known as Discordia; widely popular among hackers. Discordianism was popularised by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson's novel "Illuminatus!" as a sort of self-subverting Dada-Zen for Westerners - it should on no account be taken seriously but is far more serious than most jokes. Consider, for example, the Fifth Commandment of the Pentabarf, from "Principia Discordia": "A Discordian is Prohibited of Believing What he Reads." Discordianism is usually connected with an elaborate conspiracy theory/joke involving millennia-long warfare between the anarcho-surrealist partisans of Eris and a malevolent, authoritarian secret society called the Illuminati. See Religion, Church of the SubGenius, and ha ha only serious.
  • discount card — a card that entitles the holder to buy goods from a seller at a discount
  • discount rate — the rate of interest charged in discounting commercial paper.
  • discourtesies — Plural form of discourtesy.
  • discovery bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in SE Australia
  • discovery day — Columbus Day.
  • discretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
  • discriminator — a person or thing that discriminates.
  • divarications — Plural form of divarication.
  • divorce court — a court having jurisdiction over termination of marital relations, as actions for divorce or annulment.
  • doctrinairism — Doctrinaire attitudes generally.
  • documentarian — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
  • documentaries — Plural form of documentary.
  • documentarily — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
  • documentarist — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
  • documentarize — to put in the form of a documentary
  • dolichocranic — dolichocephalic.
  • dolichosaurus — any of various extinct Cretaceous aquatic reptiles that had long necks and bodies and well-developed limbs
  • domiciliaries — of or relating to a domicile, or place of residence.
  • downhill race — a competitive event in which skiers are timed in a downhill run
  • driving force — impetus
  • drop a stitch — to allow a loop of wool to fall off a knitting needle accidentally while knitting
  • dryopithecine — (sometimes initial capital letter) an extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from Old World Miocene fossils.
  • dysmenorrheic — Of, pertaining to, or experiencing dysmenorrhea.
  • earned income — income from wages, salaries, fees, or the like, accruing from labor or services performed by the earner.
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