13-letter words containing c, o, d, l, e, r
- coeur de lion — Richard I, meaning “lionhearted.”.
- cold shoulder — If one person gives another the cold shoulder, they behave towards them in an unfriendly way, to show them that they do not care about them or that they want them to go away.
- cold-shoulder — to snub; show indifference to.
- coldheartedly — Alternative spelling of cold-heartedly.
- collared dove — a European dove, Streptopelia decaocto, having a brownish-grey plumage with a black band on the back of the neck
- college radio — radio broadcasting from stations affiliated with a college or university, often at a frequency below 92 MHz FM.
- colored stone — any gemstone, colored or colorless, other than a diamond.
- comradeliness — the quality of being comradely
- conglomerated — Simple past tense and past participle of conglomerate.
- congratulated — to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
- considerately — showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.
- consideringly — in a considering manner
- constrainedly — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
- copolymerized — Polymerized, along with another compound, to form a copolymer.
- 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.
- countermelody — a secondary melody that accompanies the primary melody
- countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
- cream-colored — yellowish-white
- credulousness — willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullible.
- criminal code — the body of laws regulating how crimes are to be punished
- crowd pleaser — a person, performance, etc., having great popular appeal.
- crowd trouble — bad behaviour by fans at a sports match
- crowd-pleaser — If you describe a performer, politician, or sports player as a crowd-pleaser, you mean they always please their audience. You can also describe an action or event as a crowd-pleaser.
- culloden moor — a moor in NE Scotland, near Inverness: site of the battle that ended the Jacobite Rebellion 1746.
- cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
- cycle drought — A scarcity of cycles. It may be due to a cycle crunch, but it could also occur because part of the computer is temporarily not working, leaving fewer cycles to go around. "The high moby is down, so we're running with only half the usual amount of memory. There will be a cycle drought until it's fixed."
- cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
- decarbonylate — to remove the carbonyl group from (an organic compound).
- decarboxylase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of carbon dioxide from a compound
- decarboxylate — to take away a carboxyl group from (an organic compound) or (of an organic compound) to lose a carboxyl group
- decelerometer — an instrument for measuring deceleration
- declinometers — Plural form of declinometer.
- deculturation — to cause the loss or abandonment of culture or cultural characteristics of (a people, society, etc.).
- deflectometer — An instrument that measures the deflection of structures when loads are applied.
- demographical — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
- dendroecology — The science that uses dendrochronology to analyze historic ecological processes.
- dendrological — Of, pertaining to dendrology.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- deprecatorily — In a deprecatory manner.
- desert cooler — (in India) a cooling device in which air is driven by an electric fan through wet grass
- desert locust — a migratory locust, Schistocerca gregaria, of North Africa and Asia, associated with the plagues described in the Old Testament.
- deserticolous — living or growing in a desert.
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- dextroglucose — dextrose
- diaphoretical — Alternative form of diaphoretic.
- direct labour — work that is an essential part of a production process or the provision of a service
- directionally — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- directionless — the act or an instance of directing.