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13-letter words containing c, o, l, d, s

  • diencephalons — Plural form of diencephalon.
  • dioristically — in a dioristic manner
  • dipleidoscope — an instrument that uses a telescope and a hollow prism to see when the sun crosses the meridian
  • diplobacillus — a double bacillus; two bacilli linked end to end.
  • dipsomaniacal — Pertaining to or suffering from dipsomania.
  • directionless — the act or an instance of directing.
  • disallowances — Plural form of disallowance.
  • discoloration — the act or fact of discoloring or the state of being discolored.
  • disconsolated — Obsolete form of disconsolate.
  • discontentful — exhibiting a lack of contentment
  • discounselled — lacking support or counsel
  • disfunctional — dysfunction.
  • documentalist — a specialist in documentation; a person working strictly with information and record-keeping.
  • dolichosaurus — any of various extinct Cretaceous aquatic reptiles that had long necks and bodies and well-developed limbs
  • domestic fowl — a chicken.
  • domiciliaries — of or relating to a domicile, or place of residence.
  • doomsday cult — A doomsday cult is a religious cult whose members believe that the world is about to end.
  • double sculls — a race for sculls rowed by two rowers, each using a pair of oars.
  • douglas scale — an international scale of sea disturbance and swell ranging from 0 to 9 with one figure for disturbance and one for swell
  • dual controls — If a vehicle used by a driving instructor has dual controls, it has pedals on the passenger's side as well as on the driver's side to allow the driving instructor to brake should the learner try to move off when it is dangerous to do so
  • ducking stool — a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was tied to be plunged into water.
  • duplicitously — In a duplicitous, two-faced manner.
  • dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
  • encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
  • encyclopedism — Comprehensive learning or knowledge.
  • encyclopedist — A person who writes, edits, or contributes to an encyclopedia.
  • endocommensal — a commensal living within the body of the host organism
  • endonucleases — Plural form of endonuclease.
  • epicondylitis — A painful inflammation of tendons surrounding an epicondyle.
  • feeder school — a junior school whose pupils go to a specific secondary school
  • fictionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fictionalise.
  • flesh-colored — Something that is flesh-colored is yellowish pink in color.
  • foldoc source — The source text of FOLDOC is a single plain text file. FOLDOC is also available on paper from your local printer but, at 700,000+ words, that would be about 2000 pages.
  • galactosidase — An enzyme, such as lactase, that is involved in the hydrolytic breakdown of a galactoside.
  • geodesic line — the shortest line lying on a given surface and connecting two given points.
  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • glycopeptides — Plural form of glycopeptide.
  • 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.
  • hand controls — a set of controls in some cars, operated by hand, that have the same function as the accelerator, brake, and clutch pedals
  • hexadactylous — hexadactylic
  • horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
  • hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
  • hydrocolloids — Plural form of hydrocolloid.
  • hydrostatical — Alternative form of hydrostatic.
  • hydrosulfuric — (chemistry) Derived from hydrogen sulfide considered as hydrosulfuric acid.
  • 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.
  • incondensable — not condensable; incapable of being condensed.
  • incredulously — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
  • indissociable — Unable to be dissociated.
  • indissociably — In a way that does not allow dissociation; having an inextricable link.
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