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

  • shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
  • shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
  • shock and awe — US military: use of extreme force
  • slow handclap — slow rhythmic clapping, esp used by an audience to indicate dissatisfaction or impatience
  • social-minded — interested in or concerned with social conditions or the welfare of society.
  • standard coin — a coin having value in bullion at least equal to its face value.
  • standard cost — a predetermined cost of material, labor, etc., based on specifications prepared from time-and-motion studies, accounting records, and the like.
  • standing chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing upright
  • standing crop — the totality of living things in an ecosystem at a given time.
  • stannic oxide — a white, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, SnO 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of ceramic glazes and glass, and of polishing powders for metal, glass, and marble.
  • subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
  • subindication — the act or process of subindicating
  • sulfonic acid — any of a large group of organic compounds of the structure RSO 2 OH, which are strong acids that give neutral sodium salts: used in the synthesis of phenols, dyes, and other substances.
  • sunday school — a school, now usually in connection with a church, for religious instruction on Sunday.
  • synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • tallow candle — a candle made from tallow
  • tax avoidance — Tax avoidance is the use of legal methods to pay the smallest possible amount of tax.
  • tax deduction — an expenditure that is deducted from taxable income.
  • the decameron — title of collection of stories written in Italian in the early Renaissance by Boccaccio
  • the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
  • the-decameron — a collection of 100 tales (1353) by Boccaccio.
  • thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
  • thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
  • titanic oxide — a white, water-insoluble powder, TiO 2 , used chiefly in white pigments, plastics, ceramics, and for delustering synthetic fibers.
  • traction load — the solid material that is carried along the bed of a river
  • trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
  • unaccompanied — not accompanied; alone: The shipment arrived unaccompanied by an invoice.
  • uncamouflaged — the act, means, or result of obscuring things to deceive an enemy, as by painting or screening objects so that they are lost to view in the background, or by making up objects that from a distance have the appearance of fortifications, guns, roads, etc.: Was camouflage used extensively on fighter aircraft during World War I?
  • uncategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
  • unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
  • uncommendable — not able to be commended; unworthy of commendation; reprehensible
  • uncommendably — in an uncommendable manner
  • uncompanioned — not having a companion; unaccompanied
  • uncompensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
  • uncomplicated — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
  • unconditional — not limited by conditions; absolute: an unconditional promise.
  • unconsecrated — to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
  • unconstrained — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
  • unconsummated — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
  • uncoordinated — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
  • undated stock — stock that has no definitive repayment commitment
  • under a cloud — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
  • underreaction — to react with less than the expected or appropriate emotion.
  • undirectional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
  • undiscouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
  • undissociated — not dissociated, especially into ions or into simpler molecules.
  • undoctrinaire — a person who does not subscribe to a particular doctrine or theory; a free thinker
  • undomesticate — to make wild
  • unencompassed — to form a circle about; encircle; surround: He built a moat to encompass the castle.
  • unideological — not having, belonging to, or relating to any particular ideology or belief system
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