13-letter words containing c, o, n, e, d
- cross-grained — (of timber) having the fibres arranged irregularly or in a direction that deviates from the axis of the piece
- crossbreeding — Present participle of crossbreed.
- crossdressing — to dress in clothing typically worn by members of the opposite sex.
- culdocentesis — (medicine) A diagnostic procedure in which fluid from the rectouterine pouch is extracted, via the vagina, using a needle.
- culloden moor — a moor in NE Scotland, near Inverness: site of the battle that ended the Jacobite Rebellion 1746.
- cup and cover — a turning used in Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture and resembling a goblet with a domed cover.
- currency bond — a bond payable in legal tender.
- cut-and-cover — designating a method of constructing a tunnel by excavating a cutting to the required depth and then backfilling the excavation over the tunnel roof
- cyberchondria — unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites
- cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
- damson cheese — thick damson jam
- dance company — a group of dancers, usually including business and technical personnel
- dance hostess — a woman who hosts a ball at her house
- dancing shoes — shoes worn by dancers
- dark reaction — the stage of photosynthesis involving the reduction of carbon dioxide and the dissociation of water, using chemical energy stored in ATP: does not require the presence of light
- daytona beach — a city in NE Florida, on the Atlantic: a resort with a beach of hard white sand, used since 1903 for motor speed trials. Pop: 64 581 (2003 est)
- de-excitation — to cause (an atom) to fall from an excited energy level to a lower energy level.
- deaccessioned — Simple past tense and past participle of deaccession.
- deacetylation — to remove the acetyl group from (an organic compound).
- debit account — a bank account which allows you to buy goods or services with money that you have put into the account
- debt covenant — A debt covenant is a number of restrictions that a borrower agrees to that are set by the lending institution.
- decamethonium — a drug that is used to relax or loosen the muscles
- decanoic acid — white crystalline insoluble carboxylic acid with an unpleasant odour, used in perfumes and for making fruit flavours
- decapitations — Plural form of decapitation.
- decarbonating — Present participle of decarbonate.
- decarbonation — to remove carbon dioxide from.
- decarbonizing — Present participle of decarbonize.
- decarbonylate — to remove the carbonyl group from (an organic compound).
- deception bed — any of various kinds of concealed or disguised beds designed in the 18th century.
- decerebration — Surgery. to remove the cerebrum.
- dechorionated — (biology) From which the chorion has been removed.
- deciduousness — The state or condition of being deciduous; the quality of trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.
- decimal point — A decimal point is the dot in front of a decimal fraction.
- decision time — a time at which an important decision must be taken
- decision tree — a treelike diagram illustrating the choices available to a decision maker, each possible decision and its estimated outcome being shown as a separate branch of the tree
- decisionmaker — One who makes decisions.
- declinational — Relating to declination.
- declinometers — Plural form of declinometer.
- decolonialize — decolonize.
- decommissions — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decommission.
- decommunizing — Present participle of decommunize.
- decompensated — Simple past tense and past participle of decompensate.
- decompensates — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
- decompilation — The act, or the result of decompiling.
- decomposition — Decomposition is the process of decay that takes place when a living thing changes chemically after dying.
- decompounding — Present participle of decompound.
- decompressing — Present participle of decompress.
- decompression — Decompression is the reduction of the force on something that is caused by the weight of the air.
- deconcentrate — to make or become less concentrated
- deconditioned — to diminish the physical strength, stamina, or vitality of; weaken.