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

  • electrodermal — Of or relating to measurement of the electrical conductivity of the skin, especially as an indicator of someone’s emotional responses.
  • electroformed — Produced, or modified by electroforming.
  • electroplated — Simple past tense and past participle of electroplate.
  • endobronchial — (anatomy) Pertaining to the lining of the bronchi.
  • endocrinology — The branch of physiology and medicine concerned with endocrine glands and hormones.
  • epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
  • faculty board — the governing body of a faculty
  • family doctor — a general practitioner.
  • federal court — a court of a federal government, especially one established under the Constitution of the United States.
  • feeder school — a junior school whose pupils go to a specific secondary school
  • field officer — an officer holding a field grade.
  • film recorder — a photographic device for producing a sound strip on a motion-picture film.
  • firewall code — 1. The code you put in a system (say, a telephone switch) to make sure that the users can't do any damage. Since users always want to be able to do everything but never want to suffer for any mistakes, the construction of a firewall is a question not only of defensive coding but also of interface presentation, so that users don't even get curious about those corners of a system where they can burn themselves. 2. Any sanity check inserted to catch a can't happen error. Wise programmers often change code to fix a bug twice: once to fix the bug, and once to insert a firewall which would have arrested the bug before it did quite as much damage.
  • flesh-colored — Something that is flesh-colored is yellowish pink in color.
  • flood control — the act or technique of controlling river flow with dams, dikes, artificial channels, etc., so as to minimize the occurrence of floods.
  • flying doctor — a doctor listed with local authorities as willing to be flown to remote areas to give emergency medical care.
  • folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
  • 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.
  • forced labour — labour done because of force; compulsory labour
  • geohydrologic — relating to geohydrology
  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • gold chloride — a yellow to red, water-soluble compound, AuCl 3 , used chiefly in photography, gilding ceramic ware and glass, and in the manufacture of purple of Cassius.
  • gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
  • ground colour — a colour on which other colours are superimposed to create a pattern
  • 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.
  • ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
  • hand controls — a set of controls in some cars, operated by hand, that have the same function as the accelerator, brake, and clutch pedals
  • high-coloured — (of the complexion) deep red or purplish; florid
  • horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
  • hydrocephalic — of or relating to hydrocephalus.
  • 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.
  • hydrochloride — a salt, especially of an alkaloid, formed by the direct union of hydrochloric acid with an organic base that makes the organic constituent more soluble.
  • hydrocolloids — Plural form of hydrocolloid.
  • hydroelectric — pertaining to the generation and distribution of electricity derived from the energy of falling water or any other hydraulic source.
  • hydropathical — Alternative form of hydropathic.
  • hydrostatical — Alternative form of hydrostatic.
  • hydrosulfuric — (chemistry) Derived from hydrogen sulfide considered as hydrosulfuric acid.
  • hydrotelluric — (chemistry) Formed by hydrogen and tellurium.
  • ideographical — Alternative form of ideographic.
  • incredulously — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
  • indolebutyric — as in indolebutyric acid, a synthetic plant growth regulator
  • interchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
  • intercondylar — Anatomy. the smooth surface area at the end of a bone, forming part of a joint.
  • iridocyclitis — (medicine) A type of anterior uveitis.
  • jacquard loom — a loom for producing elaborate designs in an intricate weave (Jacquard weave) constructed from a variety of basic weaves.
  • l-d converter — a vessel in which steel is made from pig iron by blowing oxygen into the molten metal through a water-cooled tube
  • labrador duck — an extinct sea duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius, of northern North America, having black and white plumage.
  • ladino clover — a giant variety of white clover, Trifolium repens lodigense, used for pasture and hay.
  • land contract — a contract for the purchase and sale of land.
  • landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
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