13-letter words containing c, o, r, e, t, d
- decorticating — Present participle of decorticate.
- decortication — the act or process of decorticating.
- decrepitation — to roast or calcine (salt, minerals, etc.) so as to cause crackling or until crackling ceases.
- 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.
- demochristian — a member or supporter of a Christian democratic party or movement
- democratizing — Present participle of democratize.
- densitometric — Of or pertaining to densitometry.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- deprecatorily — In a deprecatory manner.
- depreciations — Plural form of depreciation.
- dermatotropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- deromanticize — to remove the romantic, ideal, or heroic aura from.
- 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
- deuteromycete — any fungus of the class Fungi Imperfecti.
- deuteroscopic — of or relating to deuteroscopy; of second sight
- deutocerebrum — (zoology) The median lobes of the brain of an insect.
- dextrocardiac — a person whose heart is on the right side of his or her chest
- dextroglucose — dextrose
- diaphoretical — Alternative form of diaphoretic.
- direct action — any action seeking to achieve an immediate or direct result, especially an action against an established authority or powerful institution, as a strike or picketing.
- direct labour — work that is an essential part of a production process or the provision of a service
- direct method — a technique of foreign-language teaching in which only the target language is used, little instruction is given concerning formal rules of grammar, and language use is often elicited in situational contexts.
- direct motion — the movement of a celestial body (as seen from the earth) from east to west across the sky
- direct object — a word or group of words representing the person or thing upon which the action of a verb is performed or toward which it is directed: in English, generally coming after the verb, without a preposition. In He saw it the pronoun it is the direct object of saw.
- directionally — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- directionless — the act or an instance of directing.
- directorially — In terms of film direction.
- directorships — Plural form of directorship.
- disconcerting — disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
- disconcertion — to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
- discount rate — the rate of interest charged in discounting commercial paper.
- discourtesies — Plural form of discourtesy.
- discretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- divorce court — a court having jurisdiction over termination of marital relations, as actions for divorce or annulment.
- documentarian — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- documentaries — Plural form of documentary.
- documentarily — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- documentarist — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- documentarize — to put in the form of a documentary
- downconverter — A device that converts a signal to a lower frequency, especially in television reception.
- dryopithecine — (sometimes initial capital letter) an extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from Old World Miocene fossils.
- dutch courage — courage inspired by drunkenness or drinking liquor.
- dyer's rocket — weld2 .
- electioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of electioneer.
- 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.