13-letter words containing c, r, a, n, i, o
- deculturation — to cause the loss or abandonment of culture or cultural characteristics of (a people, society, etc.).
- demochristian — a member or supporter of a Christian democratic party or movement
- democratizing — Present participle of democratize.
- dendrological — Of, pertaining to dendrology.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- depreciations — Plural form of depreciation.
- deromanticize — to remove the romantic, ideal, or heroic aura from.
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- 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.
- directionally — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- discoloration — the act or fact of discoloring or the state of being discolored.
- discordianism — (recreation) /dis-kor'di-*n-ism/ The veneration of Eris, also known as Discordia; widely popular among hackers. Discordianism was popularised by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson's novel "Illuminatus!" as a sort of self-subverting Dada-Zen for Westerners - it should on no account be taken seriously but is far more serious than most jokes. Consider, for example, the Fifth Commandment of the Pentabarf, from "Principia Discordia": "A Discordian is Prohibited of Believing What he Reads." Discordianism is usually connected with an elaborate conspiracy theory/joke involving millennia-long warfare between the anarcho-surrealist partisans of Eris and a malevolent, authoritarian secret society called the Illuminati. See Religion, Church of the SubGenius, and ha ha only serious.
- discount card — a card that entitles the holder to buy goods from a seller at a discount
- discount rate — the rate of interest charged in discounting commercial paper.
- discretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- discriminator — a person or thing that discriminates.
- divarications — Plural form of divarication.
- doctrinairism — Doctrinaire attitudes generally.
- 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
- dolichocranic — dolichocephalic.
- downhill race — a competitive event in which skiers are timed in a downhill run
- ear infection — an infection that affects the ear
- early closing — shop closure at earlier hour
- earned income — income from wages, salaries, fees, or the like, accruing from labor or services performed by the earner.
- electrization — the action of electrifying
- embryonically — In an embryonic way.
- enantiodromic — relating to enantiodromia
- enantiotropic — relating to enantiotropy
- encouragingly — In an encouraging manner.
- encrustations — Plural form of encrustation.
- enculturation — The gradual acquisition of the characteristics and norms of a culture or group by a person, another culture, etc.
- endobronchial — (anatomy) Pertaining to the lining of the bronchi.
- endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
- enterohepatic — Relating to or denoting the circulation of bile salts and other secretions from the liver to the intestine, where they are reabsorbed into the blood and returned to the liver.
- epitrachelion — The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
- ergonomically — In an ergonomic manner.
- eroticization — The act or process of eroticizing.
- eta reduction — eta conversion
- ethnographica — a collection of ethnographic items
- exacerbations — Plural form of exacerbation.
- excoriatingly — So as to excoriate.
- excortication — the act of stripping off the outer layer, esp the bark from a tree
- exotic dancer — a striptease dancer or belly dancer
- expectorating — Present participle of expectorate.
- expectoration — The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.
- fabric ribbon — a typewriter ribbon made of inked material