13-letter words containing d, a, c, t
- creditability — bringing or deserving credit, honor, reputation, or esteem.
- crotonic acid — type of colourless acid
- cruel-hearted — having a cruel heart; lacking kindness, compassion, etc.
- crystalloidal — Relating to a crystalloid.
- custard apple — a West Indian tree, Annona reticulata: family Annonaceae
- custard cream — a biscuit consisting of two layers with a filling of vanilla-flavoured paste
- custodianship — the condition of being a custodian
- customer data — Customer data is information held on file about customers by a store or other business, usually including names, contact details, and buying habits.
- cut and dried — If you say that a situation or solution is cut and dried, you mean that it is clear and definite.
- cut and paste — a technique used in word processing by which a section of text can be moved within a document
- 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
- cut-and-dried — prepared or settled in advance; not needing much thought or discussion: a cut-and-dried decision.
- cut-and-paste — assembled or produced from various existing bits and pieces: The book purports to be a history but is just a cut-and-paste job of old essays and newspaper clippings.
- cut-card work — silver leaf cut in shapes and soldered to a silver vessel.
- cutting board — A cutting board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
- cycloaddition — a type of pericyclic chemical reaction
- cytodiagnosis — the diagnosis of disease through the study of cells in the body
- dactyliomancy — the use of a suspended finger-ring for divination
- dactylography — the scientific study of fingerprints for purposes of identification
- dactylomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the fingers or toes.
- dactylozooids — Plural form of dactylozooid.
- dairy factory — a factory making butter, cheese, lactose, etc from milk collected from surrounding farming areas
- dame's rocket — a Eurasian plant, Hesperis matronalis, of the mustard family, having loose clusters of four-petalled purple or white fragrant flowers.
- damnification — That which causes damage or loss.
- dance hostess — a woman who hosts a ball at her house
- dance therapy — the use of dance or movement for therapeutic purposes; a form of therapy in which people are encouraged to express their feelings through dance or movement.
- dandification — The condition or state of a man who is overly concerned about his clothes and appearance.
- 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
- data security — the protection of data stored on computers
- dataveillance — the surveillance of a person's activities by studying the data trail created by actions such as credit card purchases, mobile phone calls, and internet use
- dating agency — an agency that provides introductions to people seeking a companion with similar interests
- daughter cell — either of the two cells that result from the division of a cell, as in mitosis
- 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-capitalize — to deprive of capital; discourage capital formation; withdraw capital from: The government decapitalized industry with harsh tax policies.
- de-excitation — to cause (an atom) to fall from an excited energy level to a lower energy level.
- deacetylation — to remove the acetyl group from (an organic compound).
- death chamber — a room in which someone has died
- debit account — a bank account which allows you to buy goods or services with money that you have put into the account
- debit balance — the amount of money owed to a lender, etc
- debt covenant — A debt covenant is a number of restrictions that a borrower agrees to that are set by the lending institution.
- decaffeinated — Decaffeinated coffee has had most of the caffeine removed from it.
- decahistidine — An oligopeptide consisting of ten histidine moieties.
- decamethonium — a drug that is used to relax or loosen the muscles
- decant tenant — a person who has had to leave their previous accommodation while it is being rebuilt or refurbished
- decapitalised — to deprive of capital; discourage capital formation; withdraw capital from: The government decapitalized industry with harsh tax policies.
- decapitations — Plural form of decapitation.
- decarbonating — Present participle of decarbonate.
- decarbonation — to remove carbon dioxide from.
- decarbonylate — to remove the carbonyl group from (an organic compound).
- decarboxylate — to take away a carboxyl group from (an organic compound) or (of an organic compound) to lose a carboxyl group