13-letter words containing d, a, r, t
- called strike — a pitch not swung at by a batter but ruled a strike by the umpire.
- camp-drafting — a competitive test, esp at an agricultural show, of horsemen's skill in drafting cattle
- candlelighter — a person whose task it is to light candles
- candy striper — a volunteer worker in a hospital
- candy-striped — (esp of clothing fabric) having narrow coloured stripes on a white background
- candy-striper — a person, often a teenager, who works as a volunteer in a hospital.
- cap-and-trade — denoting a scheme which allows companies with high greenhouse gas emissions to buy an emission allowance from companies which have fewer emissions, in a bid to reduce the overall impact to the environment
- carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
- carbon credit — Carbon credits are an allowance that certain companies have, permitting them to burn a certain amount of fossil fuels.
- carbon dating — Carbon dating is a system of calculating the age of a very old object by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon it contains.
- card clothing — a very sturdy fabric with a leather or rubber fillet imbedded with wire teeth for disentangling and cleaning textile fibers, used to cover the rollers or flats of a carding machine.
- cardinalitial — relating to a cardinal or cardinalship
- cardinalities — Plural form of cardinality.
- cardiologists — Plural form of cardiologist.
- cardiopathies — Plural form of cardiopathy.
- carotid sinus — specialized nerve end organs producing a slight dilatation of the carotid artery where it branches into the external and internal carotid arteries, responding to changes in blood pressure by mediating changes in the heartbeat rate.
- carrot-topped — having red hair
- carry the day — to win a contest or competition; succeed
- carte du jour — a menu listing dishes available on a particular day
- cartridge pen — a pen having a removable ink reservoir that is replaced when empty
- casement door — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
- cash-strapped — If a person or organization is cash-strapped, they do not have enough money to buy or pay for the things they want or need.
- castle howard — a mansion near York in Yorkshire: designed in 1700 by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor; the grounds include the Temple of the Four Winds and a mausoleum
- casualty ward — a ward which temporarily accommodates patients who have been treated in the casualty department and who need to stay in hospital
- cat distemper — distemper1 (def 1c).
- cathodography — the process or practice of taking photographs using cathode rays
- cd-read-write — Compact Disc Rewritable
- cd-rewritable — Compact Disc Rewritable
- center around — to have as a central point, focus of attention, etc.
- center spread — the pair of pages facing each other at the center of a magazine or newspaper, printed and made up as a single unit.
- central india — a former political agency in central India uniting various native states and subordinate agencies: now incorporated into Madhya Pradesh.
- centre spread — the pair of two facing pages in the middle of a magazine, newspaper, etc, often illustrated
- characterised — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
- characterized — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
- chateaubriand — François René (frɑ̃swa rəne), Vicomte de Chateaubriand. 1768–1848, French writer and statesman: a precursor of the romantic movement in France; his works include Le Génie du Christianisme (1802) and Mémoires d'outre-tombe (1849–50)
- chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
- christiansand — former name of Kristiansand.
- christmas day — Christmas Day is the 25th of December, when Christmas is celebrated.
- christmastide — the festival season from Christmas to after New Year's Day.
- cigarette end — the part of a cigarette that is held in the mouth and that remains unsmoked after it is finished
- circuit board — A circuit board is the same as a printed circuit board.
- circumstanced — simple past tense and past participle of circumstance.
- clavichordist — Someone who plays the clavichord.
- clear-sighted — If you describe someone as clear-sighted, you admire them because they are able to understand situations well and to make sensible judgments and decisions about them.
- clotted cream — Clotted cream is very thick cream made by heating milk gently and taking the cream off the top. It is made mainly in the south west of England.
- co-ordination — Co-ordination means organizing the activities of two or more groups so that they work together efficiently and know what the others are doing.
- coadjutorship — the state of being a coadjutor
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- coast redwood — the redwood, Sequoia sempervirens.
- cochlear duct — a spiral tube enclosed in the bony canal of the cochlea.