15-letter words containing d, e, c, r
- comrade in arms — a fellow soldier.
- comrade-in-arms — A comrade-in-arms is someone who has worked for the same cause or purpose as you and has shared the same difficulties and dangers.
- concealed-carry — the practice of carrying a concealed gun or other weapon in public.
- concession road — (esp in Ontario) one of a series of roads separating concessions in a township
- conductiometric — conductometric
- confederate war — the American Civil War.
- connected graph — (mathematics) A graph such that there is a path between any pair of nodes (via zero or more other nodes). Thus if we start from any node and visit all nodes connected to it by a single edge, then all nodes connected to any of them, and so on, then we will eventually have visited every node in the connected graph.
- consecratedness — the state of being consecrated
- considerateness — showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.
- consideratively — in a considerative manner
- consumer credit — Consumer credit is money that is lent to people by organizations such as banks, building societies, and shops so that they can buy things.
- consumer demand — a measure of consumers' desire for a product or service based on its availability
- contact address — an address where a person can be contacted
- contract bridge — the most common variety of bridge, in which the declarer receives points counting towards game and rubber only for tricks he bids as well as makes, any overtricks receiving bonus points
- contradictively — tending or inclined to contradict; involving contradiction; contradictory.
- contraindicated — not advisable because of contraindications
- contrast medium — a radiopaque substance, such as barium sulphate, used to increase the contrast of an image in radiography
- controlled drug — a drug whose sale is illegal except through prescribed medical channels
- converted steel — cement steel.
- coolgardie safe — a cupboard with wetted hessian walls for keeping food cool: used esp in Australia
- coordinate bond — a type of covalent chemical bond in which both the shared electrons are provided by one of the atoms
- copper-bottomed — If you describe something as copper-bottomed, you believe that it is certain to be successful.
- copper-coloured — of a reddish-brown colour
- cordillera real — a range of the Andes, in Bolivia. Highest peak, Illimani, 21,201 feet (6462 meters).
- corn-leaf aphid — a green aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis, widely distributed in the U.S.: a pest of corn and other grasses.
- coromandel work — lacquer work popular in England c1700 and marked by an incised design filled in with gold and color.
- corps de ballet — In ballet, the corps de ballet is the group of dancers who dance together, in contrast to the main dancers, who dance by themselves.
- correspondences — communication by exchange of letters.
- correspondently — in a correspondent manner
- correspondingly — You use correspondingly when describing a situation which is closely connected with one you have just mentioned or is similar to it.
- corrugated iron — a thin structural sheet made of iron or steel, formed with alternating ridges and troughs
- corticosteroids — Plural form of corticosteroid.
- could care less — feel(s) the least possible degree of interest, sympathy, etc.
- counterattacked — Simple past tense and past participle of counterattack.
- counterbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of counterbalance.
- counterblockade — a retaliatory blockade
- counterevidence — evidence that refutes other evidence
- countermandable — able to be countermanded
- countertendency — an opposite tendency
- counterweighted — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweight.
- country dweller — a person who lives in the country
- coup de theatre — a dramatic turn of events, esp in a play
- coureur de bois — a French Canadian woodsman or Métis who traded with Native Americans for furs
- course of study — an extended period of organized study, often leading to a qualification
- court of record — a court which has a permanent record of its proceedings maintained
- covaledictorian — A graduating student who shares the position of valedictorian with another student.
- cowper's glands — two small yellowish glands near the prostate that secrete a mucous substance into the urethra during sexual stimulation in males
- cracked gas oil — Cracked gas oil is a gas oil which is formed as one of the products of a gas reaction.
- cracked residue — Cracked residue is the substance that is left when hydrocarbons in fuel have decomposed during thermal or catalytic cracking.
- cradle snatcher — someone who marries or has an affair with a much younger person