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13-letter words containing d, e, h, r

  • cold-shoulder — to snub; show indifference to.
  • coldheartedly — Alternative spelling of cold-heartedly.
  • commandership — a person who commands.
  • comprehendeth — Archaic third-person singular form of comprehend.
  • comprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
  • conidiophores — Plural form of conidiophore.
  • copperheadism — U.S. History. (during the Civil War) the advocacy of peace negotiations to restore the Union to its prewar condition, with continued slavery in the South.
  • core handling — Core handling is the way that a core is dealt with to make sure it maintains its properties for testing.
  • cracked wheat — whole wheat cracked between rollers so that it will cook more quickly
  • cradle scythe — cradle (def 4b).
  • credit crunch — A credit crunch is a period during which there is a sudden reduction in the amount of money that banks and other lenders have available to lend.
  • cruel-hearted — having a cruel heart; lacking kindness, compassion, etc.
  • cyberchondria — unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites
  • cycle drought — A scarcity of cycles. It may be due to a cycle crunch, but it could also occur because part of the computer is temporarily not working, leaving fewer cycles to go around. "The high moby is down, so we're running with only half the usual amount of memory. There will be a cycle drought until it's fixed."
  • cylinder head — the detachable metal casting that fits onto the top of a cylinder block. In an engine it contains part of the combustion chamber and in an overhead-valve four-stroke engine it houses the valves and their operating mechanisms
  • 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.
  • das rheingold — an opera by Wagner (1869), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
  • dasht-e-kavir — large salt-desert plateau in NC Iran: c. 18,000 sq mi (46,620 sq km)
  • date of birth — Your date of birth is the exact date on which you were born, including the year.
  • daughter cell — either of the two cells that result from the division of a cell, as in mitosis
  • daughterboard — a small circuit board that can be attached to the motherboard of a computer
  • de ghelderode — Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), 1898–1962, Belgian dramatist.
  • death chamber — a room in which someone has died
  • death futures — life insurance policies of terminally ill people that are bought speculatively for a lump sum by a company, enabling it to collect the proceeds of the policies when the sufferers die
  • death tourist — a seriously ill person who seeks to terminate his or her own life by travelling to a country where medically assisted suicide is legal
  • death warrant — A death warrant is an official document which orders that someone is to be executed as a punishment for a crime.
  • debt of honor — a gambling debt: not legally enforceable
  • dechorionated — (biology) From which the chorion has been removed.
  • dehumidifiers — Plural form of dehumidifier.
  • dehydrofreeze — to subject (food) to partial dehydration and quick-freezing.
  • dehydrogenase — an enzyme, such as any of the respiratory enzymes, that activates oxidation-reduction reactions by transferring hydrogen from substrate to acceptor
  • dehydrogenate — to remove hydrogen from
  • dehydrogenize — dehydrogenate.
  • demochristian — a member or supporter of a Christian democratic party or movement
  • demographical — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
  • dendrophagous — feeding on the wood of trees, as certain insects.
  • dendrophilous — living in or on trees; arboreal.
  • depth sounder — an instrument for determining depths under water, especially under a ship.
  • dermatography — a treatise or writing concerning the skin
  • dermatophytes — Plural form of dermatophyte.
  • dermographism — dermatographia.
  • desynchronize — Disturb the synchronization of; put out of step or phase.
  • deutsche mark — the former basic monetary unit of Germany, superseded in 2002 by the euro
  • devil worship — the worship of Satan or of a demon
  • diaphanometer — an instrument used to measure transparency, esp of the atmosphere
  • diaphoretical — Alternative form of diaphoretic.
  • diathermanous — the property of transmitting heat as electromagnetic radiation.
  • diethyl ether — ether (def 1).
  • diffeomorphic — (mathematics) Having a diffeomorphism.
  • dimmer switch — A dimmer switch is an electrical switch which turns off the full beam of a headlamp and turns on the low beam.
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