13-letter words containing d, e, p, r
- 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
- cape coloured — (formerly, in South Africa) a racial classification under apartheid for people of mixed ethnic origin
- cape marigold — any composite plant of the genus Dimorphotheca, having variously colored, daisylike flowers.
- card walloper — (jargon) An EDP programmer who grinds out batch programs that do things like print people's paychecks. Compare code grinder. See also punched card, eighty-column mind.
- cardiopathies — Plural form of cardiopathy.
- carrot-topped — having red hair
- cartridge pen — a pen having a removable ink reservoir that is replaced when empty
- 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.
- cat distemper — distemper1 (def 1c).
- 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.
- centre spread — the pair of two facing pages in the middle of a magazine, newspaper, etc, often illustrated
- cephaloridine — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
- chapel de fer — a medieval open helmet, often having a broad brim for deflecting blows from above.
- cheese spread — a processed cheese of smooth and spreadable consistency.
- child process — (operating system) A process created by another process (the parent process). Each process may create many child processes but will have only one parent process, except for the very first process which has no parent. The first process, called init in Unix, is started by the kernel at boot time and never terminates. A child process inherits most of its attributes, such as open files, from its parent. In fact in Unix, a child process is created (using fork) as a copy of the parent. The chid process can then overlay itself with a different program (using exec) as required.
- chilli powder — Chilli powder is a very hot-tasting powder made mainly from dried chillies. It is used in cooking.
- chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
- chopped liver — cooked liver chopped with onions and hard-boiled eggs and seasoned.
- choreographed — You describe an activity involving several people as choreographed when it is arranged but is intended to appear natural.
- church parade — a parade by servicemen or members of a uniformed organization for the purposes of attending religious services
- clapperboards — Plural form of clapperboard.
- close-cropped — Close-cropped hair or grass is cut very short.
- co-presidency — the state or act of being co-president
- co-respondent — a person cited in divorce proceedings, who is alleged to have committed adultery with the respondent
- coin-operated — (of a machine) operated by the insertion of a coin
- command paper — (in Britain) a government document that is presented to Parliament, in theory by royal command
- commandership — a person who commands.
- company grade — military rank applying to army officers below major, as second and first lieutenants and captains.
- compartmented — Divided into compartments.
- 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.
- computer disk — a computer data storage device such as a hard drive or floppy disk
- computer nerd — someone who is inordinately preoccupied with using computers, at the expense of ordinary social skills
- concord grape — a variety of grape with purple-black fruit covered with a bluish bloom
- conidiophores — Plural form of conidiophore.
- contemporised — to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.
- contemporized — Simple past tense and past participle of contemporize.
- copolymerized — Polymerized, along with another compound, to form a copolymer.
- 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.
- corespondents — Plural form of corespondent.
- correspondent — A correspondent is a newspaper or television journalist, especially one who specializes in a particular type of news.
- corresponding — parallel; equivalent
- counterpoised — a counterbalancing weight.
- coup de grace — A coup de grace is an action or event which finally destroys something, for example an institution, which has been gradually growing weaker.
- creep-feeding — the practice of feeding young farm animals (esp piglets, calves, and lambs) in a sectioned-off part of their indoor environment, in order to prevent the mother from gaining access to the food
- crepe bandage — a bandage made of light cotton crepe
- crowd pleaser — a person, performance, etc., having great popular appeal.
- crowd-pleaser — If you describe a performer, politician, or sports player as a crowd-pleaser, you mean they always please their audience. You can also describe an action or event as a crowd-pleaser.
- cup and cover — a turning used in Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture and resembling a goblet with a domed cover.
- cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive