13-letter words containing d, e, s, r, t
- blood blister — a blister filled with blood
- body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
- border states — slave states bordering on the free states before the Civil War: Mo., Ky., Va., Md., & Del.
- boustrophedon — having alternate lines written from right to left and from left to right
- bretton woods — resort in the White Mountains, N.H.: site of a United Nations monetary conference (1944) at which the International Monetary Fund was established
- called strike — a pitch not swung at by a batter but ruled a strike by the umpire.
- 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.
- carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
- cardinalities — Plural form of cardinality.
- cardiopathies — Plural form of cardiopathy.
- 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
- 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
- centuries-old — hundreds of years old
- characterised — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
- chesterfields — Plural form of chesterfield.
- christmastide — the festival season from Christmas to after New Year's Day.
- circumstanced — simple past tense and past participle of circumstance.
- 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.
- co-respondent — a person cited in divorce proceedings, who is alleged to have committed adultery with the respondent
- coast redwood — the redwood, Sequoia sempervirens.
- colored stone — any gemstone, colored or colorless, other than a diamond.
- commensurated — Simple past tense and past participle of commensurate.
- comorbidities — Plural form of comorbidity.
- computer disk — a computer data storage device such as a hard drive or floppy disk
- concertedness — the state of being concerted
- conservatized — Simple past tense and past participle of conservatize.
- considerately — showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.
- consideration — Consideration is careful thought about something.
- considerative — considerate
- constrainedly — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
- containerised — Simple past tense and past participle of containerise.
- contemporised — to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.
- cordocentesis — the extraction of a sample of blood from the umbilical cord during pregnancy
- coresidential — relating to joint residency
- corespondents — Plural form of corespondent.
- correspondent — A correspondent is a newspaper or television journalist, especially one who specializes in a particular type of news.
- corrie-fisted — left-handed
- costardmonger — a costermonger
- costume drama — any theatrical production, film, television presentation, etc, in which the performers wear the costumes of a former age
- côtes-d'armor — a department of W France, on the N coast of Brittany. Capital: St Brieuc. Pop: 553 969 (2003 est). Area: 6878 sq km (2656 sq miles)
- cotes-du-nord — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
- counterorders — Plural form of counterorder.
- counterpoised — a counterbalancing weight.
- countersigned — a sign used in reply to another sign.