13-letter words containing d, e, t, c, i
- brace and bit — a hand tool for boring holes, consisting of a cranked handle into which a drilling bit is inserted
- called strike — a pitch not swung at by a batter but ruled a strike by the umpire.
- canaliculated — Canaliculate.
- candidate key — (database) One of several possible attributes or combinations of attributes which can be used to uniquely identify a body of information (a "record"). The chosen candidate key is called the primary key.
- candidateship — candidature
- 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.
- captain's bed — a bed consisting of a shallow box with drawers in the side and a mattress on top.
- carbon credit — Carbon credits are an allowance that certain companies have, permitting them to burn a certain amount of fossil fuels.
- cardinalities — Plural form of cardinality.
- cardiopathies — Plural form of cardiopathy.
- cartridge pen — a pen having a removable ink reservoir that is replaced when empty
- cased edition — a hardback book sold in a protective box that is open at one edge so that you can see the spine of the book
- cat distemper — distemper1 (def 1c).
- cd-read-write — Compact Disc Rewritable
- cd-rewritable — Compact Disc Rewritable
- centerfielder — (baseball) A player in the centerfield position.
- central india — a former political agency in central India uniting various native states and subordinate agencies: now incorporated into Madhya Pradesh.
- centuries-old — hundreds of years old
- 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)
- chesterfields — Plural form of chesterfield.
- child benefit — In Britain, child benefit is an amount of money paid weekly by the state to families for each of their children.
- child cruelty — cruelty directed against children
- 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 judge — a judge presiding over a county court or crown court
- circuit rider — (formerly) a minister of religion who preached from place to place along an established circuit
- circumstanced — simple past tense and past participle of circumstance.
- citizens band — a two-way radio service (Citizens Radio Service) licensed by the FCC to a U.S. citizen for short-distance personal or business communications between fixed or mobile stations. Abbreviation: CB.
- clandestinely — characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious: Their clandestine meetings went undiscovered for two years.
- clandestinity — secrecy; the quality of being clandestine
- 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.
- coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
- code position — (character) An integer that a coded character set maps to a character. A code position is normally stored or transmitted by applying a character encoding to turn it into a byte string.
- codeclination — the astronomical coordinate complementary to the declination
- codeswitching — Alternative form of code-switching.
- coeducational — A coeducational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
- coin-operated — (of a machine) operated by the insertion of a coin
- collectivised — Simple past tense and past participle of collectivise.
- collectivized — (of agriculture, farms, factories, etc) organized according to the principles of collectivism
- commendations — the act of commending; recommendation; praise: commendation for a job well done.
- committedness — The state or condition of being committed; commitment.
- comorbidities — Plural form of comorbidity.
- compiled html — (filename extension) A Microsoft file format for distributing a collection of HTML files, along with their associated images, sounds, etc., as a single compressed archive file. Microsoft use this format for Windows HTML Help files. Most chms include a project (.hhp) file listing the included files and basic settings, a contents (.hhc) file, an index (.hhk) file, html files, and, optionally, image files. Users view chms with hh.exe, the HTML Help viewer installed with Internet Explorer. Filename extension: .chm.
- complicatedly — composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
- componentized — Simple past tense and past participle of componentize.