13-letter words containing d, i, c, o
- clinodiagonal — the diagonal axis of a monoclinic crystal
- clinopinacoid — (in monoclinic crystals) the plane that is parallel to both the vertical and the inclined lateral axes
- close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
- closed-minded — having a mind firmly unreceptive to new ideas or arguments: It's hard to argue with, much less convince, a closed-minded person.
- cloth binding — a type of binding in which a book is bound in stiff boards covered with cloth
- cloud physics — the science of the physical properties and processes of clouds.
- cloud seeding — any technique of adding material to a cloud to alter its natural development, usually to increase or obtain precipitation.
- co-ordination — Co-ordination means organizing the activities of two or more groups so that they work together efficiently and know what the others are doing.
- co-presidency — the state or act of being co-president
- co-production — a film, play, television programme, etc, produced by two or more people or organizations
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
- coadjutorship — the state of being a coadjutor
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- coarsegrained — having a coarse texture
- coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
- cocos islands — a group of 27 coral islands in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Java: a Territory of Australia since 1955. Pop: 596 (2010). Area: 13 sq km (5 sq miles)
- cod-liver oil — Cod liver oil is a thick yellow oil which is given as a medicine, especially to children, because it is full of vitamins A and D.
- 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.
- codifiability — the quality of being codifiable
- coeducational — A coeducational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
- coeur de lion — Richard I, meaning “lionhearted.”.
- coffin dodger — an old person
- coin-operated — (of a machine) operated by the insertion of a coin
- cold moulding — the production of moulded articles from resins that polymerize chemically
- collectivised — Simple past tense and past participle of collectivise.
- collectivized — (of agriculture, farms, factories, etc) organized according to the principles of collectivism
- college radio — radio broadcasting from stations affiliated with a college or university, often at a frequency below 92 MHz FM.
- collodionized — Simple past tense and past participle of collodionize.
- come in handy — If something comes in handy, it is useful in a particular situation.
- commandeering — Present participle of commandeer.
- commandership — a person who commands.
- commendations — the act of commending; recommendation; praise: commendation for a job well done.
- committedness — The state or condition of being committed; commitment.
- commodifiable — to turn into a commodity; make commercial.
- commoditising — Present participle of commoditise.
- commoditizing — to turn into a commodity; make commercial.
- comorbidities — Plural form of comorbidity.
- companionhood — companionship
- compendiously — of or like a compendium; containing the substance of a subject, often an exclusive subject, in a brief form; concise: a compendious history of the world.
- 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.
- compound time — compound meter
- 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
- comradeliness — the quality of being comradely
- conceitedness — having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.