13-letter words containing d, i, s, c, o
- child version — (system management) In change management, a configuration item derived by altering another item (its parent version).
- child-custody — custody (def 4).
- chiloe island — an island administered by Chile, off the W coast of South America in the Pacific Ocean: timber. Pop: 154 775 (2002, Chiloé province). Area: 8394 sq km (3240 sq miles)
- chlorous acid — an unstable acid that is a strong oxidizing agent. Formula: HClO2
- chrisom child — a baptized child that dies in its first month.
- chromhidrosis — the secretion of pigmented sweat.
- city dionysia — (in ancient Athens) the chief festival in honor of Dionysus, celebrated in early spring and notable for the performance of dithyrambs, tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays.
- clavichordist — Someone who plays the clavichord.
- 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.
- 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-presidency — the state or act of being co-president
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- 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)
- 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.
- codeswitching — Alternative form of code-switching.
- collectivised — Simple past tense and past participle of collectivise.
- 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.
- commoditising — Present participle of commoditise.
- comorbidities — Plural form of comorbidity.
- 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.
- 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.
- condemnations — Plural form of condemnation.
- condensations — Plural form of condensation.
- condescending — If you say that someone is condescending, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they talk or behave in a way which shows that they think they are superior to other people.
- condescension — Condescension is condescending behaviour.
- conduciveness — tending to produce; contributive; helpful; favorable (usually followed by to): Good eating habits are conducive to good health.
- conductorship — The position of conductor of an orchestra.
- confederacies — Plural form of confederacy.
- confidingness — The state or quality of being confiding.
- confirmedness — The quality of being confirmed.
- confusticated — Simple past tense and past participle of confusticate.
- conidiophores — Plural form of conidiophore.
- conquistadors — Plural form of conquistador.
- 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
- consideringly — in a considering manner
- consimilitude — the quality of resembling or of being mutually alike
- consolidating — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.