13-letter words containing d, o, e, s
- corrie-fisted — left-handed
- cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
- costa del sol — coast region of S Spain, on the Mediterranean, east of Gibraltar: site of many resorts
- 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.
- courtesy card — a privilege card
- coversed sine — obsolete function in trigonometry
- credulousness — willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullible.
- cross bedding — layering within one or more beds in a series of rock strata that does not run parallel to the plane of stratification
- cross-dresser — to dress in clothing typically worn by members of the opposite sex.
- cross-grained — (of timber) having the fibres arranged irregularly or in a direction that deviates from the axis of the piece
- crossbreeding — Present participle of crossbreed.
- crossdressing — to dress in clothing typically worn by members of the opposite sex.
- 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.
- culdocentesis — (medicine) A diagnostic procedure in which fluid from the rectouterine pouch is extracted, via the vagina, using a needle.
- custody suite — the part of a police station where people who have been arrested are held in custody
- customer data — Customer data is information held on file about customers by a store or other business, usually including names, contact details, and buying habits.
- cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
- daguerrotypes — Plural form of daguerrotype, a misspelling of daguerreotype.
- dalton system — a method of progressive education whereby students contract to carry through on their own responsibility the year's work as divided up into monthly assignments.
- damaged goods — a person considered to be less than perfect psychologically, as a result of a traumatic experience
- dame's rocket — a Eurasian plant, Hesperis matronalis, of the mustard family, having loose clusters of four-petalled purple or white fragrant flowers.
- dame's violet — a Eurasian hairy perennial plant, Hesperis matronalis, cultivated in gardens for its mauve or white fragrant flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- damson cheese — thick damson jam
- dance hostess — a woman who hosts a ball at her house
- dancing shoes — shoes worn by dancers
- dangerousness — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- danseur noble — a male dancer suited for certain heroic, or noble, roles by virtue of his exceptional grace, technique, and strength
- das rheingold — an opera by Wagner (1869), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- days of grace — days permitted by custom for payment of a promissory note, bill of exchange, etc, after it falls due
- deaccessioned — Simple past tense and past participle of deaccession.
- death tourist — a seriously ill person who seeks to terminate his or her own life by travelling to a country where medically assisted suicide is legal
- decapitations — Plural form of decapitation.
- decarboxylase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of carbon dioxide from a compound
- deciduousness — The state or condition of being deciduous; the quality of trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.
- decision time — a time at which an important decision must be taken
- decision tree — a treelike diagram illustrating the choices available to a decision maker, each possible decision and its estimated outcome being shown as a separate branch of the tree
- decisionmaker — One who makes decisions.
- declinometers — Plural form of declinometer.
- decommissions — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decommission.
- decompensated — Simple past tense and past participle of decompensate.
- decompensates — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
- decomposition — Decomposition is the process of decay that takes place when a living thing changes chemically after dying.
- decompressing — Present participle of decompress.