13-letter words containing d, r
- 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.
- centre ground — the nominal space in the political spectrum that is neither right or left
- centre spread — the pair of two facing pages in the middle of a magazine, newspaper, etc, often illustrated
- centuries-old — hundreds of years old
- cephaloridine — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
- ceramic oxide — a compound of oxygen with nonorganic material: recently discovered to act as a high-temperature superconductor
- chandernagore — a port in E India, in S West Bengal on the Hooghly River: a former French settlement (1686–1950). Pop: 162 166 (2001)
- chandrasekhar — Subrahmanyan (ˌsʊbrəˈmænjən). 1910–95, US astronomer born in Lahore, India (now Pakistan). His work on stellar evolution led to an understanding of white dwarfs: shared the Nobel prize for physics 1983
- chapel de fer — a medieval open helmet, often having a broad brim for deflecting blows from above.
- 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.
- charmed quark — a type of quark with a mass of c. 1.0 to 1.6 GeV/c2, a positive charge that is 2⁄3 the charge of an electron, +1 charm, and zero strangeness
- chasse gardee — a private hunting preserve.
- 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)
- cheddar gorge — a pass through the Mendip Hills renowned for its stalactitic caverns and rare limestone flora
- cheese spread — a processed cheese of smooth and spreadable consistency.
- chef-d'oeuvre — a masterpiece
- chemin de fer — a gambling game, a variation of baccarat
- cherry brandy — a red liqueur made of brandy flavoured with cherries
- chesterfields — Plural form of chesterfield.
- chicago ridge — a town in NE Illinois.
- chicken adder — milk snake.
- chicken-fried — (of meats, esp steak) coated in seasoned flour and pan-fried
- child cruelty — cruelty directed against children
- child process — (operating system) A process created by another process (the parent process). Each process may create many child processes but will have only one parent process, except for the very first process which has no parent. The first process, called init in Unix, is started by the kernel at boot time and never terminates. A child process inherits most of its attributes, such as open files, from its parent. In fact in Unix, a child process is created (using fork) as a copy of the parent. The chid process can then overlay itself with a different program (using exec) as required.
- child prodigy — A child prodigy is a child with a very great talent.
- child rearing — the activity of rearing children
- child support — If a parent pays child support, they legally have to pay money to help provide things such as food and clothing for a child with whom they no longer live.
- child version — (system management) In change management, a configuration item derived by altering another item (its parent version).
- child welfare — social work and services aimed at insuring the welfare of children
- child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
- childrenswear — clothing for children
- chilli powder — Chilli powder is a very hot-tasting powder made mainly from dried chillies. It is used in cooking.
- chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
- chlorhexidine — an antiseptic compound used in skin cleansers, mouthwashes, etc
- chlormerodrin — a white, bitter, odorless powder, ClHgN 2 H 11 O 2 , soluble in methanol and ethanol and slightly soluble in water, used in medicine as a diuretic.
- chlorobromide — a chlorine and bromine compound joined to a metal
- chlorous acid — an unstable acid that is a strong oxidizing agent. Formula: HClO2
- chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
- chopped liver — cooked liver chopped with onions and hard-boiled eggs and seasoned.
- choreographed — You describe an activity involving several people as choreographed when it is arranged but is intended to appear natural.
- chowderheaded — like a chowderhead; foolish
- chrisom child — a baptized child that dies in its first month.
- christiansand — former name of Kristiansand.
- christmas day — Christmas Day is the 25th of December, when Christmas is celebrated.
- christmastide — the festival season from Christmas to after New Year's Day.
- chromhidrosis — the secretion of pigmented sweat.
- chromic oxide — a bright-green crystalline powder, Cr 2 O 3 , insoluble in water: used in metallurgy and as the pigment chrome green.
- chronologized — to arrange in chronological order.