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13-letter words containing d, s

  • cordocentesis — the extraction of a sample of blood from the umbilical cord during pregnancy
  • coresidential — relating to joint residency
  • corespondents — Plural form of corespondent.
  • correspondent — A correspondent is a newspaper or television journalist, especially one who specializes in a particular type of news.
  • corresponding — parallel; equivalent
  • 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
  • costochondral — (anatomy) Relating to ribs and cartilage.
  • 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.
  • count towards — If something counts towards or counts toward an achievement or right, it is included as one of the things that give you the right to it.
  • 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
  • cradle scythe — cradle (def 4b).
  • crash landing — aircraft: emergency descent
  • credentialism — a tendency to value formal qualifications, esp at the expense of competence and experience
  • credibilities — the quality of being believable or worthy of trust: After all those lies, his credibility was at a low ebb.
  • credulousness — willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullible.
  • crested swift — any of several birds of the family Hemiprocnidae, of southeast Asia and the East Indies, related to the true swifts but differing in having erectile crests and the habit of perching in trees.
  • 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 product — a vector perpendicular to two given vectors, u and v, and having magnitude equal to the product of the magnitudes of the two given vectors multiplied by the sine of the angle between the two given vectors, usually represented by u × v.
  • 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 on sail — to hoist as much sail as possible
  • crowd pleaser — a person, performance, etc., having great popular appeal.
  • crowd surfing — the practice of being passed over the top of a crowd of people such as an audience at a pop concert
  • 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.
  • crowdsourcing — Crowdsourcing is the practice of getting ideas or help on a project from a large number of people, usually through the Internet.
  • crystalloidal — Relating to a crystalloid.
  • culdocentesis — (medicine) A diagnostic procedure in which fluid from the rectouterine pouch is extracted, via the vagina, using a needle.
  • cumulus cloud — a bulbous or billowing white or dark grey cloud associated with rising air currents
  • cupid's arrow — one of the arrows that Cupid is supposed to fire from his bow, which cause the person struck to fall in love
  • custard apple — a West Indian tree, Annona reticulata: family Annonaceae
  • custard cream — a biscuit consisting of two layers with a filling of vanilla-flavoured paste
  • custodianship — the condition of being a custodian
  • 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.
  • cut and paste — a technique used in word processing by which a section of text can be moved within a document
  • cut-and-paste — assembled or produced from various existing bits and pieces: The book purports to be a history but is just a cut-and-paste job of old essays and newspaper clippings.
  • cyclodialysis — a surgical procedure in the treatment of glaucoma whereby an opening is created between the anterior chamber and the suprachoroidal space in order to alleviate pressure
  • cylinder desk — a desk having a cylinder front, usually a tambour but occasionally of solid wood.
  • cylinder seal — a cylindrical seal of stone, clay, or precious stone decorated with linear designs, found in the Middle East and Balkans: dating from about 6000 bc
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