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13-letter words containing d, u, n, a

  • carotid sinus — specialized nerve end organs producing a slight dilatation of the carotid artery where it branches into the external and internal carotid arteries, responding to changes in blood pressure by mediating changes in the heartbeat rate.
  • cash discount — a discount granted to a purchaser who pays before a stipulated date
  • cat and mouse — Also called cat and rat. a children's game in which players in a circle keep a player from moving into or out of the circle and permit a second player to move into or out of the circle to escape the pursuing first player.
  • cat-and-mouse — denoting a fight or contest in which participants attempt to confuse or deceive each other in a cruel or teasing way, esp before a final act of cruelty or unkindness
  • caudine forks — a narrow pass in the Apennines, in S Italy, between Capua and Benevento: scene of the defeat of the Romans by the Samnites (321 bc)
  • center around — to have as a central point, focus of attention, etc.
  • 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)
  • chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
  • chun doo hwan — born 1931, South Korean political leader: president 1980–88.
  • churchwardens — Plural form of churchwarden.
  • circumstanced — simple past tense and past participle of circumstance.
  • clair de lune — a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
  • clair-de-lune — a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
  • clairaudience — the postulated ability to hear sounds beyond the range of normal hearing
  • club sandwich — a sandwich consisting of three or more slices of toast or bread with a filling
  • coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
  • coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
  • coeducational — A coeducational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
  • coeur d'alene — a member of an Indian people in N Idaho around Coeur d'Alene Lake.
  • commaundement — Obsolete spelling of commandment.
  • commensurated — Simple past tense and past participle of commensurate.
  • compound leaf — a leaf consisting of two or more leaflets borne on the same leafstalk
  • condylomatous — Relating to condyloma.
  • confusticated — Simple past tense and past participle of confusticate.
  • conglutinated — Simple past tense and past participle of conglutinate.
  • congratulated — to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
  • conquistadors — Plural form of conquistador.
  • consuetudinal — According to custom; customary; usual.
  • cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
  • cough and die — (jargon)   barf. Connotes that the program is throwing its hands up by design rather than because of a bug or oversight. "The parser saw a control-A in its input where it was looking for a printable, so it coughed and died." Compare die, die horribly, scream and die.
  • 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.
  • counterdemand — a demand made in response to another demand
  • countermanded — Simple past tense and past participle of countermand.
  • countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
  • country dance — a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets and perform a series of movements, esp facing one another in a line
  • country-dance — a dance of rural English origin in which the dancers form circles or squares or in which they face each other in two rows.
  • cup and cover — a turning used in Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture and resembling a goblet with a domed cover.
  • custodianship — the condition of being a custodian
  • cut and dried — If you say that a situation or solution is cut and dried, you mean that it is clear and definite.
  • cut and paste — a technique used in word processing by which a section of text can be moved within a document
  • cut-and-cover — designating a method of constructing a tunnel by excavating a cutting to the required depth and then backfilling the excavation over the tunnel roof
  • cut-and-dried — prepared or settled in advance; not needing much thought or discussion: a cut-and-dried decision.
  • 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.
  • cutting board — A cutting board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
  • cyanuric acid — a white crystalline powder commonly used to stabilize chlorine in swimming pools. Formula C3H3N3O3
  • cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
  • dabbling duck — any of numerous shallow-water ducks, especially of the genus Anas, that typically feed by upending and dabbling (contrasted with diving duck).
  • daman and diu — a union territory in W India: formerly a district of Portuguese India (1559–1961) then part of the union territory of Goa, Daman, and Diu (1961–87). Area: 112 sq km (43 sq miles). Pop: 158 059 (2001)
  • 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
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