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13-letter words containing e, l, d, r

  • clear-sighted — If you describe someone as clear-sighted, you admire them because they are able to understand situations well and to make sensible judgments and decisions about them.
  • clearheadedly — In a clearheaded manner.
  • cliff dweller — (usually initial capital letter) a member of a prehistoric people of the southwestern U.S., who were ancestors of the Pueblo Indians and built shelters in caves or on the ledges of cliffs.
  • cliff-dweller — a member of a prehistoric people of the southwestern US who built shelters on the ledges of cliffs or in caves
  • close-cropped — Close-cropped hair or grass is cut very short.
  • close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
  • closed source — intellectual property, esp computer source code, that is not made available to the general public by its creators
  • clotted cream — Clotted cream is very thick cream made by heating milk gently and taking the cream off the top. It is made mainly in the south west of England.
  • cloud chamber — an apparatus for detecting high-energy particles by observing their tracks through a chamber containing a supersaturated vapour. Each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
  • coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
  • cochlear duct — a spiral tube enclosed in the bony canal of the cochlea.
  • cod-liver oil — Cod liver oil is a thick yellow oil which is given as a medicine, especially to children, because it is full of vitamins A and D.
  • coeur d'alene — a member of an Indian people in N Idaho around Coeur d'Alene Lake.
  • coeur de lion — Richard I, meaning “lionhearted.”.
  • cold shoulder — If one person gives another the cold shoulder, they behave towards them in an unfriendly way, to show them that they do not care about them or that they want them to go away.
  • cold-shoulder — to snub; show indifference to.
  • coldheartedly — Alternative spelling of cold-heartedly.
  • collared dove — a European dove, Streptopelia decaocto, having a brownish-grey plumage with a black band on the back of the neck
  • college radio — radio broadcasting from stations affiliated with a college or university, often at a frequency below 92 MHz FM.
  • colored stone — any gemstone, colored or colorless, other than a diamond.
  • comradeliness — the quality of being comradely
  • conglomerated — Simple past tense and past participle of conglomerate.
  • congratulated — to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
  • considerately — showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.
  • consideringly — in a considering manner
  • constrainedly — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
  • copolymerized — Polymerized, along with another compound, to form a copolymer.
  • core handling — Core handling is the way that a core is dealt with to make sure it maintains its properties for testing.
  • coresidential — relating to joint residency
  • cornfield ant — a small, brown ant, Lasius alienus, that lives in cornfields and feeds on honeydew of the corn-root aphid.
  • countermelody — a secondary melody that accompanies the primary melody
  • countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
  • cradle scythe — cradle (def 4b).
  • cranial index — the ratio of the greatest length to the greatest width of the cranium, multiplied by 100: used in comparative anthropology
  • cream-colored — yellowish-white
  • credentialing — Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form: Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.
  • credentialism — a tendency to value formal qualifications, esp at the expense of competence and experience
  • credentialled — having credentials
  • credibilities — the quality of being believable or worthy of trust: After all those lies, his credibility was at a low ebb.
  • creditability — bringing or deserving credit, honor, reputation, or esteem.
  • credulousness — willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullible.
  • criminal code — the body of laws regulating how crimes are to be punished
  • crowd pleaser — a person, performance, etc., having great popular appeal.
  • crowd trouble — bad behaviour by fans at a sports match
  • 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.
  • cruel-hearted — having a cruel heart; lacking kindness, compassion, etc.
  • culloden moor — a moor in NE Scotland, near Inverness: site of the battle that ended the Jacobite Rebellion 1746.
  • culture fluid — the fluid used as a medium for growing microorganisms
  • cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
  • current yield — the yield of a bond or similar asset, expressed as a ratio of the annual interest payment to the clean price
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