13-letter words containing h, i, d
- core handling — Core handling is the way that a core is dealt with to make sure it maintains its properties for testing.
- 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.
- could do with — If you say that you could do with something, you mean that you need it or would benefit from it.
- crash landing — aircraft: emergency descent
- credit crunch — A credit crunch is a period during which there is a sudden reduction in the amount of money that banks and other lenders have available to lend.
- custodianship — the condition of being a custodian
- cyberchondria — unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites
- cycloheximide — a toxic antibiotic that inhibits protein synthesis, used as a fungicide in agriculture
- cylinder head — the detachable metal casting that fits onto the top of a cylinder block. In an engine it contains part of the combustion chamber and in an overhead-valve four-stroke engine it houses the valves and their operating mechanisms
- dancing shoes — shoes worn by dancers
- danish pastry — Danish pastries are cakes made from sweet pastry. They are often filled with things such as apple or almond paste.
- das rheingold — an opera by Wagner (1869), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- dasht-e-kavir — large salt-desert plateau in NC Iran: c. 18,000 sq mi (46,620 sq km)
- dasht-i-kavir — a salt waste on the central plateau of Iran: a treacherous marsh beneath a salt crust
- date of birth — Your date of birth is the exact date on which you were born, including the year.
- day and night — If something happens day and night or night and day, it happens all the time without stopping.
- daylight lamp — a lamp whose light has a range of wavelengths similar to that of natural sunlight
- daylight time — time set usually one hour ahead of the local standard time, widely adopted in the summer to provide extra daylight in the evening
- death benefit — the benefit payable if the holder of a life insurance policy dies before the policy matures
- 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
- death-dealing — fatal; lethal
- decahistidine — An oligopeptide consisting of ten histidine moieties.
- decamethonium — a drug that is used to relax or loosen the muscles
- dechorionated — (biology) From which the chorion has been removed.
- deemphasizing — Present participle of deemphasize.
- deep-dish pie — a pie baked in a deep dish and having only a top crust
- dehumidifiers — Plural form of dehumidifier.
- dehydrogenize — dehydrogenate.
- deipnosophist — a person who is a master of dinner-table conversation
- delightedness — The quality of being delighted; great pleasure.
- demochristian — a member or supporter of a Christian democratic party or movement
- demographical — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
- demothballing — to remove (naval or military equipment) from storage or reserve, usually for active duty; reactivate.
- demythologise — to divest of mythological or legendary attributes or forms, as in order to permit clearer appraisal and understanding: to demythologize the music dramas of Richard Wagner for modern listeners.
- demythologize — to eliminate all mythical elements from (a piece of writing, esp the Bible) so as to arrive at an essential meaning
- dendrophilous — living in or on trees; arboreal.
- depathologize — (transitive) To cease to treat as a medical disorder.
- dephlegmation — the act of dephlegmating
- dermographism — dermatographia.
- desynchronize — Disturb the synchronization of; put out of step or phase.
- detachability — The quality of being detachable.
- devil worship — the worship of Satan or of a demon
- dhu el-hijjah — Islam. the twelfth month of the Muslim calendar, in leap year containing one extra day.
- diacatholicon — an all-purpose remedy
- dialect coach — a person whose job is to train actors to speak in the authentic accent and manner of a particular area
- diaphanometer — an instrument used to measure transparency, esp of the atmosphere
- diaphoretical — Alternative form of diaphoretic.
- diaphototropy — the state of being diaphototropic, turning transversely to the light
- diaphragmatic — of the diaphragm.
- diaphragmitis — inflammation of the diaphragm, phrenitis