13-letter words containing n, o, d, e, c
- capello index — a player rating website backed by Fabio Capello in which marks are awarded to football players in the top teams according to their performance in key skills of the game
- carbon credit — Carbon credits are an allowance that certain companies have, permitting them to burn a certain amount of fossil fuels.
- cardioversion — restoring the rhythm of the heart to normal by applying direct-current electrical shock.
- cased edition — a hardback book sold in a protective box that is open at one edge so that you can see the spine of the book
- casement door — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
- 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)
- cell division — the division of a cell into two new cells during growth or reproduction
- center around — to have as a central point, focus of attention, etc.
- centre ground — the nominal space in the political spectrum that is neither right or left
- centuries-old — hundreds of years old
- cephaloridine — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
- chandernagore — a port in E India, in S West Bengal on the Hooghly River: a former French settlement (1686–1950). Pop: 162 166 (2001)
- chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
- child version — (system management) In change management, a configuration item derived by altering another item (its parent version).
- chiloe island — an island administered by Chile, off the W coast of South America in the Pacific Ocean: timber. Pop: 154 775 (2002, Chiloé province). Area: 8394 sq km (3240 sq miles)
- 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.
- chronologized — to arrange in chronological order.
- cinco de mayo — May 5, anniversary of the victory of Mexico over French forces at Puebla in 1862: observed by Mexicans and Mexican-Americans
- close at hand — lying in the near future or vicinity; nearby or imminent.
- close-at-hand — lying in the near future or vicinity; nearby or imminent.
- close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
- closed season — The closed season is the period of the year when it is prohibited to kill certain types of animal or fish.
- closed stance — a batting stance in which the front foot is positioned closer to the inside of the batter's box than the back foot.
- closed-minded — having a mind firmly unreceptive to new ideas or arguments: It's hard to argue with, much less convince, a closed-minded person.
- cloud seeding — any technique of adding material to a cloud to alter its natural development, usually to increase or obtain precipitation.
- cloudlessness — Absence of clouds.
- cloven-footed — having split hoofs, once assumed to represent the halves of a single undivided hoof, as in cattle.
- cloven-hoofed — having split hoofs, once assumed to represent the halves of a single undivided hoof, as in cattle.
- co-dependence — joint dependence between two or more beings
- co-dependency — a state of mutual dependence between two people, esp when one partner relies emotionally on supporting and caring for the other partner
- co-presidency — the state or act of being co-president
- co-respondent — a person cited in divorce proceedings, who is alleged to have committed adultery with the respondent
- coarsegrained — having a coarse texture
- coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
- code napoleon — the civil code of France, promulgated between 1804 and 1810, comprising the main body of French civil law
- code position — (character) An integer that a coded character set maps to a character. A code position is normally stored or transmitted by applying a character encoding to turn it into a byte string.
- codeclination — the astronomical coordinate complementary to the declination
- codeswitching — Alternative form of code-switching.
- 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.
- coeur de lion — Richard I, meaning “lionhearted.”.
- coffin dodger — an old person
- coin-operated — (of a machine) operated by the insertion of a coin
- collectedness — The state or quality of being collected.
- college-bound — intending to go to college
- collodionized — Simple past tense and past participle of collodionize.
- colored stone — any gemstone, colored or colorless, other than a diamond.