13-letter words containing n, o, t, a, d
- costardmonger — a costermonger
- costochondral — (anatomy) Relating to ribs and cartilage.
- 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.
- covalent bond — a type of chemical bond involving the sharing of electrons between atoms in a molecule, esp the sharing of a pair of electrons by two adjacent atoms
- covent garden — a district of central London: famous for its former fruit, vegetable, and flower market, now a shopping precinct
- crotonic acid — type of colourless acid
- custodianship — the condition of being a custodian
- 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
- cutting board — A cutting board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
- cycloaddition — a type of pericyclic chemical reaction
- cytodiagnosis — the diagnosis of disease through the study of cells in the body
- dactyliomancy — the use of a suspended finger-ring for divination
- dalton system — a method of progressive education whereby students contract to carry through on their own responsibility the year's work as divided up into monthly assignments.
- damnification — That which causes damage or loss.
- dance hostess — a woman who hosts a ball at her house
- dandification — The condition or state of a man who is overly concerned about his clothes and appearance.
- dark reaction — the stage of photosynthesis involving the reduction of carbon dioxide and the dissociation of water, using chemical energy stored in ATP: does not require the presence of light
- data modeling — (spelling) US spelling of "data modelling".
- daytona beach — a city in NE Florida, on the Atlantic: a resort with a beach of hard white sand, used since 1903 for motor speed trials. Pop: 64 581 (2003 est)
- de-annexation — the act or an instance of annexing, or adding to something larger, especially the incorporation of new territory into the domain of a city, country, or state.
- de-excitation — to cause (an atom) to fall from an excited energy level to a lower energy level.
- de-motivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- deacetylation — to remove the acetyl group from (an organic compound).
- deattribution — a switch in the attribution of a work of art to another artist, usually a lesser one.
- debit account — a bank account which allows you to buy goods or services with money that you have put into the account
- debt covenant — A debt covenant is a number of restrictions that a borrower agrees to that are set by the lending institution.
- decamethonium — a drug that is used to relax or loosen the muscles
- decapitations — Plural form of decapitation.
- decarbonating — Present participle of decarbonate.
- decarbonation — to remove carbon dioxide from.
- decarbonylate — to remove the carbonyl group from (an organic compound).
- decerebration — Surgery. to remove the cerebrum.
- dechorionated — (biology) From which the chorion has been removed.
- decimal point — A decimal point is the dot in front of a decimal fraction.
- declinational — Relating to declination.
- decompensated — Simple past tense and past participle of decompensate.
- decompensates — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
- decompilation — The act, or the result of decompiling.
- deconcentrate — to make or become less concentrated
- decongestants — Plural form of decongestant.
- deconsecrated — (of a church) having been transferred to secular use
- deconsecrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deconsecrate.
- decontaminate — To decontaminate something means to remove all germs or dangerous substances from it.
- decorticating — Present participle of decorticate.
- decortication — the act or process of decorticating.