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13-letter words containing n, s, i

  • curling stone — a large, heavy, ellipsoidal stone or a similar object made of iron, usually having one rough side and one smooth side with a hole in the center of each for screwing in a handle by which the stone is released, for use in the game of curling.
  • curling tongs — a metal scissor-like device that is heated, so that strands of hair may be twined around it in order to form curls
  • cushion cover — a fabric cover, often with a decorative design, designed to protect a cushion
  • cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
  • custodianship — the condition of being a custodian
  • customariness — The state or quality of being customary.
  • customisation — Alternative spelling of customization.
  • customization — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
  • customs union — an association of nations which promotes free trade within the union and establishes common tariffs on trade with nonmember nations
  • cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
  • cyberfeminism — A community, philosophy and set of practices concerned with feminist acts in cyberspace.
  • cyberneticist — Someone who studies cybernetics.
  • cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
  • cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
  • cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
  • cylinder desk — a desk having a cylinder front, usually a tambour but occasionally of solid wood.
  • cylinder seal — a cylindrical seal of stone, clay, or precious stone decorated with linear designs, found in the Middle East and Balkans: dating from about 6000 bc
  • cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
  • cystathionine — an amino acid, C 7 H 14 O 4 N 2 S, that is an intermediate in the transfer of sulfur from methionine to cysteine.
  • cytochalasins — Plural form of cytochalasin.
  • cytodiagnosis — the diagnosis of disease through the study of cells in the body
  • dancing class — a meeting of a group of student dancers for tuition in dancing
  • dancing shoes — shoes worn by dancers
  • danger signal — any type of signal that indicates danger
  • dangleberries — Plural form of dangleberry.
  • danish pastry — Danish pastries are cakes made from sweet pastry. They are often filled with things such as apple or almond paste.
  • darling downs — a plateau in NE Australia, in SE Queensland: a vast agricultural and stock-raising area
  • das rheingold — an opera by Wagner (1869), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
  • dastardliness — The state or quality of being dastardly.
  • data striping — (storage)   Segmentation of logically sequential data, such as a single file, so that segments can be written to multiple physical devices (usually disk drives) in a round-robin fashion. This technique is useful if the processor is capable of reading or writing data faster than a single disk can supply or accept it. While data is being transferred from the first disk, the second disk can locate the next segment. Data striping is used in some modern databases, such as Sybase, and in certain RAID devices under hardware control, such as IBM's RAMAC array subsystem (9304/9395). Data striping is different from, and may be used in conjunction with, mirroring.
  • day blindness — hemeralopia.
  • deaccessioned — Simple past tense and past participle of deaccession.
  • decahistidine — An oligopeptide consisting of ten histidine moieties.
  • decapitations — Plural form of decapitation.
  • deceitfulness — given to deceiving: A deceitful person cannot keep friends for long.
  • decentralised — Simple past tense and past participle of decentralise.
  • decentralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decentralize.
  • deceptiveness — apt or tending to deceive: The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.
  • deciduousness — The state or condition of being deciduous; the quality of trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.
  • decision time — a time at which an important decision must be taken
  • decision tree — a treelike diagram illustrating the choices available to a decision maker, each possible decision and its estimated outcome being shown as a separate branch of the tree
  • decisionmaker — One who makes decisions.
  • declassifying — Present participle of declassify.
  • declinometers — Plural form of declinometer.
  • decommissions — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decommission.
  • decomposition — Decomposition is the process of decay that takes place when a living thing changes chemically after dying.
  • decompressing — Present participle of decompress.
  • decompression — Decompression is the reduction of the force on something that is caused by the weight of the air.
  • decriminalise — Alternative spelling of decriminalize.
  • deducibleness — The quality of being deducible.
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