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13-letter words containing o, d, i

  • caxias do sul — a city in S Brazil.
  • cedarwood oil — an aromatic oil obtained from the wood of the red cedar and used in the manufacture of soaps, perfumes, and insecticides.
  • cell division — the division of a cell into two new cells during growth or reproduction
  • centuries-old — hundreds of years old
  • cephaloridine — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
  • ceramic oxide — a compound of oxygen with nonorganic material: recently discovered to act as a high-temperature superconductor
  • chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
  • chicago ridge — a town in NE Illinois.
  • child custody — custody (def 4).
  • child process — (operating system)   A process created by another process (the parent process). Each process may create many child processes but will have only one parent process, except for the very first process which has no parent. The first process, called init in Unix, is started by the kernel at boot time and never terminates. A child process inherits most of its attributes, such as open files, from its parent. In fact in Unix, a child process is created (using fork) as a copy of the parent. The chid process can then overlay itself with a different program (using exec) as required.
  • child prodigy — A child prodigy is a child with a very great talent.
  • child support — If a parent pays child support, they legally have to pay money to help provide things such as food and clothing for a child with whom they no longer live.
  • child version — (system management)   In change management, a configuration item derived by altering another item (its parent version).
  • child-custody — custody (def 4).
  • chilli powder — Chilli powder is a very hot-tasting powder made mainly from dried chillies. It is used in cooking.
  • 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.
  • chlorobromide — a chlorine and bromine compound joined to a metal
  • chlorous acid — an unstable acid that is a strong oxidizing agent. Formula: HClO2
  • chopped liver — cooked liver chopped with onions and hard-boiled eggs and seasoned.
  • chrisom child — a baptized child that dies in its first month.
  • chromhidrosis — the secretion of pigmented sweat.
  • chromic oxide — a bright-green crystalline powder, Cr 2 O 3 , insoluble in water: used in metallurgy and as the pigment chrome green.
  • chronologized — to arrange in chronological order.
  • churn molding — a molding decorated with chevrons.
  • cinco de mayo — May 5, anniversary of the victory of Mexico over French forces at Puebla in 1862: observed by Mexicans and Mexican-Americans
  • circuit board — A circuit board is the same as a printed circuit board.
  • circumduction — the action of turning anything on its axis
  • circumductory — relating to circumduction
  • city dionysia — (in ancient Athens) the chief festival in honor of Dionysus, celebrated in early spring and notable for the performance of dithyrambs, tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays.
  • city of david — Jerusalem. II Sam. 5:6–7.
  • ciudad madero — city in Tamaulipas state, EC Mexico: suburb of Tampico: pop. 160,000
  • clavichordist — Someone who plays the clavichord.
  • clinodiagonal — the diagonal axis of a monoclinic crystal
  • clinopinacoid — (in monoclinic crystals) the plane that is parallel to both the vertical and the inclined lateral axes
  • close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
  • 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.
  • cloth binding — a type of binding in which a book is bound in stiff boards covered with cloth
  • cloud physics — the science of the physical properties and processes of clouds.
  • cloud seeding — any technique of adding material to a cloud to alter its natural development, usually to increase or obtain precipitation.
  • co-ordination — Co-ordination means organizing the activities of two or more groups so that they work together efficiently and know what the others are doing.
  • co-presidency — the state or act of being co-president
  • co-production — a film, play, television programme, etc, produced by two or more people or organizations
  • coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
  • coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
  • coadjutorship — the state of being a coadjutor
  • coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
  • coarsegrained — having a coarse texture
  • coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
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