13-letter words containing o, l, d, e, s
- close-cropped — Close-cropped hair or grass is cut very short.
- close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
- close-mouthed — Someone who is close-mouthed about something does not say much about it.
- closed season — The closed season is the period of the year when it is prohibited to kill certain types of animal or fish.
- closed source — intellectual property, esp computer source code, that is not made available to the general public by its creators
- 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 system — a region that is isolated from its surroundings by a boundary that admits no transfer of matter or energy across it.
- 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.
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- coalesced sum — (theory) (Or "smash sum") In domain theory, the coalesced sum of domains A and B, A (+) B, contains all the non-bottom elements of both domains, tagged to show which part of the sum they come from, and a new bottom element. D (+) E = { bottom(D(+)E) } U { (0,d) | d in D, d /= bottom(D) } U { (1,e) | e in E, e /= bottom(E) } The bottoms of the constituent domains are coalesced into a single bottom in the sum. This may be generalised to any number of domains. The ordering is bottom(D(+)E) <= v For all v in D(+)E (i,v1) <= (j,v2) iff i = j & v1 <= v2 "<=" is usually written as LaTeX \sqsubseteq and "(+)" as LaTeX \oplus - a "+" in a circle.
- coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
- cold shoulder — If one person gives another the cold shoulder, they behave towards them in an unfriendly way, to show them that they do not care about them or that they want them to go away.
- cold-shoulder — to snub; show indifference to.
- collectedness — The state or quality of being collected.
- collectivised — Simple past tense and past participle of collectivise.
- colored stone — any gemstone, colored or colorless, other than a diamond.
- compendiously — of or like a compendium; containing the substance of a subject, often an exclusive subject, in a brief form; concise: a compendious history of the world.
- completedness — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- complexedness — complexity
- compound lens — a lens consisting of more than one component lens
- comradeliness — the quality of being comradely
- comstock lode — an extensive gold and silver vein in W Nevada, near Virginia City
- considerately — showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.
- consideringly — in a considering manner
- consimilitude — the quality of resembling or of being mutually alike
- consolidative — Tending or having power to consolidate.
- constrainedly — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
- consuetudinal — According to custom; customary; usual.
- coresidential — relating to joint residency
- cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
- costa del sol — coast region of S Spain, on the Mediterranean, east of Gibraltar: site of many resorts
- credulousness — willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullible.
- crowd pleaser — a person, performance, etc., having great popular appeal.
- crowd-pleaser — If you describe a performer, politician, or sports player as a crowd-pleaser, you mean they always please their audience. You can also describe an action or event as a crowd-pleaser.
- culdocentesis — (medicine) A diagnostic procedure in which fluid from the rectouterine pouch is extracted, via the vagina, using a needle.
- cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
- 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.
- dame's violet — a Eurasian hairy perennial plant, Hesperis matronalis, cultivated in gardens for its mauve or white fragrant flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- danseur noble — a male dancer suited for certain heroic, or noble, roles by virtue of his exceptional grace, technique, and strength
- das rheingold — an opera by Wagner (1869), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- decarboxylase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of carbon dioxide from a compound
- declinometers — Plural form of declinometer.
- deely boppers — hairband with two bobbing antennae-like attachments
- defloration's — the act of deflowering.
- deleteriously — In a deleterious manner; harmfully.
- deliberations — formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
- deliciousness — highly pleasing to the senses, especially to taste or smell: a delicious dinner; a delicious aroma.
- delimitations — Plural form of delimitation.