13-letter words containing o, l, d, m
- chrisom child — a baptized child that dies in its first month.
- churn molding — a molding decorated with chevrons.
- clamp down on — a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
- close-mouthed — Someone who is close-mouthed about something does not say much about it.
- 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.
- clotted cream — Clotted cream is very thick cream made by heating milk gently and taking the cream off the top. It is made mainly in the south west of England.
- cloud chamber — an apparatus for detecting high-energy particles by observing their tracks through a chamber containing a supersaturated vapour. Each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
- 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.
- cold moulding — the production of moulded articles from resins that polymerize chemically
- commodifiable — to turn into a commodity; make commercial.
- 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.
- compiled html — (filename extension) A Microsoft file format for distributing a collection of HTML files, along with their associated images, sounds, etc., as a single compressed archive file. Microsoft use this format for Windows HTML Help files. Most chms include a project (.hhp) file listing the included files and basic settings, a contents (.hhc) file, an index (.hhk) file, html files, and, optionally, image files. Users view chms with hh.exe, the HTML Help viewer installed with Internet Explorer. Filename extension: .chm.
- completedness — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- complexedness — complexity
- complicatedly — composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
- compound leaf — a leaf consisting of two or more leaflets borne on the same leafstalk
- 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
- condylomatous — Relating to condyloma.
- conglomerated — Simple past tense and past participle of conglomerate.
- consimilitude — the quality of resembling or of being mutually alike
- copolymerized — Polymerized, along with another compound, to form a copolymer.
- corn marigold — an annual plant, Chrysanthemum segetum, with yellow daisy-like flower heads: a common weed of cultivated land: family Asteraceae (composites)
- coulomb field — the electrostatic field around an electrically charged body or particle
- countermelody — a secondary melody that accompanies the primary melody
- cream-colored — yellowish-white
- criminal code — the body of laws regulating how crimes are to be punished
- crown molding — decorative ceiling trim
- culloden moor — a moor in NE Scotland, near Inverness: site of the battle that ended the Jacobite Rebellion 1746.
- cumulus cloud — a bulbous or billowing white or dark grey cloud associated with rising air currents
- cycloheximide — a toxic antibiotic that inhibits protein synthesis, used as a fungicide in agriculture
- dactyliomancy — the use of a suspended finger-ring for divination
- dactylomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the fingers or toes.
- 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)
- data modeling — (spelling) US spelling of "data modelling".
- decelerometer — an instrument for measuring deceleration
- decimal point — A decimal point is the dot in front of a decimal fraction.
- declinometers — Plural form of declinometer.
- decompilation — The act, or the result of decompiling.
- deflectometer — An instrument that measures the deflection of structures when loads are applied.
- deformability — Deformability is the degree to which applying a force can make a particle or solid change shape.
- deformational — of or relating to deformation
- delimitations — Plural form of delimitation.
- delivery room — In a hospital, the delivery room is the room where women give birth to their babies.
- demagogically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a demagogue.
- demographical — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
- demolitionist — an act or instance of demolishing.