13-letter words containing o, l, d, n
- convalidation — In Roman Catholic canon law, the making of a putative marriage valid following the removal of some impediment.
- cooling board — a plank for laying out a corpse.
- core handling — Core handling is the way that a core is dealt with to make sure it maintains its properties for testing.
- coresidential — relating to joint residency
- corn marigold — an annual plant, Chrysanthemum segetum, with yellow daisy-like flower heads: a common weed of cultivated land: family Asteraceae (composites)
- cornfield ant — a small, brown ant, Lasius alienus, that lives in cornfields and feeds on honeydew of the corn-root aphid.
- cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
- costochondral — (anatomy) Relating to ribs and cartilage.
- countermelody — a secondary melody that accompanies the primary melody
- countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
- 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
- credulousness — willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullible.
- criminal code — the body of laws regulating how crimes are to be punished
- crowd control — the management of crowds at sporting events, demonstrations, etc, to prevent trouble
- crowd on sail — to hoist as much sail as possible
- crown molding — decorative ceiling trim
- culdocentesis — (medicine) A diagnostic procedure in which fluid from the rectouterine pouch is extracted, via the vagina, using a needle.
- culloden moor — a moor in NE Scotland, near Inverness: site of the battle that ended the Jacobite Rebellion 1746.
- cycloaddition — a type of pericyclic chemical reaction
- cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
- 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.
- danseur noble — a male dancer suited for certain heroic, or noble, roles by virtue of his exceptional grace, technique, and strength
- 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
- data modeling — (spelling) US spelling of "data modelling".
- deacetylation — to remove the acetyl group from (an organic compound).
- dean of guild — the titular head of the guild or merchant company in a Scots burgh, who formerly exercised jurisdiction over all building in the burgh in the Dean of Guild Court
- decarbonylate — to remove the carbonyl group from (an organic compound).
- decimal point — A decimal point is the dot in front of a decimal fraction.
- declinational — Relating to declination.
- declinometers — Plural form of declinometer.
- decolonialize — decolonize.
- decompilation — The act, or the result of decompiling.
- deconflicting — Present participle of deconflict.
- deconfliction — The act or process of deconflicting.
- deconvolution — A process of resolving something into its constituent elements or removing complication in order to clarify it.
- deculturation — to cause the loss or abandonment of culture or cultural characteristics of (a people, society, etc.).
- deduplication — (computing) The elimination of redundant duplicate data.
- defloration's — the act of deflowering.
- deformational — of or relating to deformation
- deglutination — to extract the gluten from.
- degradational — (geology) Pertaining to or formed by degradation.
- degranulation — a cellular process in which cytoplasmic granules within certain cells secrete their contents, often to the outside of the cell
- 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.
- deliriousness — The characteristic of being delirious.
- delivery note — a document that accompanies a delivery of goods
- demolitionist — an act or instance of demolishing.