13-letter words containing o, r, d
- chef-d'oeuvre — a masterpiece
- chicago ridge — a town in NE Illinois.
- 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).
- chilli powder — Chilli powder is a very hot-tasting powder made mainly from dried chillies. It is used in cooking.
- chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
- 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
- chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
- chopped liver — cooked liver chopped with onions and hard-boiled eggs and seasoned.
- choreographed — You describe an activity involving several people as choreographed when it is arranged but is intended to appear natural.
- chowderheaded — like a chowderhead; foolish
- 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.
- church of god — any of numerous Protestant denominations that stress personal conversion, sanctification, the imminent return of Jesus Christ, baptism by immersion, and, among some, speaking in tongues.
- churn molding — a molding decorated with chevrons.
- 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
- ciudad madero — city in Tamaulipas state, EC Mexico: suburb of Tampico: pop. 160,000
- clapperboards — Plural form of clapperboard.
- clavichordist — Someone who plays the clavichord.
- close-cropped — Close-cropped hair or grass is cut very short.
- close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
- closed source — intellectual property, esp computer source code, that is not made available to the general public by its creators
- 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
- 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
- co-respondent — a person cited in divorce proceedings, who is alleged to have committed adultery with the respondent
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- 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
- coast redwood — the redwood, Sequoia sempervirens.
- cochlear duct — a spiral tube enclosed in the bony canal of the cochlea.
- cod-liver oil — Cod liver oil is a thick yellow oil which is given as a medicine, especially to children, because it is full of vitamins A and D.
- coeur d'alene — a member of an Indian people in N Idaho around Coeur d'Alene Lake.
- coeur de lion — Richard I, meaning “lionhearted.”.
- coffin dodger — an old person
- coin-operated — (of a machine) operated by the insertion of a coin
- 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.