13-letter words containing r, d, a
- 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.
- costardmonger — a costermonger
- costochondral — (anatomy) Relating to ribs and cartilage.
- costume drama — any theatrical production, film, television presentation, etc, in which the performers wear the costumes of a former age
- côtes-d'armor — a department of W France, on the N coast of Brittany. Capital: St Brieuc. Pop: 553 969 (2003 est). Area: 6878 sq km (2656 sq miles)
- count towards — If something counts towards or counts toward an achievement or right, it is included as one of the things that give you the right to it.
- counterdemand — a demand made in response to another demand
- countermanded — Simple past tense and past participle of countermand.
- countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
- country dance — a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets and perform a series of movements, esp facing one another in a line
- country-dance — a dance of rural English origin in which the dancers form circles or squares or in which they face each other in two rows.
- coup de grace — A coup de grace is an action or event which finally destroys something, for example an institution, which has been gradually growing weaker.
- courtesy card — a privilege card
- covent garden — a district of central London: famous for its former fruit, vegetable, and flower market, now a shopping precinct
- covered wagon — A covered wagon is a wagon that has an arched canvas roof and is pulled by horses. Covered wagons were used by the early American settlers as they travelled across the country.
- crack of dawn — the very instant that the sun rises
- crack of doom — doomsday; the end of the world; the Day of Judgment
- cracked wheat — whole wheat cracked between rollers so that it will cook more quickly
- cradle scythe — cradle (def 4b).
- cranial index — the ratio of the greatest length to the greatest width of the cranium, multiplied by 100: used in comparative anthropology
- crash landing — aircraft: emergency descent
- cream-colored — yellowish-white
- credentialing — Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form: Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.
- credentialism — a tendency to value formal qualifications, esp at the expense of competence and experience
- credentialled — having credentials
- credit agency — an agency that checks whether people are able to pay for goods and services they wish to buy on credit, and provides them with a credit rating
- credit bureau — an agency that is a clearinghouse for information on the credit rating of individuals or firms
- credit rating — Your credit rating is a judgment of how likely you are to pay money back if you borrow it or buy things on credit.
- creditability — bringing or deserving credit, honor, reputation, or esteem.
- crepe bandage — a bandage made of light cotton crepe
- criminal code — the body of laws regulating how crimes are to be punished
- cross-grained — (of timber) having the fibres arranged irregularly or in a direction that deviates from the axis of the piece
- crotonic acid — type of colourless acid
- crowd on sail — to hoist as much sail as possible
- 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.
- cruel-hearted — having a cruel heart; lacking kindness, compassion, etc.
- crystalloidal — Relating to a crystalloid.
- cup and cover — a turning used in Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture and resembling a goblet with a domed cover.
- cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
- cupid's arrow — one of the arrows that Cupid is supposed to fire from his bow, which cause the person struck to fall in love
- custard apple — a West Indian tree, Annona reticulata: family Annonaceae
- custard cream — a biscuit consisting of two layers with a filling of vanilla-flavoured paste
- customer data — Customer data is information held on file about customers by a store or other business, usually including names, contact details, and buying habits.
- cut and dried — If you say that a situation or solution is cut and dried, you mean that it is clear and definite.
- cut-and-cover — designating a method of constructing a tunnel by excavating a cutting to the required depth and then backfilling the excavation over the tunnel roof
- cut-and-dried — prepared or settled in advance; not needing much thought or discussion: a cut-and-dried decision.
- cut-card work — silver leaf cut in shapes and soldered to a silver vessel.