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13-letter words containing t, e, n, d

  • cased edition — a hardback book sold in a protective box that is open at one edge so that you can see the spine of the book
  • casement door — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
  • cat and mouse — Also called cat and rat. a children's game in which players in a circle keep a player from moving into or out of the circle and permit a second player to move into or out of the circle to escape the pursuing first player.
  • cat-and-mouse — denoting a fight or contest in which participants attempt to confuse or deceive each other in a cruel or teasing way, esp before a final act of cruelty or unkindness
  • center around — to have as a central point, focus of attention, etc.
  • center spread — the pair of pages facing each other at the center of a magazine or newspaper, printed and made up as a single unit.
  • centerfielder — (baseball) A player in the centerfield position.
  • central india — a former political agency in central India uniting various native states and subordinate agencies: now incorporated into Madhya Pradesh.
  • centre ground — the nominal space in the political spectrum that is neither right or left
  • centre spread — the pair of two facing pages in the middle of a magazine, newspaper, etc, often illustrated
  • centuries-old — hundreds of years old
  • chateaubriand — François René (frɑ̃swa rəne), Vicomte de Chateaubriand. 1768–1848, French writer and statesman: a precursor of the romantic movement in France; his works include Le Génie du Christianisme (1802) and Mémoires d'outre-tombe (1849–50)
  • child benefit — In Britain, child benefit is an amount of money paid weekly by the state to families for each of their children.
  • cigarette end — the part of a cigarette that is held in the mouth and that remains unsmoked after it is finished
  • circumstanced — simple past tense and past participle of circumstance.
  • citizens band — a two-way radio service (Citizens Radio Service) licensed by the FCC to a U.S. citizen for short-distance personal or business communications between fixed or mobile stations. Abbreviation: CB.
  • clandestinely — characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious: Their clandestine meetings went undiscovered for two years.
  • clandestinity — secrecy; the quality of being clandestine
  • close at hand — lying in the near future or vicinity; nearby or imminent.
  • close-at-hand — lying in the near future or vicinity; nearby or imminent.
  • 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.
  • cloven-footed — having split hoofs, once assumed to represent the halves of a single undivided hoof, as in cattle.
  • co-respondent — a person cited in divorce proceedings, who is alleged to have committed adultery with the respondent
  • coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
  • code position — (character)   An integer that a coded character set maps to a character. A code position is normally stored or transmitted by applying a character encoding to turn it into a byte string.
  • codeclination — the astronomical coordinate complementary to the declination
  • codeswitching — Alternative form of code-switching.
  • coeducational — A coeducational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
  • coin-operated — (of a machine) operated by the insertion of a coin
  • collectedness — The state or quality of being collected.
  • colored stone — any gemstone, colored or colorless, other than a diamond.
  • commaundement — Obsolete spelling of commandment.
  • commendations — the act of commending; recommendation; praise: commendation for a job well done.
  • commensurated — Simple past tense and past participle of commensurate.
  • commented out — comment out
  • committedness — The state or condition of being committed; commitment.
  • compactedness — the state of being compacted
  • compartmented — Divided into compartments.
  • completedness — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • componentized — Simple past tense and past participle of componentize.
  • compound time — compound meter
  • compound tone — (in acoustic analysis) a sound composed of several sinusoidal waveforms superimposed upon one main one
  • comprehendeth — Archaic third-person singular form of comprehend.
  • computer nerd — someone who is inordinately preoccupied with using computers, at the expense of ordinary social skills
  • conceitedness — having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.
  • concert grand — a full-size grand piano, usually around 7 feet in length
  • concertedness — the state of being concerted
  • condemnations — Plural form of condemnation.
  • condensations — Plural form of condensation.
  • condescendent — to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity.
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