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13-letter words that end in de

  • gold chloride — a yellow to red, water-soluble compound, AuCl 3 , used chiefly in photography, gilding ceramic ware and glass, and in the manufacture of purple of Cassius.
  • heptaselenide — (chemistry) any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule.
  • hydrochloride — a salt, especially of an alkaloid, formed by the direct union of hydrochloric acid with an organic base that makes the organic constituent more soluble.
  • hydroperoxide — any chemical compound having the general formula, ROOH, where R is an element or an organic group.
  • hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
  • industry-wide — from, covering, or affecting an entire industry: industrywide profits.
  • kangaroo code — spaghetti code
  • language code — (human language, standard)   A set of standard names and abbreviations maintained by ISO for identifying human languages, natural and invented, past and present. Each language has a list of English and French names and an ISO 639-2 three-letter code. Some also have an ISO 639-1 two-letter code. The list even includes the Klingon language from the Star Trek science fiction series. There are also country codes.
  • lantern slide — a slide or transparency for projection by a slide projector or magic lantern.
  • lead monoxide — litharge.
  • let sth slide — If you let something slide, you allow it to get into a worse state or condition by not attending to it.
  • lines of code — (programming, unit)   (LOC) A common measure of the size or progress of a programming project. For example, one can describe a completed project as consisting of 100,000 LOC; or one can characterise a week's progress as 5000 LOC. Using LOC as a metric of progress encourages programmers to reinvent the wheel or split their code into lots of short lines.
  • lithium oxide — a white powder, Li 2 O, with strong alkaline properties: used in ceramics and glass.
  • managed trade — a system whereby the government sets and specifies trade targets and policies
  • material mode — the normal use of language that refers to extra-linguistic subjects without explicit mention of the words themselves. Fido is a dog is in the material mode, while "Fido" is a dog's name is in the formal mode
  • mean latitude — the latitude of the point that is midway between two parallels on the same side of the equator.
  • mesityl oxide — an oily, colorless liquid, C 6 H 1 0 O, having a honeylike odor: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of synthetic organic compounds.
  • mills grenade — a type of high-explosive grenade weighing about 1.5 pounds (0.7 kg).
  • monoglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of one hydroxyl group with a fatty acid.
  • nitroprusside — (inorganic chemistry) Any salt, of the hypothetical nitroprussic acid, that contains a pentacyanonitrosylferrate anion.
  • nitrous oxide — a colorless, sweet-smelling, sweet-tasting, nonflammable, slightly water-soluble gas, N 2 O, that sometimes produces a feeling of exhilaration when inhaled: used chiefly as an anesthetic in dentistry and surgery, in the manufacture of chemicals, and as an aerosol.
  • on the inside — in a position allowing access to secret information, special advantage or favor, etc.
  • overmultitude — to exceed in number
  • park and ride — a municipal system that provides free parking for suburban commuters at an outlying terminus of a bus or rail line.
  • park-and-ride — a municipal system that provides free parking for suburban commuters at an outlying terminus of a bus or rail line.
  • perigean tide — an ocean tide that occurs in the spring, when the moon is at its perigee.
  • phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
  • pico de teide — Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
  • port adelaide — the chief port of South Australia, near Adelaide on St Vincent Gulf. Pop: 33 145 (2006)
  • portrait mode — an orientation that is vertical rather than horizontal
  • post-actinide — transactinide
  • queen's guide — (in Britain and the Commonwealth when the sovereign is female) a Guide who has passed the highest tests of proficiency
  • railway guide — a publication containing routes and timetables for train journeys
  • reserve-grade — denoting a sporting team of the second rank in a club
  • rifle grenade — a grenade designed to be fired from a grenade launcher attached to the muzzle of a rifle or carbine.
  • schadenfreude — satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
  • semicarbazide — an organic nitrogen compound derived from urea
  • seventh grade — school year: age 12-13
  • silver halide — a compound in which silver is combined with a halogen, as silver chloride, bromide, or iodide.
  • silver iodide — a pale-yellow, water-insoluble solid, AgI, which darkens on exposure to light: used chiefly in medicine, photography, and artificial rainmaking.
  • sodium iodide — a colorless or white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble solid, NaI, used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions, in organic synthesis, and as a disinfectant in veterinary medicine.
  • stannic oxide — a white, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, SnO 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of ceramic glazes and glass, and of polishing powders for metal, glass, and marble.
  • stem the tide — prevent sth increasing
  • sulfanilamide — a white, crystalline amide of sulfanilic acid, C 6 H 8 N 2 O 2 S, formerly used in the treatment of bacterial infections: replaced by its derivatives and by antibiotics.
  • symbolic code — a program code unrelated to the hardware of a particular computer and requiring conversion to the code used by the computer before the program can be used.
  • terbium oxide — an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
  • tetrachloride — a chloride containing four atoms of chlorine.
  • tetrafluoride — a fluoride containing four fluorine atoms.
  • the east side — the east side of Manhattan Island in New York City
  • the multitude — the common people
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