13-letter words containing d, p, e
- 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.
- 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
- chopped liver — cooked liver chopped with onions and hard-boiled eggs and seasoned.
- chopped steak — ground, cooked beef, usually served as a main course.
- choreographed — You describe an activity involving several people as choreographed when it is arranged but is intended to appear natural.
- church parade — a parade by servicemen or members of a uniformed organization for the purposes of attending religious services
- clapperboards — Plural form of clapperboard.
- close-cropped — Close-cropped hair or grass is cut very short.
- co-dependence — joint dependence between two or more beings
- co-dependency — a state of mutual dependence between two people, esp when one partner relies emotionally on supporting and caring for the other partner
- co-presidency — the state or act of being co-president
- co-respondent — a person cited in divorce proceedings, who is alleged to have committed adultery with the respondent
- code napoleon — the civil code of France, promulgated between 1804 and 1810, comprising the main body of French civil law
- 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.
- coin-operated — (of a machine) operated by the insertion of a coin
- command paper — (in Britain) a government document that is presented to Parliament, in theory by royal command
- commandership — a person who commands.
- compactedness — the state of being compacted
- company grade — military rank applying to army officers below major, as second and first lieutenants and captains.
- compartmented — Divided into compartments.
- compendiously — of or like a compendium; containing the substance of a subject, often an exclusive subject, in a brief form; concise: a compendious history of the world.
- compiled html — (filename extension) A Microsoft file format for distributing a collection of HTML files, along with their associated images, sounds, etc., as a single compressed archive file. Microsoft use this format for Windows HTML Help files. Most chms include a project (.hhp) file listing the included files and basic settings, a contents (.hhc) file, an index (.hhk) file, html files, and, optionally, image files. Users view chms with hh.exe, the HTML Help viewer installed with Internet Explorer. Filename extension: .chm.
- completedness — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- complexedness — complexity
- complicatedly — composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
- componentized — Simple past tense and past participle of componentize.
- compound leaf — a leaf consisting of two or more leaflets borne on the same leafstalk
- compound lens — a lens consisting of more than one component lens
- 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.
- comprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- computer disk — a computer data storage device such as a hard drive or floppy disk
- computer nerd — someone who is inordinately preoccupied with using computers, at the expense of ordinary social skills
- concord grape — a variety of grape with purple-black fruit covered with a bluish bloom
- conidiophores — Plural form of conidiophore.
- contemporised — to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.
- contemporized — Simple past tense and past participle of contemporize.
- copolymerized — Polymerized, along with another compound, to form a copolymer.
- copperheadism — U.S. History. (during the Civil War) the advocacy of peace negotiations to restore the Union to its prewar condition, with continued slavery in the South.
- corespondents — Plural form of corespondent.
- correspondent — A correspondent is a newspaper or television journalist, especially one who specializes in a particular type of news.
- corresponding — parallel; equivalent
- counterpoised — a counterbalancing weight.
- 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.
- coup de poing — (no longer in technical use) a Lower Paleolithic stone hand ax, pointed or ovate in shape and having sharp cutting edges.
- creep-feeding — the practice of feeding young farm animals (esp piglets, calves, and lambs) in a sectioned-off part of their indoor environment, in order to prevent the mother from gaining access to the food
- crepe bandage — a bandage made of light cotton crepe
- crowd pleaser — a person, performance, etc., having great popular appeal.