13-letter words containing n, a, c, o, d
- city dionysia — (in ancient Athens) the chief festival in honor of Dionysus, celebrated in early spring and notable for the performance of dithyrambs, tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays.
- clamp down on — a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
- clinodiagonal — the diagonal axis of a monoclinic crystal
- clinopinacoid — (in monoclinic crystals) the plane that is parallel to both the vertical and the inclined lateral axes
- 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.
- close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
- closed season — The closed season is the period of the year when it is prohibited to kill certain types of animal or fish.
- 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.
- 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.
- coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- coarsegrained — having a coarse texture
- coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
- cocos islands — a group of 27 coral islands in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Java: a Territory of Australia since 1955. Pop: 596 (2010). Area: 13 sq km (5 sq miles)
- code napoleon — the civil code of France, promulgated between 1804 and 1810, comprising the main body of French civil law
- codeclination — the astronomical coordinate complementary to the declination
- coeducational — A coeducational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
- coeur d'alene — a member of an Indian people in N Idaho around Coeur d'Alene Lake.
- coin-operated — (of a machine) operated by the insertion of a coin
- come in handy — If something comes in handy, it is useful in a particular situation.
- command paper — (in Britain) a government document that is presented to Parliament, in theory by royal command
- commandeering — Present participle of commandeer.
- commandership — a person who commands.
- 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.
- compactedness — the state of being compacted
- companionhood — companionship
- company grade — military rank applying to army officers below major, as second and first lieutenants and captains.
- compartmented — Divided into compartments.
- compound leaf — a leaf consisting of two or more leaflets borne on the same leafstalk
- comradeliness — the quality of being comradely
- concert grand — a full-size grand piano, usually around 7 feet in length
- concord coach — a 19th-cent. type of stagecoach used by early settlers of the western U.S.
- concord grape — a variety of grape with purple-black fruit covered with a bluish bloom
- condemnations — Plural form of condemnation.
- condensations — Plural form of condensation.
- conditionable — able to be conditioned
- conditionally — imposing, containing, subject to, or depending on a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or allowed on certain terms: conditional acceptance.
- condylomatous — Relating to condyloma.
- confederacies — Plural form of confederacy.
- confederating — Present participle of confederate.
- confederation — A confederation is an organization or group consisting of smaller groups or states, especially one that exists for business or political purposes.
- confederative — of confederates or a confederation
- confusticated — Simple past tense and past participle of confusticate.
- conglomerated — Simple past tense and past participle of conglomerate.
- conglutinated — Simple past tense and past participle of conglutinate.
- congratulated — to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
- conquistadors — Plural form of conquistador.