13-letter words containing r, a, d, i, o, c
- cornfield ant — a small, brown ant, Lasius alienus, that lives in cornfields and feeds on honeydew of the corn-root aphid.
- countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
- 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
- crystalloidal — Relating to a crystalloid.
- 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
- cutting board — A cutting board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
- cyberchondria — unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites
- cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
- dairy factory — a factory making butter, cheese, lactose, etc from milk collected from surrounding farming areas
- dairy produce — food derived from or containing milk and its derivatives
- dark reaction — the stage of photosynthesis involving the reduction of carbon dioxide and the dissociation of water, using chemical energy stored in ATP: does not require the presence of light
- decarbonating — Present participle of decarbonate.
- decarbonation — to remove carbon dioxide from.
- decarbonizing — Present participle of decarbonize.
- decerebration — Surgery. to remove the cerebrum.
- dechorionated — (biology) From which the chorion has been removed.
- decisionmaker — One who makes decisions.
- decorticating — Present participle of decorticate.
- decortication — the act or process of decorticating.
- decrepitation — to roast or calcine (salt, minerals, etc.) so as to cause crackling or until crackling ceases.
- deculturation — to cause the loss or abandonment of culture or cultural characteristics of (a people, society, etc.).
- demochristian — a member or supporter of a Christian democratic party or movement
- democratizing — Present participle of democratize.
- demographical — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
- dendrological — Of, pertaining to dendrology.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- deprecatorily — In a deprecatory manner.
- depreciations — Plural form of depreciation.
- dermatotropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- deromanticize — to remove the romantic, ideal, or heroic aura from.
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- dextrocardiac — a person whose heart is on the right side of his or her chest
- diaphoretical — Alternative form of diaphoretic.
- diazo process — a method for printing on paper treated with a diazo compound that disintegrates upon exposure to light and developing the unexposed areas by the use of diazo dyes.
- dictatorially — In a dictatorial manner.
- dictatorships — Plural form of dictatorship.
- diffractogram — An image produced by a diffractometer.
- dioristically — in a dioristic manner
- diprotic acid — any acid with two hydrogen atoms in its molecule that are capable of being released or ionized in water, such as sulphuric acid and carbonic acid
- direct action — any action seeking to achieve an immediate or direct result, especially an action against an established authority or powerful institution, as a strike or picketing.
- direct labour — work that is an essential part of a production process or the provision of a service
- directionally — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- directorially — In terms of film direction.
- discographies — Plural form of discography.
- discoloration — the act or fact of discoloring or the state of being discolored.
- discordianism — (recreation) /dis-kor'di-*n-ism/ The veneration of Eris, also known as Discordia; widely popular among hackers. Discordianism was popularised by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson's novel "Illuminatus!" as a sort of self-subverting Dada-Zen for Westerners - it should on no account be taken seriously but is far more serious than most jokes. Consider, for example, the Fifth Commandment of the Pentabarf, from "Principia Discordia": "A Discordian is Prohibited of Believing What he Reads." Discordianism is usually connected with an elaborate conspiracy theory/joke involving millennia-long warfare between the anarcho-surrealist partisans of Eris and a malevolent, authoritarian secret society called the Illuminati. See Religion, Church of the SubGenius, and ha ha only serious.
- discount card — a card that entitles the holder to buy goods from a seller at a discount