13-letter words containing nd
- chandrasekhar — Subrahmanyan (ˌsʊbrəˈmænjən). 1910–95, US astronomer born in Lahore, India (now Pakistan). His work on stellar evolution led to an understanding of white dwarfs: shared the Nobel prize for physics 1983
- 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)
- chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
- cherry brandy — a red liqueur made of brandy flavoured with cherries
- chiloe island — an island administered by Chile, off the W coast of South America in the Pacific Ocean: timber. Pop: 154 775 (2002, Chiloé province). Area: 8394 sq km (3240 sq miles)
- chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
- christiansand — former name of Kristiansand.
- cigarette end — the part of a cigarette that is held in the mouth and that remains unsmoked after it is finished
- 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
- cleveland bay — one of the oldest British breeds of clean-legged, light draught farm and carriage horse, originating from Yorkshire
- 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-minded — having a mind firmly unreceptive to new ideas or arguments: It's hard to argue with, much less convince, a closed-minded person.
- cloth binding — a type of binding in which a book is bound in stiff boards covered with cloth
- club sandwich — a sandwich consisting of three or more slices of toast or bread with a filling
- 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-respondent — a person cited in divorce proceedings, who is alleged to have committed adultery with the respondent
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- 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)
- college-bound — intending to go to college
- 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.
- common gender — in English, a noun that is the same whether it is referring to either gender, such as cat, people, spouse.
- common ground — If two people or groups find common ground, they agree about something, especially when they do not agree about other things.
- 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.
- 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 noun — composed of two or more parts, elements, or ingredients: Soap is a compound substance.
- 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.
- concert grand — a full-size grand piano, usually around 7 feet in length
- 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.
- condescending — If you say that someone is condescending, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they talk or behave in a way which shows that they think they are superior to other people.
- condescension — Condescension is condescending behaviour.
- condition out — (programming) A programming technique that prevents a section of code from being executed by putting it in an if statement whose condition is always false. It is often easier to do this than to comment out the code because you don't need to modify the code itself (as you would if commenting out each line individually) or worry about nested comments within the code (as you would if putting nesting comment delimiters around it). For example, in Perl you could write: if (0) { ...code to be ignored... } In a compiled language, the compiler could simply generate no code for the whole if statement. Some compiled languages such as C provide compile-time directives that achieve the same effect, e.g.: #if 0 ...code to be ignored... #endif (or "#ifdef notdef").
- 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.
- conduciveness — tending to produce; contributive; helpful; favorable (usually followed by to): Good eating habits are conducive to good health.
- conduct sheet — a form for detailing information about a person's offences and punishments