12-letter words containing a, b, d, i, c, n
- grecian bend — (especially in the late 19th century) a posture or walk, often considered fashionable, in which the body is bent forward from the waist.
- handicapable — (politically correct) disabled or handicapped.
- increditable — (rare) Incapable of being believed; not creditable.
- indeclinable — not capable of being declined; having no inflected forms: used especially of a word belonging to a form class most of whose members are declined, as the Latin adjective decem, “ten.”.
- indian cobra — a highly venomous cobra, Naja naja, common in India, having markings resembling a pair of spectacles on the back of the hood.
- ineradicable — not eradicable; not capable of being eradicated, rooted out, or completely removed.
- ineradicably — not eradicable; not capable of being eradicated, rooted out, or completely removed.
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- nonadiabatic — (of a physical reaction) not adiabatic or not occurring without heat loss or gain
- notice board — bulletin board for displaying public messages
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
- radio beacon — a radio station that sends a characteristic signal so as to enable ships or airplanes to determine their position or bearing by means of a radio compass.
- radio-carbon — Also called carbon 14. a radioactive isotope of carbon with mass number 14 and a half-life of about 5730 years: widely used in the dating of organic materials.
- sandwich bar — a place where sandwiches are sold
- scuba diving — deep-sea swimming
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- technobandit — a person who steals technological secrets, as from the government or a place of employment, and sells them to agents of foreign governments or to competing firms.
- uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- uncreditable — of ignoble character
- unfabricated — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- wildcat bank — a bank that issued notes without adequate security in the period before the establishment of the national banking system in 1864.