12-letter words containing a, c, d, e
- affectionado — Misspelling of aficionado.
- affranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of affranchise.
- aide-de-camp — An aide-de-camp is an officer in the armed forces who helps an officer of higher rank.
- air cylinder — a cylinder containing air, esp one fitted with a piston and used for damping purposes
- airport code — a three-letter abbreviation of the names of the world's major airports, used especially as an identifier for routing baggage.
- ambitendency — ambivalence, especially when acted out; a tendency to contradictory behavior arising from conflicting impulses.
- americanized — If someone is Americanized, they do things in a way that is typical of the United States.
- anapodeictic — (rare, rhetoric) not able to be shown or proved by argument; undemonstrable.
- androcentric — having or regarding man or the male sex as central or primary
- androgenetic — related to androgenesis
- anecdotalism — an inclination to relate anecdotes
- antecedental — preceding; prior: an antecedent event.
- antecedently — in an antecedent manner
- antiacademic — opposed to education
- anticathodes — Plural form of anticathode.
- antidiabetic — a drug which acts against diabetes
- antidiuretic — (of a hormone, treatment, etc) acting on the kidneys to control water excretion
- antiperiodic — efficacious against recurring attacks of a disease
- apache dance — a fast violent dance in French vaudeville, supposedly between a Parisian gangster and his girl
- aperiodicity — not periodic; irregular.
- apodeictical — Apodeictic.
- appendectomy — the surgical removal of the vermiform appendix
- appendencies — attached or suspended; annexed.
- appendicitis — Appendicitis is an illness in which a person's appendix is infected and painful.
- appendicular — relating to an appendage or appendicle
- archdeaconry — the office, rank, or duties of an archdeacon
- archdiocesan — Relating to an archdiocese.
- archdioceses — Plural form of archdiocese.
- arched truss — a truss having an archlike form but unlike a true arch in that it is free to move horizontally at its base, as in expanding or contracting because of temperature changes.
- archiannelid — (zoology) Any member of the Archiannelida.
- arden-arcade — suburb of Sacramento, in central Calif.: pop. 96,000
- armada chest — an iron or iron-bound strongbox of the 17th or 18th century.
- armed forces — The armed forces or the armed services of a country are its military forces, usually the army, navy, marines, and air force.
- armoured car — a fast lightly armed and armoured vehicle, mainly used for reconnaissance
- arsenic acid — a white poisonous soluble crystalline solid used in the manufacture of arsenates and insecticides. Formula: H3AsO4
- art director — a person responsible for the sets and costumes in a film
- artiodactyle — (zoology) One of the Artiodactyla, a group of ungulates.
- asclepiadean — of or relating to a type of classical verse line consisting of a spondee, two or three choriambs, and an iamb
- ash-coloured — silver-grey in colour
- auctioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of auctioneer.
- autodestruct — likely to or possessing the power to destroy or obliterate itself or its possessor
- bachelor pad — a flat in which a bachelor lives
- bachelorhood — the state of being a bachelor.
- back-stabbed — to attempt to discredit (a person) by underhanded means, as innuendo, accusation, or the like.
- back-stopped — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- backgrounded — Simple past tense and past participle of background.
- backgrounder — A backgrounder is a short article in a newspaper or magazine that provides background information about a particular subject.
- backhandedly — In a backhanded manner.
- backpedaling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
- backpedalled — (AU, NZ, British) Simple past tense and past participle of backpedal.