12-letter words containing a, c, e, n, d
- cannibalized — Simple past tense and past participle of cannibalize.
- cannonballed — Simple past tense and past participle of cannonball.
- cantilevered — A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers.
- cape dezhnev — a cape in NE Russia at the E end of Chukchi Peninsula: the northeasternmost point of Asia
- cape nordkyn — a cape in N Norway: the northernmost point of the European mainland
- cape verdean — of or relating to Cape Verde or its inhabitants
- card counter — a casino player who memorizes or records which cards have been played in previous hands in order to calculate the odds on receiving winning cards or combinations from those remaining to be dealt, the practice often being held as illegal.
- cardinal red — a deep, vivid red colour
- cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
- carrick bend — type of knot
- carunculated — Alternative form of carunculate.
- casehardened — Simple past tense and past participle of caseharden.
- cash advance — an amount of money borrowed as a short-term loan against a salary, credit card, etc
- centerboards — Plural form of centerboard.
- centrolinead — a drafting instrument for drawing lines converging on a vanishing point outside the drawing.
- cerinic acid — cerotic acid.
- chained lady — the constellation Andromeda.
- chalcogenide — a binary compound consisting of a chalcogen and at least one other electropositive element
- chandeliered — having a chandelier
- change hands — to pass from one owner to another
- change round — to place in or adopt a different or opposite position
- changearound — the act of changing to a different position
- cheddar pink — a low, mat-forming European plant, Dianthus gratianopolitanus, of the pink family, having solitary, fragrant, rose-colored flowers with fringed petals.
- cheerleading — the action or skill of a cheerleader.
- chicken head — (graphics, abuse) The Commodore Business Machines logo, which strongly resembles a poultry part. Rendered in ASCII as "C=". With the arguable exception of the Amiga, Commodore's computers are notoriously crocky little bitty boxes (see also PETSCII). Thus, this usage may owe something to Philip K. Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (the basis for the movie "Blade Runner"; the novel is now sold under that title), in which a "chickenhead" is a mutant with below-average intelligence.
- chickenheads — Plural form of chickenhead.
- childbearing — Childbearing is the process of giving birth to babies.
- childrearing — the raising and parenting of children: Childrearing extends beyond simple guardianship to nurturing and guidance.
- chiliahedron — a thousand-sided polyhedron
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- chinese date — an Old World tree, Ziziphus jujuba, thriving in hot, dry regions.
- chord change — a movement from one chord to another
- churchwarden — In the Anglican Church, a churchwarden is the person who has been chosen by a congregation to help the vicar of a parish with administration and other duties.
- cinder patch — a defect on steel caused by the accidental picking up of matter, as from the bottom of a soaking pit.
- cinder track — a racetrack covered with fine cinders
- civilianized — Simple past tense and past participle of civilianize.
- cladogenesis — adaptive evolution leading to a greater variety of species
- cladogenetic — relating to cladogenesis
- clairaudient — the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead.
- claude monet — Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- clean bowled — bowled by a ball that breaks the wicket without hitting the batsman or his bat
- clean-handed — free from wrongdoing; guiltless.
- clean-limbed — having well-proportioned limbs
- closed chain — any structural arrangement, used in the models and formulas of molecules, consisting of a chain of atoms that forms a closed geometric figure; ring
- closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture
- closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
- cloud banner — banner cloud.
- code-sharing — a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows passengers to use a ticket from one airline to travel on another
- codefendants — Plural form of codefendant.
- coincidental — Something that is coincidental is the result of a coincidence and has not been deliberately arranged.