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12-letter words containing a, c, e, r, t, d

  • propaedeutic — pertaining to or of the nature of preliminary instruction.
  • pteroic acid — a crystalline acid found in spinach
  • quadrisected — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect.
  • quarterdecks — Plural form of quarterdeck.
  • radar picket — a ship, vehicle, or aircraft stationed at a distance from a protected force to increase radar detection range.
  • radical left — the faction representing extreme left-wing political views, often Marxist or Maoist in ideology.
  • radiesthetic — of or relating to radiesthesia
  • radiomimetic — (of drugs) producing effects similar to those produced by X-rays
  • ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
  • re-educative — of or relating to re-education
  • reaccredited — to ascribe or attribute to (usually followed by with): He was accredited with having said it.
  • reacquainted — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
  • readjudicate — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
  • readmittance — the act or process of admitting someone or something again
  • recalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • reciprocated — to give, feel, etc., in return.
  • recirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
  • redecoration — something used for decorating; adornment; embellishment: The gymnasium was adorned with posters and crepe-paper decorations for the dance.
  • rededication — the act of dedicating.
  • res judicata — a thing adjudicated; a case that has been decided.
  • resyndicated — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
  • revictualled — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
  • rocket salad — rocket2 (def 2).
  • rocket-salad — any of various plants belonging to the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family, and related genera. Compare dame's rocket.
  • romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
  • sacred heart — the physical heart of Jesus, to which special devotion is offered as a symbol of His love and redemptive sacrifice.
  • sacred lotus — Indian lotus.
  • sand cricket — Jerusalem cricket.
  • scared stiff — terrified
  • scout leader — the leader of a troop of Scouts
  • screw thread — Also called worm. the helical ridge of a screw.
  • self-created — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
  • shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
  • snake doctor — South Midland and Southern U.S. a dragonfly.
  • spermaticide — spermicide.
  • spermatocide — spermicide.
  • star-crossed — thwarted or opposed by the stars; ill-fated: star-crossed lovers.
  • starchedness — the condition or quality of being starched
  • stated clerk — an administrative official in the Presbyterian Church and certain other Protestant churches
  • stearic acid — a colorless, waxlike, sparingly water-soluble, odorless solid, C 1 8 H 3 6 O 2 , the most common fatty acid, occurring as the glyceride in tallow and other animal fats and in some animal oils: used chiefly in the manufacture of soaps, stearates, candles, cosmetics, and in medicine in suppositories and pill coatings.
  • stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
  • straddleback — astride, on horseback
  • strait-laced — excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors.
  • student card — a card verifying somebody's identity as a university student and entitling them to services, discounts, etc
  • sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
  • teacher bird — the ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, a songbird that builds a nest shaped like a dome.
  • terebic acid — an acid, C 7 H 10 O 4 , formed by the oxidation of certain terpenes and historically important in the discovery of the structures of many terpenes.
  • tetradactyly — the condition of having four fingers or toes
  • tetradrachma — a silver coin of ancient Greece, equal to four drachmas.
  • the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
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