12-letter words containing a, c, r, i, d
- auctioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of auctioneer.
- bacteria bed — a layer of sand or gravel used to expose sewage effluent, in its final stages, to air and the action of microorganisms
- bactericidal — any substance capable of killing bacteria.
- bactericides — Plural form of bactericide.
- bacteriocide — Alternative form of bactericide.
- barn dancing — the act of performing a progressive round country dance
- barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
- basidiocarps — Plural form of basidiocarp.
- battery acid — acid used in batteries, esp car batteries
- billiard cue — a long cue used for playing billiards
- bird fancier — a person who keeps, breeds, or sells birds
- bird watcher — a person who identifies and observes birds in their natural habitat as a recreation.
- bird-watcher — A bird-watcher is a person whose hobby is watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
- black friday — the day after the US Thanksgiving Day in late November, regarded as the start of the Christmas shopping season
- blackbirding — a common European thrush, Turdus merula, the male of which is black with a yellow bill.
- bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
- braggadocios — empty boasting; bragging.
- breakdancing — a type of vigorous dance
- brevicaudate — having a short tail.
- bridge chair — a lightweight folding chair, often part of a set of matching chairs and bridge table.
- broadcasting — Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.
- butyric acid — type of acid
- calendar api — Calendar Application Programming Interface
- calligraphed — Simple past tense and past participle of calligraph.
- calling card — A calling card is a small card with personal information about you on it, such as your name and address, which you can give to people when you go to visit them.
- camaraderies — comradeship; good-fellowship.
- campodeiform — resembling insects of the genus Campodea
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- cantharidian — cantharidal
- cantilevered — A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers.
- caproic acid — oily acid found in milk
- captive-bred — bred in captivity
- car industry — the industry concerned with the manufacture and selling of automobiles
- carbonadoing — Present participle of carbonado.
- card surfing — a form of cash-card fraud in which one person watches another using a cash dispenser, notes his or her personal identification number, and, after an accomplice has stolen the card, uses the card to withdraw cash
- cardan joint — type of universal joint
- cardigan bay — an inlet of St George's Channel, on the W coast of Wales
- cardinal red — a deep, vivid red colour
- cardinal sin — If you describe an action as a cardinal sin, you are indicating that some people strongly disapprove of it.
- cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
- cardinalfish — any of the perchlike fishes of the family Apogonidae, many species of which are bright red with black markings.
- cardinalship — The office (or term of office) of a cardinal.
- cardioactive — of or relating to a drug or other substance affecting the function of the heart.
- cardiographs — Plural form of cardiograph.
- cardiography — electrocardiograph.
- cardiologist — A cardiologist is a doctor who specializes in the heart and its diseases.
- cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- cardiophobia — An inordinate fear of heart disease.
- cardioplegia — deliberate arrest of the action of the heart, as by hypothermia or the injection of chemicals, to enable complex heart surgery to be carried out
- carisoprodol — a crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 12 H 24 N 2 O 4 , used as a muscle relaxant.