12-letter words containing a, c, t, e, d
- intermediacy — the state of being intermediate or of acting intermediately.
- intexticated — (of a driver) distracted while writing or reading a text message on a mobile phone
- isodiametric — having equal diameters or axes.
- jack-the-lad — a young man who is regarded as a brash, loud show-off
- judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
- ketoacidosis — (pathology) A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.
- ketoaciduria — (pathology) The presence of (excess) ketoacids in the urine.
- ladder track — a railroad track linking a series of parallel tracks.
- ladder truck — hook and ladder.
- lady teacher — a teacher who is a woman
- latch needle — a part of a knitting machine consisting of a thin shaft with a hook on one end and a pivoting latch that closes over the hook so that yarn can be drawn through the developing knitting to make a stitch.
- latchkey kid — variant form of latchkey child
- lead acetate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, Pb(C 2 H 3 O 2) 2 ⋅3H 2 O, used chiefly as a mordant in dyeing and printing textiles and as a drier in paints and varnishes.
- lead crystal — cut glass containing lead oxide
- leeds castle — a castle near Maidstone in Kent: the home of several medieval queens of England
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- machicolated — Having machicolations.
- magnetic dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- malcontented — Malcontent.
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- matricentred — Matricentric.
- matriculated — Be enrolled at a college or university.
- media center — a library, usually in school, that contains and encourages the use of audiovisual media and associated equipment as well as books, periodicals, and the like.
- medical unit — a group of doctors and nurses working as part of a larger organization, such as the armed forces or a prison
- medicine hat — a city in SE Alberta, in SW Canada.
- melodramatic — of, like, or befitting melodrama.
- meter-candle — lux. Abbreviation: mc.
- method actor — actor who follows the Method
- methodically — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- middle watch — the watch from midnight until 4 a.m.
- misallocated — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- miseducation — to educate improperly.
- modificative — (grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- multidecadal — Involving multiple decades.
- multifaceted — Having many facets.
- multitracked — (music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
- necessitated — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- needle match — a bitterly fought contest between two competitors or teams who bear each other a grudge
- nested class — (Java) In Java, a class defined within an enclosing class definition. A static nested class has no direct access to the members of its enclosing class whereas a non-static nested class, known as an "inner class", is associated with an instance of the enclosing class and an instance of the inner class has direct access to the members of its enclosing instance.
- netherlandic — Dutch (def 7).
- network card — network interface controller
- nicotinamide — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 6 N 2 O, the amide of nicotinic acid, and a component of the vitamin-B complex, found in meat, liver, fish, whole wheat, and eggs: used in medicine chiefly as an agent for preventing or treating human pellagra or animal black tongue.
- night dancer — (in Uganda) a person believed to employ the help of the dead in destroying other people
- non-advocate — to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly: He advocated higher salaries for teachers.
- nonactivated — not activated,
- nonaddictive — producing or tending to cause addiction: an addictive drug.
- noncandidate — a person who has not yet announced his or her availability for election to a political office or who has declared himself or herself not a candidate.
- noneducation — not involving education