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12-letter words containing a, d, i, c, h

  • duplex chain — a roller chain having two sets of rollers linked together, used for heavy-duty applications
  • dutch guiana — former name of Suriname.
  • dynamic html — (language, web)   (DHTML) The addition of JavaScript to HTML to allow web pages to change and interact with the user without having to communicate with the server. JavaScript allows the behaviour of the page to be controlled by code that is downloaded with the HTML. It does this by manipulating the Document Object Model (DOM). The term DHTML is often also taken to include the use of "style" information to give finer control of HTML layout. The style information can be supplied as Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) or as "style" attributes (which can be manipulated by JavaScript). Layers are often also used with DHTML. Both the JavaScript and style data can be included in the HTML file or in a separate file referred to from the HTML. Some web browsers allow other languages (e.g. VBScript or Perl) to be used instead of JavaScript but this is less common. DHTML can be viewed in Internet Explorer 4+, Firefox and Netscape Communicator 4+ but, as usual, Microsoft disagree on how DHTML should be implemented. The Document Object Model Group of the World Wide Web Consortium is developing standards for DHTML.
  • dysaesthetic — relating to or suffering from dysaesthesia
  • echinodermal — (zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
  • edith cavell — Edith Louisa, 1865–1915, English nurse: executed by the Germans in World War I.
  • egg sandwich — two slices of bread filled with chopped egg
  • enfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of enfranchise.
  • enhanced ide — Advanced Technology Attachment Interface with Extensions
  • ethical code — an ethical code is a set of moral principles used to govern the conduct of a profession
  • ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
  • fairchild f8 — (processor)   An 8-bit microprocessor. The processor itself had no address bus - program and data memory access were contained in separate units, which reduced the number of pins and the associated cost. It also featured 64 registers, accessed by the ISAR register in cells (register windows) of eight, which meant external RAM wasn't always needed for small applications. In addition, the 2-chip processor didn't need support chips, unlike others which needed seven or more. The F8 inspired other similar CPUs, such as the Intel 8048. The use of the ISAR register allowed a subroutine to be entered without saving a bunch of registers, speeding execution - the ISAR would just be changed. Special purpose registers were stored in the second cell (regs 9-15), and the first eight registers were accessed directly. The windowing concept was useful, but only the register pointed to by the ISAR could be accessed - to access other registers the ISAR was incremented or decremented through the window.
  • fianchettoed — Simple past tense and past participle of fianchetto.
  • fixed charge — an expense that cannot be modified.
  • forked chain — branched chain.
  • french drain — a drainage trench filled to ground level with fragments of brick, rock, etc.
  • french india — the five small former French territories in India, including Chandernagor, Karikal, Pondicherry, and Yanaon on the E coast, and Mahé on the W coast.
  • haemodynamic — Alternative spelling of hemodynamic.
  • hallucinated — Simple past tense and past participle of hallucinate.
  • hamming code — (algorithm)   Extra, redundant bits added to stored or transmitted data for the purposes of error detection and correction. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming, Hamming codes greatly improve the reliability of data, e.g. from distant space probes, where it is impractical, because of the long transmission delay, to correct errors by requesting retransmission.
  • hand-picking — to pick by hand.
  • handclapping — The activity of clapping hands, especially as part of a musical performance.
  • handcrafting — Present participle of handcraft.
  • handicapable — (politically correct) disabled or handicapped.
  • handicappeds — Plural form of handicapped.
  • handicappers — Plural form of handicapper.
  • handicapping — Present participle of handicap.
  • handicrafter — One who engages in handicrafts.
  • handkerchief — a small piece of linen, silk, or other fabric, usually square, and used especially for wiping one's nose, eyes, face, etc., or for decorative purposes.
  • handstitched — Stitched by hand.
  • hard science — any of the natural or physical sciences, as chemistry, biology, physics, or astronomy, in which aspects of the universe are investigated by means of hypotheses and experiments.
  • harmonichord — a musical instrument resembling an upright piano intended to fuse the sound of a violin with the functionality of a piano, the tone therefore produced using friction rather than through striking
  • harpsichords — Plural form of harpsichord.
  • headkerchief — A kerchief worn on the head.
  • hedge garlic — an erect, cruciferous herb, Sisymbrium officinale, having a garlicky odor.
  • hemichordate — belonging or pertaining to the chordates of the phylum Hemichordata, comprising small, widely distributed, marine animals, as the acorn worms.
  • hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
  • heraldically — of, relating to, or characteristic of heralds or heraldry: heraldic form; heraldic images; heraldic history; a heraldic device.
  • herbicidally — from a herbicidal point of view
  • heroic drama — Restoration tragedy, especially that popular in England c1660–1700, using highly rhetorical language and written in heroic couplets.
  • hexachloride — a chloride containing six atoms of chlorine.
  • hexadactylic — having six fingers or toes
  • hexadecanoic — Of or pertaining to hexadecanoic acid or its derivatives.
  • hiding place — location where sb is concealed
  • hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
  • hierarchized — Simple past tense and past participle of hierarchize.
  • high command — the leadership or highest authority of a military command or other organization.
  • highway code — In Britain, the Highway Code is an official book published by the Department of Transport, which contains the rules which tell people how to use public roads safely.
  • hitch a ride — hitchhike
  • holiday camp — In Britain, a holiday camp is a place which provides holiday accommodation and entertainment for large numbers of people.
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