12-letter words containing a, d, i, c, t
- mid-atlantic — using, manifesting, or characterized by a mixture of American and British behavior or speech.
- middle watch — the watch from midnight until 4 a.m.
- misallocated — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- misandristic — Exhibiting misandry; man-hating.
- miseducation — to educate improperly.
- mitochondria — an organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production.
- modification — an act or instance of modifying.
- modificative — (grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
- modificatory — modifying.
- monodramatic — Relating to a monodrama.
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- multidecadal — Involving multiple decades.
- multifaceted — Having many facets.
- multiplicand — a number to be multiplied by another.
- multitracked — (music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
- mycodomatium — an abnormal growth on a plant, caused by fungi
- nand circuit — Computers. a circuit that is energized when any one of its inputs is not energized.
- nautical day — a period from noon of one day to noon of the next, used in reckoning time aboard ship.
- necessitated — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- netherlandic — Dutch (def 7).
- 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.
- nidification — to build a nest.
- night dancer — (in Uganda) a person believed to employ the help of the dead in destroying other people
- nip and tuck — to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
- nitrous acid — an acid, HNO 2 , known only in solution.
- non-dogmatic — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
- nonactivated — not activated,
- nonaddicting — Not addicting.
- nonaddictive — producing or tending to cause addiction: an addictive drug.
- nonadiabatic — (of a physical reaction) not adiabatic or not occurring without heat loss or gain
- 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.
- noncustodial — Not having custody of one’s children after a divorce.
- nondualistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- noneducation — not involving education
- nonidentical — similar or alike in every way: The two cars are identical except for their license plates.
- notice board — bulletin board for displaying public messages
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
- occidentally — In an occidental manner.
- octadecanoic — Of or pertaining to octadecanoic acid or its derivatives.
- octapeptides — Plural form of octapeptide.
- old catholic — a member of any of several European churches professing to be truly Catholic but rejecting certain modern Roman Catholic doctrines, dogmas, and practices, especially the dogma of papal infallibility.
- oligodactyly — The presence of fewer than the usual number of fingers or toes.
- omnidistance — the distance between an omnirange station and a receiver.
- opium addict — someone who is addicted to the dried juice extracted from the unripe seed capsules of the opium poppy
- optical diff — vdiff
- optical disc — Also, optical disc. Also called laser disk. a grooveless disk on which digital data, as text, music, or pictures, is stored as tiny pits in the surface and is read or replayed by a laser beam scanning the surface.
- optical disk — Also, optical disc. Also called laser disk. a grooveless disk on which digital data, as text, music, or pictures, is stored as tiny pits in the surface and is read or replayed by a laser beam scanning the surface.
- orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.