12-letter words containing a, d, i, n, t
- autoantibody — an antibody reacting with an antigen that is a part of the organism in which the antibody is formed
- autoxidation — oxidation by exposure to atmospheric oxygen
- bandoneonist — One who plays the bandoneon.
- bank deposit — money placed in a bank account
- bastard wing — a tuft of feathers attached to the first digit of a bird, distinct from the wing feathers attached to the other digits and the ulna
- bastardizing — Present participle of bastardize.
- bastinadoing — Present participle of bastinado.
- beneficiated — to treat (ore) to make more suitable for smelting.
- binary digit — either of the two digits 0 or 1, used in binary notation
- blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
- bloodstained — Someone or something that is bloodstained is covered with blood.
- blotting-pad — an object to one side of which a piece of blotting paper is attached for blotting text handwritten in ink
- boarding out — the local-authority practice of placing a client in a foster family or voluntary establishment and paying for it
- boatbuilding — Boatbuilding is the craft or industry of making boats.
- born-digital — relating to or noting documents, images, etc., that are created and managed in electronic form: electronic preservation of born-digital content; a born-digital e-book that will not be available in print.
- bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
- broadcasting — Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.
- bud mutation — a variation produced by a genetic alteration in the bud such that the seeds produced by the resulting growth perpetuate the change in succeeding generations.
- call to mind — to remember or cause to be remembered
- candlesticks — Plural form of candlestick.
- 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.
- car industry — the industry concerned with the manufacture and selling of automobiles
- cardan joint — type of universal joint
- cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
- centrolinead — a drafting instrument for drawing lines converging on a vanishing point outside the drawing.
- chinese date — an Old World tree, Ziziphus jujuba, thriving in hot, dry regions.
- chondrostian — relating to the class Chondrostei of fish with fin rays
- cinder patch — a defect on steel caused by the accidental picking up of matter, as from the bottom of a soaking pit.
- cinder track — a racetrack covered with fine cinders
- cladogenetic — relating to cladogenesis
- clairaudient — the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead.
- claudication — limping; lameness
- closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
- co-ordinator — a person or thing that coordinates.
- coadaptation — the state of two or more things adapting to one another
- codification — the systematic organization of methods, rules, etc
- coincidental — Something that is coincidental is the result of a coincidence and has not been deliberately arranged.
- coloquintida — colocynth (defs 1, 2).
- commendation — the act or an instance of commending; praise
- communicated — to impart knowledge of; make known: to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness.
- concertinaed — a musical instrument resembling an accordion but having buttonlike keys, hexagonal bellows and ends, and a more limited range.
- condemnation — Condemnation is the act of saying that something or someone is very bad and unacceptable.
- condensation — Condensation consists of small drops of water which form when warm water vapour or steam touches a cold surface such as a window.
- conditionals — Plural form of conditional.
- conditionate — to regulate or limit (something) by conditions
- conductorial — relating to a conductor
- conduplicate — folded lengthways on itself
- confidential — Information that is confidential is meant to be kept secret or private.