12-letter words containing a, d, m, s
- body fascism — intolerance of those whose bodies do not conform to a particular view of what is desirable
- bradmanesque — (of a batsman or innings) reminiscent of Sir Don Bradman in terms of dominance over the opposing bowlers
- burmese jade — jadeite of the finest quality: a true jade.
- camaraderies — comradeship; good-fellowship.
- camelopardus — a faint extensive constellation in the N hemisphere close to Ursa Major and Cassiopeia
- campshedding — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
- chambermaids — Plural form of chambermaid.
- circumradius — the radius of the circle circumscribed around a triangle.
- cladosporium — any of the species of fungi in the genus Cladosporium
- clam diggers — casual pants that end slightly below the knee.
- clam-diggers — calf-length trousers
- class method — (programming) 1. A method that operates on a class object (an object of class "class"). A class method is really just an ordinary object method that happens to operate on class objects. A class method might, for example, return a list of objects representing the methods and attributes of the given class. 2. A static method.
- clear as mud — not at all clear
- closet drama — drama suitable for reading rather than performing
- columbus day — Oct 12, a legal holiday in most states of the US: the date of Columbus' landing in the West Indies (Caribbean) in 1492
- comes around — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- command post — A command post is a place from which a commander in the army controls and organizes his forces.
- commanderies — the office or rank of a commander.
- commandments — a command or mandate.
- commiserated — Simple past tense and past participle of commiserate.
- compact disc — Compact discs are small shiny discs that contain music or computer information. The abbreviation CD is also used.
- compact disk — an optical disk approximately 4.75 inches (12 cm) in diameter, on which a program, data, music, etc., is digitally encoded for a laser beam to scan, decode, and transmit to a playback system, computer monitor, or television set. Abbreviation: CD.
- compass card — a compass in the form of a card that rotates so that "0°" or "North" points to magnetic north
- compassioned — a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
- countermands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countermand.
- cryptomonads — Plural form of cryptomonad.
- curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
- custodialism — of or relating to custody.
- damask steel — Damascus steel
- damaskeening — Present participle of damaskeen.
- damnableness — The state or quality of being damnable.
- damselfishes — Plural form of damselfish.
- dark tourism — tourism to sites associated with tragedies, disasters, and death
- darmstadtium — a synthetic radioactive element produced in small quantities by cold fusion in a linear accelerator. Symbol: Ds; atomic no: 110
- data segment — (memory) The range of memory locations where the initialised data of a program produced by a Unix linker is located. Executable code is located in the code segment and uninitialised data in the bss segment.
- de-emphasize — to remove emphasis from
- death camass — any liliaceous plant of the genus Zygadenus (or Zigadenus), of the western US, that is poisonous to livestock, esp sheep
- deathmatches — Plural form of deathmatch.
- decemvirates — Plural form of decemvirate.
- decentralism — A policy of favouring decentralization.
- declamations — Plural form of declamation.
- decompensate — to undergo decompensation due to disease or impairment
- decomposable — to separate or resolve into constituent parts or elements; disintegrate: The bacteria decomposed the milk into its solid and liquid elements.
- deemphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of deemphasize.
- deemphasizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deemphasize.
- deformations — Plural form of deformation.
- dehumanising — Present participle of dehumanise.
- demagnetizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demagnetize.
- demarcations — Plural form of demarcation.
- demibastions — Plural form of demibastion.