12-letter words containing a, d, o, r, t
- autodiallers — Plural form of autodialler.
- bacteriocide — Alternative form of bactericide.
- bad scran to — bad luck to
- barbados nut — an ornamental, tropical American tree, Jatropha curcas, of the spurge family, having ivylike leaves, small, yellow or greenish-yellow flowers, and olive-shaped fruit yielding a purgative, poisonous oil.
- bardolatrous — relating to or characterized by bardolatry
- bastardsword — Alternative spelling of bastard sword.
- batter board — (at a building site) one of a number of boards set horizontally to support strings for outlining the foundation plan of a building.
- battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
- beardtongues — Plural form of beardtongue.
- birthday boy — the boy or man whose birthday is being celebrated
- board shorts — shorts with longer legs, originally meant to protect a surfer's legs against the surfboard
- boarding out — the local-authority practice of placing a client in a foster family or voluntary establishment and paying for it
- bog-standard — If you describe something as bog-standard you mean that is an ordinary example of its kind, with no exciting or interesting features.
- bond servant — a person who serves in bondage; slave.
- boobytrapped — to set with or as if with a booby trap; attach a booby trap to or in.
- border state — a state adjacent to a border
- border taxes — taxes payable on goods taken across a border
- 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.
- branch depot — one of a several depots receiving stock from the same central supplier
- breed of cat — type; sort; variety: The new airplane is a completely different breed of cat from any that has been designed before.
- broadcasting — Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.
- burnt almond — a sweet consisting of an almond enclosed in burnt sugar
- carbohydrate — Carbohydrates are substances, found in certain kinds of food, that provide you with energy. Foods such as sugar and bread that contain these substances can also be referred to as carbohydrates.
- carboxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate.
- card catalog — a file of cards of uniform size arranged in some definite order and listing the items in the collection of a library or group of libraries, each card typically identifying a single item.
- card counter — a casino player who memorizes or records which cards have been played in previous hands in order to calculate the odds on receiving winning cards or combinations from those remaining to be dealt, the practice often being held as illegal.
- cardan joint — type of universal joint
- cardioactive — of or relating to a drug or other substance affecting the function of the heart.
- cardiologist — A cardiologist is a doctor who specializes in the heart and its diseases.
- carload rate — a special low rate for shipment by carloads
- carotid body — a small mass of cells and nerve endings adjacent to the carotid sinus that, in response to chemical changes in the blood, adjusts the respiratory rate.
- catadioptric — involving a combination of reflecting and refracting components
- cathiodermie — a beauty treatment for the skin, which involves using electrotherapy
- cathode rays — a stream of electrons emitted from the surface of a cathode in a valve
- cathodograph — a picture taken using cathode rays
- centerboards — Plural form of centerboard.
- centrolinead — a drafting instrument for drawing lines converging on a vanishing point outside the drawing.
- cerotic acid — white insoluble odourless wax
- chondroblast — a type of cell that develops into a chondrocyte or cartilage cell
- chondrostian — relating to the class Chondrostei of fish with fin rays
- choroid coat — a pigmented, highly vascular membrane of the eye that is continuous with the iris and lies between the sclera and the retina, functioning to nourish the retina and absorb scattered light.
- closet drama — drama suitable for reading rather than performing
- co-ordinator — a person or thing that coordinates.
- coated paper — a paper whose surface has been treated to take halftone impressions or color printing
- cold storage — If something such as food is put in cold storage, it is kept in an artificially-cooled place in order to preserve it.
- cold-hearted — A cold-hearted person does not feel any affection or sympathy towards other people.
- collaborated — to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel.
- combat-ready — ready for combat
- commemorated — Simple past tense and past participle of commemorate.
- commendatory — serving to commend; expressing praise or approval