12-letter words containing a, d, r, e, s
- cash-starved — A cash-starved company or organization does not have enough money to operate properly, usually because another organization, such as the government, is not giving them the money that they need.
- cat's cradle — a game played by making intricate patterns with a loop of string between the fingers
- catbird seat — an enviable position, as of power
- cathode rays — a stream of electrons emitted from the surface of a cathode in a valve
- cedar rapids — a city in the US, in E Iowa. Pop: 122 542 (2003 est)
- cedrelaceous — resembling or having the characteristics of a citron fruit
- centerboards — Plural form of centerboard.
- chambermaids — Plural form of chambermaid.
- charles drew — Charles Richard, 1904–50, U.S. physician: developer of blood-bank technique.
- cheerleaders — Plural form of cheerleader.
- cheese board — A cheese board is a board from which cheese is served at a meal.
- cheeseboards — Plural form of cheeseboard.
- child abuser — someone who abuses a child, esp someone convicted of this
- chorus pedal — an electronic device that creates the effect of more than one sound from a single source by combining a short delay with slight deviations in pitch
- chowderheads — Plural form of chowderhead.
- cigar-shaped — resembling a cigar in shape
- circularised — Simple past tense and past participle of circularise.
- clam diggers — casual pants that end slightly below the knee.
- clam-diggers — calf-length trousers
- clear as mud — not at all clear
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture
- closet drama — drama suitable for reading rather than performing
- code-sharing — a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows passengers to use a ticket from one airline to travel on another
- 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.
- comes around — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- commanderies — the office or rank of a commander.
- commiserated — Simple past tense and past participle of commiserate.
- concordances — Plural form of concordance.
- confederates — Plural form of confederate.
- considerable — Considerable means great in amount or degree.
- considerably — to a noteworthy or marked extent; much; noticeably; substantially; amply.
- considerance — consideration
- considerated — Simple past tense and past participle of considerate.
- consternated — to dismay, confuse, or terrify.
- contradances — Plural form of contradance.
- cordialities — cordial quality or feeling.
- countermands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countermand.
- cowardliness — lacking courage; contemptibly timid.
- cradleboards — Plural form of cradleboard.
- credit sales — sales for which the customer does not need to pay immediately
- crossgrained — Alternative form of cross-grained.
- crystallised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystallise.
- crystallized — Crystallized fruits and sweets are covered in sugar which has been melted and then allowed to go hard.
- curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
- cylinder saw — crown saw.
- d-s particle — a positively charged meson having a mass 3852 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 4.7 X 10 -13 seconds.
- daisy cutter — a powerful shot that moves close to the ground
- daisy-cutter — Sports Slang. a batted or served ball that skims along near the ground.
- dark glasses — Dark glasses are glasses which have dark-coloured lenses to protect your eyes in the sunshine.