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12-letter words containing a, d, r, i, t, c

  • scratchpad i — (language)   A general-purpose language originally for interactive symbolic mathematics by Richard Jenks, Barry Trager, Stephen M. Watt and Robert S. Sutor of IBM Research, ca 1971. It features abstract parametrised data types, multiple inheritance and polymorphism. There were implementations for VM/CMS and AIX.
  • scsi adaptor — (hardware)   (Or "host adaptor") A device that communicates between a computer and its SCSI peripherals. The SCSI adaptor is usually assigned SCSI ID 7. It is often a separate card that is connected to the computer's bus (e.g. PCI, ISA, PCMCIA) though increasinly, SCSI adaptors are built in to the motherboard. Apart from being cheaper, busses like PCI are too slow to keep up with the newer SCSI standards like Ultra SCSI and Ultra-Wide SCSI. There are several varieties of SCSI (and their connectors) and an adaptor will not support them all. The performance of SCSI devices is limited by the speed of the SCSI adaptor and its connection to the computer. An adaptor that plugs into a parallel port is unlikely to be as fast as one incorporated into a motherboard. Fast adaptors use DMA or bus mastering. Some SCSI adaptors include a BIOS to allow PCs to boot from a SCSI hard disk, if their own BIOS supports it. Note that it is not a "SCSI controller" - it does not control the devices, and "SCSI interface" is redundant - the "I" of "SCSI" stands for "interface".
  • solidaristic — relating to solidarism
  • spermaticide — spermicide.
  • spermatocide — spermicide.
  • stearic acid — a colorless, waxlike, sparingly water-soluble, odorless solid, C 1 8 H 3 6 O 2 , the most common fatty acid, occurring as the glyceride in tallow and other animal fats and in some animal oils: used chiefly in the manufacture of soaps, stearates, candles, cosmetics, and in medicine in suppositories and pill coatings.
  • stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
  • strait-laced — excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors.
  • teacher bird — the ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, a songbird that builds a nest shaped like a dome.
  • terebic acid — an acid, C 7 H 10 O 4 , formed by the oxidation of certain terpenes and historically important in the discovery of the structures of many terpenes.
  • tradescantia — any plant of the American genus Tradescantia, widely cultivated for their striped variegated leaves: family Commelinaceae
  • trading card — one of a set of small cards, as one depicting professional athletes, either sold separately or included as a premium with packages of bubblegum or the like, collected and traded, especially by children.
  • traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
  • traffic duty — an assignment to help the flow of traffic and enforce traffic regulations
  • tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
  • transcending — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
  • transdialect — to translate (speech, writing, etc.) into a different dialect.
  • transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
  • translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
  • trial docket — docket (def 1).
  • trial-docket — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
  • tricuspidate — having three cusps or flaps.
  • tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
  • tropicalized — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
  • trypanocidal — (of a drug, agent, activity, etc) effective in killing trypanosomes
  • turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
  • turf dancing — a fluid style of street-dancing originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California
  • ultraradical — extremely radical, esp having radical political ideas
  • unaccredited — officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
  • uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • uncirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
  • uncreditable — of ignoble character
  • undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
  • undercoating — a coat or jacket worn under another.
  • undiscordant — not discordant; not disagreeing or disagreeable
  • undistracted — not distracted; concentrating
  • unfabricated — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
  • unpredicated — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
  • victoria day — (in Canada) the first Monday preceding May 25, observed as a national holiday.
  • vindicatress — a female vindicator
  • wild apricot — apricot (def 4).
  • windcheaters — Plural form of windcheater.
  • xanthochroid — of, relating to, or designating races having light-coloured hair and a pale complexion
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