12-letter words containing a, e, c, i, d, s
- gesticulated — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- glycosidases — Plural form of glycosidase.
- grand siècle — the 17th century in French art and literature, esp the classical period of Louis XIV
- griddlecakes — Plural form of griddlecake.
- handicappeds — Plural form of handicapped.
- handicappers — Plural form of handicapper.
- handstitched — Stitched by hand.
- hard science — any of the natural or physical sciences, as chemistry, biology, physics, or astronomy, in which aspects of the universe are investigated by means of hypotheses and experiments.
- hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- icbm address — (networking, humour) (Or "missile address") The form used to register a site with the Usenet mapping project includes a space for longitude and latitude, preferably to seconds-of-arc accuracy. This is actually used for generating geographically-correct maps of Usenet links on a plotter; however, it has become traditional to refer to this as one's "ICBM address" or "missile address", and many people include it in their sig block with that name. (A real missile address would include target altitude.)
- iceland moss — an edible lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions, containing a starchlike substance used in medicine.
- iceland spar — a transparent variety of calcite that is double-refracting and is used as a polarizer.
- icosahedrons — Plural form of icosahedron.
- in the cards — a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder: a 3″ × 5″ file card; a membership card.
- inadequacies — Plural form of inadequacy.
- incandescent — (of light) produced by incandescence.
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- incendiaries — Plural form of incendiary.
- incendiarism — the act or practice of an arsonist; malicious burning.
- indelicacies — Plural form of indelicacy.
- indian cress — a nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus, of South America, having red-spotted or red-striped, yellow-orange flowers, the young flower buds and fruits being used as seasoning.
- infanticides — Plural form of infanticide.
- inside track — the inner, or shorter, track of a racecourse.
- isodiametric — having equal diameters or axes.
- james dickey — James, 1923–97, U.S. poet and novelist.
- judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
- kaleidoscope — an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other.
- ketoacidosis — (pathology) A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.
- lapidescence — a lapidescent quality or condition
- leading case — a case that is regarded as having settled a particular point of law; a case that is used as guidance for legal decisions
- linseed cake — a cake or a mass made by expressing the oil from linseed, used chiefly as feed for cattle.
- loco disease — locoism.
- macclesfield — a market town in NW England, in Cheshire: former centre of the silk industry; pharmaceuticals, services. Pop: 50 688 (2001)
- maid service — cleaner, cleaning business
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- masculinized — Simple past tense and past participle of masculinize.
- media circus — excessive news coverage
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- merchandised — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandiser — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandises — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- microreaders — Plural form of microreader.
- middle class — educated and well off
- middle-class — of, relating to, or characteristic of the middle class; bourgeois: middle-class taste; middle-class morality.
- misallocated — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- miseducation — to educate improperly.
- misericordia — (legal, obsolete) An amercement.
- morris dance — a rural folk dance of north English origin, performed in costume traditionally by men who originally represented characters of the Robin Hood legend, especially in May Day festivities.
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.