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12-letter words containing a, l, d, e

  • cantilevered — A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers.
  • cape colored — a South African of mixed European and African or Malayan ancestry.
  • cape delgado — a headland on the NE coast of Mozambique
  • capped elbow — a swelling of the elbow of a horse due to irritation caused by the hoof striking the elbow when lying down.
  • capraldehyde — (chemistry) decanal.
  • carboxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate.
  • cardinal red — a deep, vivid red colour
  • cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
  • cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
  • cardioplegia — deliberate arrest of the action of the heart, as by hypothermia or the injection of chemicals, to enable complex heart surgery to be carried out
  • carload rate — a special low rate for shipment by carloads
  • carunculated — Alternative form of carunculate.
  • cat's cradle — a game played by making intricate patterns with a loop of string between the fingers
  • catalog code — the principles, rules, and regulations for entering and describing books or other library material in a catalog.
  • cathode glow — a luminous region between the Aston dark space and the Crookes dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
  • cattle drive — the process of moving cattle across country, often carried out by cowboys on horseback
  • cattle guard — A cattle guard is the same as a cattle grid.
  • cattleduffer — a cattle thief.
  • cave dweller — a prehistoric person; person who lives in a cave
  • cedrelaceous — resembling or having the characteristics of a citron fruit
  • centrolinead — a drafting instrument for drawing lines converging on a vanishing point outside the drawing.
  • cephalopodic — relating to or resembling a cephalopod
  • cetylic acid — palmitic acid.
  • chained lady — the constellation Andromeda.
  • chalcogenide — a binary compound consisting of a chalcogen and at least one other electropositive element
  • chandeliered — having a chandelier
  • char-grilled — Char-grilled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
  • charles drew — Charles Richard, 1904–50, U.S. physician: developer of blood-bank technique.
  • cheerleaders — Plural form of cheerleader.
  • cheerleading — the action or skill of a cheerleader.
  • chef's salad — A chef's salad is a green salad with hard-boiled egg and strips of meat and cheese on top.
  • child abuser — someone who abuses a child, esp someone convicted of this
  • childbearing — Childbearing is the process of giving birth to babies.
  • childrearing — the raising and parenting of children: Childrearing extends beyond simple guardianship to nurturing and guidance.
  • chiliahedron — a thousand-sided polyhedron
  • chloralamide — (chemistry) A compound of chloral and formic amide, used to induce sleep.
  • 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
  • cigar holder — a mouthpiece of wood, ivory, etc, used for holding a cigar while it is smoked
  • circularised — Simple past tense and past participle of circularise.
  • circularized — Simple past tense and past participle of circularize.
  • civilianized — Simple past tense and past participle of civilianize.
  • cladogenesis — adaptive evolution leading to a greater variety of species
  • cladogenetic — relating to cladogenesis
  • clairaudient — the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead.
  • clam chowder — chowder containing clams
  • clam diggers — casual pants that end slightly below the knee.
  • clam-diggers — calf-length trousers
  • clapperboard — A clapperboard consists of two pieces of wood that are connected by a hinge and hit together before each scene when making a film, to make it easier to match the sound and pictures of different scenes.
  • 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.
  • claude monet — Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
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