12-letter words containing a, n, e, c, d
- radar screen — a screen on equipment used in radar, a method for detecting the position and velocity of a distant object
- radio beacon — a radio station that sends a characteristic signal so as to enable ships or airplanes to determine their position or bearing by means of a radio compass.
- radiolucency — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- radionuclide — a radioactive nuclide.
- ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
- re-landscape — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
- reacquainted — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- readmittance — the act or process of admitting someone or something again
- redecoration — something used for decorating; adornment; embellishment: The gymnasium was adorned with posters and crepe-paper decorations for the dance.
- rededication — the act of dedicating.
- resyndicated — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- rideau canal — a waterway in SE Ontario, Canada, connecting the Ottawa Riverin Ottawa to Lake Ontario in Kingston. 125 miles (202 km) long.
- rock and rye — a bottled drink made with rye whiskey, rock candy, and fruit.
- roman candle — a firework consisting of a tube that sends out a shower of sparks and a succession of balls of fire.
- romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
- safe conduct — If you are given safe conduct, the authorities officially allow you to travel somewhere, guaranteeing that you will not be arrested or harmed while doing so.
- safe-conduct — a document authorizing safe passage through a region, especially in time of war.
- sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
- sand cricket — Jerusalem cricket.
- sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
- sarcoadenoma — adenosarcoma.
- scheme-linda — A Scheme interface to Linda written by Ulf Dahlen of University of Edinburgh in 1990. It runs on the Computing Surface and the Symmetry.
- schmalkalden — a town in central Germany: a league to defend Protestantism formed here 1531.
- schneiderman — Rose, 1884–1972, U.S. labor leader, born in Poland.
- screw around — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- scrimshander — a person who makes scrimshaw objects.
- sea defences — walls, breakwaters and other measures designed to prevent coastal erosion
- secd machine — Stack Environment Control Dump machine
- second grade — school year: age 7-8
- second-class — of a secondary class or quality.
- section hand — a person who works on a section gang.
- secunderabad — a city in N Andhra Pradesh, in central India, part of Hyderabad: a former British military cantonment.
- selenic acid — a crystalline, water-soluble, strong, corrosive, dibasic acid, H 2 SeO 4 , resembling sulfuric acid.
- self-command — self-control.
- semi-nomadic — of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
- send packing — to dismiss peremptorily
- shadow dance — a dance in which shadows of the dancers are cast on a screen.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- slide-action — (of a rifle or shotgun) having a lever that when slid back and forth ejects the empty case and cocks and reloads the piece.
- snake doctor — South Midland and Southern U.S. a dragonfly.
- snotty-faced — having visible nasal mucus on the face
- sound camera — a motion-picture camera that is capable of photographing silently at the normal speed of 24 fps and operating in synchronization with separate audio recording equipment.
- sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
- square dance — hoedown, barn dance
- square-dance — to perform or participate in a square dance.
- starchedness — the condition or quality of being starched
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- student card — a card verifying somebody's identity as a university student and entitling them to services, discounts, etc
- subdeaconate — subdiaconate.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.