12-letter words containing c, a, d, e, t
- artiodactyle — (zoology) One of the Artiodactyla, a group of ungulates.
- auctioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of auctioneer.
- autodestruct — likely to or possessing the power to destroy or obliterate itself or its possessor
- back-stabbed — to attempt to discredit (a person) by underhanded means, as innuendo, accusation, or the like.
- back-stopped — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- bacteria bed — a layer of sand or gravel used to expose sewage effluent, in its final stages, to air and the action of microorganisms
- bactericidal — any substance capable of killing bacteria.
- bactericides — Plural form of bactericide.
- bacteriocide — Alternative form of bactericide.
- bandersnatch — a fictional creature created by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, and appearing also in The Hunting of the Snark and Through the Looking-Glass
- battery acid — acid used in batteries, esp car batteries
- beneficiated — to treat (ore) to make more suitable for smelting.
- bespectacled — Someone who is bespectacled is wearing glasses.
- bidialectism — proficient in or using two dialects of the same language.
- bird watcher — a person who identifies and observes birds in their natural habitat as a recreation.
- bird-watcher — A bird-watcher is a person whose hobby is watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
- black-coated — (esp formerly) (of a worker) clerical or professional, as distinguished from commercial or industrial
- blackhearted — wicked; evil
- boletic acid — fumaric acid.
- bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
- branch depot — one of a several depots receiving stock from the same central supplier
- breed of cat — type; sort; variety: The new airplane is a completely different breed of cat from any that has been designed before.
- brevicaudate — having a short tail.
- cadent house — any of the four houses that precede the angles: the third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth houses, which correspond, respectively, to neighborhood and relatives, work and health, philosophy and foreign travel, and secret matters and service to others.
- cadet branch — the family or family branch of a younger son
- cadet school — a training establishment for cadets in the army
- caked breast — a painful hardening of one or more lobules of a lactating breast, caused by stagnation of milk in the secreting ducts and accumulation of blood in the expanded veins; stagnation mastitis.
- calculatedly — in a calculated manner
- calendar art — a type of sentimental, picturesque, or sexually titillating picture used on some calendars.
- candlesticks — Plural form of candlestick.
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- cantilevered — A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers.
- captive-bred — bred in captivity
- carbohydrate — Carbohydrates are substances, found in certain kinds of food, that provide you with energy. Foods such as sugar and bread that contain these substances can also be referred to as carbohydrates.
- carboxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate.
- card counter — a casino player who memorizes or records which cards have been played in previous hands in order to calculate the odds on receiving winning cards or combinations from those remaining to be dealt, the practice often being held as illegal.
- card stacker — the part of a card punch or card reader that collects into a pile those cards that have been processed
- cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
- cardioactive — of or relating to a drug or other substance affecting the function of the heart.
- carload rate — a special low rate for shipment by carloads
- carpetbagged — Simple past tense and past participle of carpetbag.
- carunculated — Alternative form of carunculate.
- cash deficit — the excess of cash disbursements over cash receipts in any given fiscal period
- 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
- catalog code — the principles, rules, and regulations for entering and describing books or other library material in a catalog.
- cataphracted — covered with an armor of horny or bony plates or scales.
- catbird seat — an enviable position, as of power
- catheterized — Simple past tense and past participle of catheterize.
- cathiodermie — a beauty treatment for the skin, which involves using electrotherapy