12-letter words containing c, a, l, d, r
- closet drama — drama suitable for reading rather than performing
- cloud banner — banner cloud.
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
- cold storage — If something such as food is put in cold storage, it is kept in an artificially-cooled place in order to preserve it.
- cold warrior — a person who engages in or promotes a cold war
- cold-hearted — A cold-hearted person does not feel any affection or sympathy towards other people.
- collaborated — to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel.
- colour guard — a military guard in a parade, ceremony, etc, that carries and escorts the flag or regimental colours
- columnarized — columnar (def 3).
- concordantly — agreeing; harmonious.
- conductorial — relating to a conductor
- conflagrated — Simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate.
- considerable — Considerable means great in amount or degree.
- considerably — to a noteworthy or marked extent; much; noticeably; substantially; amply.
- consolidator — a person or thing that consolidates
- contractedly — in a shortened manner
- coordinately — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- cordialities — cordial quality or feeling.
- cotyledonary — the primary or rudimentary leaf of the embryo of seed plants.
- counterplead — to plead the opposite of
- cowardliness — lacking courage; contemptibly timid.
- cradle vault — barrel vault.
- cradleboards — Plural form of cradleboard.
- craniocaudal — (anatomy) From the cranial to the caudal end of a structure.
- credentialed — Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form: Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.
- credit sales — sales for which the customer does not need to pay immediately
- criminalized — Simple past tense and past participle of criminalize.
- crocodilians — Plural form of crocodilian.
- cruelhearted — having a cruel heart; lacking kindness, compassion, etc.
- crystallised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystallise.
- crystallized — Crystallized fruits and sweets are covered in sugar which has been melted and then allowed to go hard.
- crystalloids — Plural form of crystalloid.
- culturalized — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
- culvertailed — dove-tailed
- curly-haired — having hair that forms curls
- cylinder saw — crown saw.
- d'oyly carte — Richard. 1844–1901, British impresario noted for his productions of the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan
- d-s particle — a positively charged meson having a mass 3852 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 4.7 X 10 -13 seconds.
- dairy cattle — cows raised mainly for their milk
- dancing girl — a professional female dancer who dances to entertain customers at a club, theatre, etc
- dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
- dearticulate — to disjoint, dislocate, or separate (something)
- decelerating — Present participle of decelerate.
- deceleration — to decrease the velocity of: He decelerates the bobsled when he nears a curve.
- decentralise — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- decentralism — A policy of favouring decentralization.
- decentralist — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- decentralize — To decentralize government or a large organization means to move some departments away from the main administrative area, or to give more power to local departments.
- dechlorinate — to remove chlorine from (a substance)
- decipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.