12-letter words containing c, a, n, d, i
- tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- taxi dancing — a system, as in a dance hall or hotel, whereby a person pays for a partner (taxi dancer) for a dance, payment being required for each individual dance during an evening
- teaching aid — material used by a teacher to supplement classroom instruction or to stimulate the interest of students.
- technobandit — a person who steals technological secrets, as from the government or a place of employment, and sells them to agents of foreign governments or to competing firms.
- the distance — the most distant or a faraway part of the visible scene or landscape
- thionic acid — any of the five acids of sulfur of the type H 2 S n O 6 , where n is from two to six.
- titanic acid — any of various acids derived from titanium dioxide, especially H 2 TiO 3 or Ti(OH) 4 .
- tradescantia — any plant of the American genus Tradescantia, widely cultivated for their striped variegated leaves: family Commelinaceae
- trading card — one of a set of small cards, as one depicting professional athletes, either sold separately or included as a premium with packages of bubblegum or the like, collected and traded, especially by children.
- traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
- transcending — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
- transdialect — to translate (speech, writing, etc.) into a different dialect.
- transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
- trypanocidal — (of a drug, agent, activity, etc) effective in killing trypanosomes
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- turf dancing — a fluid style of street-dancing originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California
- un-manicured — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- unacclimated — not accustomed or adapted to
- unaccredited — officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
- unacquainted — having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually followed by with): to be acquainted with law.
- unassociated — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
- uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- uncandidness — the quality or condition of being uncandid; lack of candidness or openness
- uncirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- unclassified — not assigned to a class or category; not arranged according to characteristics: Reported instances fall into two main types, with a few unclassified anomalies.
- uncreditable — of ignoble character
- uncultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
- undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- underachieve — to perform, especially academically, below the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- undercoating — a coat or jacket worn under another.
- undiplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
- undischarged — gun: not let off
- undiscordant — not discordant; not disagreeing or disagreeable
- undispatched — not dispatched; not delivered or sent out
- undistracted — not distracted; concentrating
- unduplicated — a copy exactly like an original.
- unfabricated — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- unfranchised — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- unguiculated — clawed, clawlike
- unidealistic — of or relating to idealism or idealists.
- uninoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- unitalicized — to print in italic type.
- unmethodical — characterized by lack of method or disorderliness
- unpredicated — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- unproclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- unsanctified — not sanctified
- unsanctioned — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- unsocialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- unsyndicated — 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.