12-letter words containing c, a, t, r, o
- depreciation — the reduction in value of a fixed asset due to use, obsolescence, etc
- depreciatory — tending to depreciate.
- deracination — to pull up by the roots; uproot; extirpate; eradicate.
- dermatologic — Dermatologic means of or relating to the skin.
- desecrations — Plural form of desecration.
- despotocracy — the rule by a despot or despots; the power of despots
- detector van — a vehicle fitted with equipment that detects whether or not a house has a television. This is used to catch people who have not paid for a television licence and so are illegally using a television
- dextrocardia — the abnormal location of the heart in the right side of the chest
- diageotropic — (of a plant part) growing at a right angle to the direction of gravity.
- dichromatism — the quality or condition of being dichromatic
- dictatorship — Dictatorship is government by a dictator.
- dictionaries — Plural form of dictionary.
- dictionarist — (rare) a person who creates dictionaries.
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- dilaceration — the act of dilacerating.
- direct labor — labor performed, as by workers on a production line, and considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- directorates — Plural form of directorate.
- disaccordant — not agreeing
- discarnation — without a physical body; incorporeal.
- discolorated — Simple past tense and past participle of discolorate.
- discordantly — disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.
- discorporate — Having no material body.
- discretional — discretionary.
- distractions — Plural form of distraction.
- divarication — to spread apart; branch; diverge.
- doctrinaires — Plural form of doctrinaire.
- doctrinarian — A doctrinaire.
- doctrination — (nonstandard) indoctrination.
- docudramatic — Of or relating to docudrama.
- dominatrices — Plural form of dominatrixThe 'Concise Oxford English Dictionary' [Eleventh Edition].
- door curtain — a curtain that fills a doorway
- double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
- drift anchor — a sea anchor or drag.
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- dual-control — having dual controls
- dutch harbor — a U.S. naval base on Unalaska Island, in the Aleutian Islands.
- duty of care — the legal obligation to safeguard others from harm while they are in your care, using your services, or exposed to your activities
- dynamometric — Relating to dynamometry.
- earth closet — a type of lavatory in which earth is used to cover excreta
- earth colour — any of various brown pigments composed chiefly of iron oxides
- ebracteolate — having no bractlets
- echolocators — Plural form of echolocator.
- ecotarianism — the principle or practice of avoiding eating any foods whose production or transportation are considered ecologically damaging
- ectoparasite — an external parasite (opposed to endoparasite).
- ectrodactyly — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- ectypography — a form of etching or engraving in which the design is produced in relief
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- ejector seat — An ejector seat is a special seat which can throw the pilot out of a fast military aircraft in an emergency.