12-letter words containing c, d, r, o
- third sector — the segment of a nation's economy that is made up of neither public nor business concerns, as nonprofit health or educational institutions.
- thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
- thundercloud — cumulonimbus.
- tobacco road — a squalid and impoverished rural community.
- touch ground — (of a ship) to strike the sea bed
- tow-coloured — pale yellow; flaxen
- track record — a record of achievements or performance: an executive with a good track record.
- tractor feed — Computers. a mechanism for aligning and transporting paper for a printer by means of pins that catch in perforations along the edges of the paper.
- trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
- transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- tredecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 42 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 78 zeros.
- tree-covered — covered by or having many trees
- trial docket — docket (def 1).
- trial-docket — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
- trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- trophy child — anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
- tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- tropicalized — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- trypanocidal — (of a drug, agent, activity, etc) effective in killing trypanosomes
- tuberculosed — tuberculous
- tuckered out — exhausted
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
- turned comma — quotation mark.
- two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
- unapproached — not approached; not able to be approached or neared
- uncalled for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- uncalled-for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- unchaperoned — not chaperoned; not accompanied by a chaperone
- unchronicled — not chronicled or recorded
- unconfronted — to face in hostility or defiance; oppose: The feuding factions confronted one another.
- unconsidered — thought about or decided upon with care: a considered opinion.
- uncontracted — drawn together; reduced in compass or size; made smaller; shrunken.
- uncontrolled — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- uncorrelated — to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
- undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- under escort — with armed accompaniment
- underclothes — clothes worn under outer clothes.
- undercoating — a coat or jacket worn under another.
- undercooling — Chemistry. to cool less than necessary for a given process or purpose. to supercool.
- underproduce — to produce (goods) below full capacity or below demand
- underscoring — the practice of drawing or scoring a line or mark under
- understocked — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- undiscordant — not discordant; not disagreeing or disagreeable
- undiscovered — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- unencroached — to advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits; make gradual inroads: A dictatorship of the majority is encroaching on the rights of the individual.
- unforecasted — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- unintroduced — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- unobstructed — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.