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12-letter words containing c, e, d, u

  • recrudescent — breaking out afresh or into renewed activity; revival or reappearance in active existence.
  • reduced mass — a quantity obtained when one particle is moving about another, larger particle that is also moving, equivalent to the mass of the smaller particle, were the larger particle not moving, and equal to the quotient of the product of the two masses divided by their sum.
  • reducibility — capable of being reduced.
  • reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
  • reductionist — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
  • reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
  • reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
  • reproductive — serving to reproduce.
  • res judicata — a thing adjudicated; a case that has been decided.
  • rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
  • revictualled — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
  • rice pudding — dessert made from rice and milk
  • rideau canal — a waterway in SE Ontario, Canada, connecting the Ottawa Riverin Ottawa to Lake Ontario in Kingston. 125 miles (202 km) long.
  • road surface — the surface of the road, often asphalt
  • rodent ulcer — an ulcerating basal cell skin cancer, common on the face.
  • rough-voiced — having a harsh or grating voice: a rough-voiced barker.
  • rubber-faced — having a face with unusually mobile features: a rubber-faced comedian.
  • rust-colored — of the color rust.
  • sacred lotus — Indian lotus.
  • safe conduct — If you are given safe conduct, the authorities officially allow you to travel somewhere, guaranteeing that you will not be arrested or harmed while doing so.
  • safe-conduct — a document authorizing safe passage through a region, especially in time of war.
  • sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
  • sausage code — (humour, programming)   Code which, once you know the details of how it's made, you'll never want to use again.
  • scout leader — the leader of a troop of Scouts
  • screw around — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
  • second-guess — to use hindsight in criticizing or correcting.
  • secunderabad — a city in N Andhra Pradesh, in central India, part of Hyderabad: a former British military cantonment.
  • seed capsule — the part of a fruit enclosing the seeds; pericarp
  • self-focused — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
  • self-induced — induced by oneself or itself.
  • semipellucid — somewhat pellucid; partially translucent or transparent
  • side circuit — a circuit derived from two suitably arranged pairs of wires, each pair being a circuit (side circuit) and also acting as one half of an additional derived circuit, the entire system providing the capabilities of three circuits while requiring wires for only two.
  • sole custody — custody, as of a child whose parents are separated, in which one person has sole responsibility.
  • sound camera — a motion-picture camera that is capable of photographing silently at the normal speed of 24 fps and operating in synchronization with separate audio recording equipment.
  • sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
  • sound effect — any sound, other than music or speech, artificially reproduced to create an effect in a dramatic presentation, as the sound of a storm or a creaking door.
  • south euclid — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • speech sound — any of the set of distinctive sounds of a given language. Compare phoneme.
  • square dance — hoedown, barn dance
  • square-dance — to perform or participate in a square dance.
  • square-faced — having a front shaped so as to be square or rectangular
  • student card — a card verifying somebody's identity as a university student and entitling them to services, discounts, etc
  • sub-mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
  • subcivilized — not quite civilized
  • subdeaconate — subdiaconate.
  • subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
  • subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
  • suberic acid — a crystalline dibasic acid, C 8 H 1 4 O 4 , obtained especially from suberin, castor oil, and cork: used chiefly in the preparation of plastics and plasticizers.
  • subintroduce — to introduce subtly
  • subjectified — to make subjective.
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